Sponsors



Randstad is proud to support the AB&F Leader’s Lecture Series for 2011. Randstad is a Fortune 500 Company and the second largest HR services organisation globally - specialising in temporary, permanent and executive recruitment, as well as providing custom-made HR solutions, across the widest range of industry sectors.
 
From over 4000 offices across 44 countries, Randstad employs 675,000 people every day with the aim of ''Shaping the world of work''. Through our continued commitment to providing recruitment & HR experts for every market and industry sector, our mission is to help people find the right career moves, and businesses to connect with and develop the best talent in the market.
 
Randstad was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Diemen, the Netherlands. Randstad Holding nv is listed on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam where options for stocks in Randstad are also traded.
 
Visit www.randstad.com.au for further information.

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW® .


Industry leading solutions and experience
With over 30 years of experience in financial services, SAS works closely with top financial institutions – including banks, credit unions, lenders and capital markets firms – to provide timely solutions that address critical business needs.


Today, SAS data management, enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, marketing automation, CRM and other software is used by more than 3,100 financial institutions worldwide, including 96 percent of banks in the FORTUNE Global 500®. Furthermore, financial services is SAS’ largest industry segment by revenue, contributing 42 percent of the total company solution revenue in 2008.


Financial strength
SAS'' record of revenue growth in every year of our existence makes us a stable business partner; it also enables us to reinvest a substantial percent of revenues in R&D each year so we can continually improve our products. This commitment to innovation is one reason why the overwhelming majority of our customers renew their software licenses with SAS every year.

With a 75 year pioneering heritage, Paspaley is internationally recognised as the producer of the world’s finest quality and most beautiful pearls. Renowned for their incomparable natural colour and lustre, all Paspaley South Sea pearls are conceived and grown in beautifully pristine, unspoilt and remote Northern Australian waters.

 

The exceptional quality of Paspaley South Sea pearls has made Paspaley boutiques the premier destination for fine pearl jewellery connoisseurs. Paspaley jewellery collections include the world’s finest selection of strands and one-of-a-kind statement pieces, as well as a range of classic and fine pearl jewellery.