David Arkless
David Edwin Wilson Arkless is President, International for CDI Corporation
Arkless attended the University of Durham, INSEAD, IMD and the San José College of Business.[1] Arkless is also CEO and Founder of his own consulting company, ArkLight Consulting Ltd. From between 1992 and 2013, he was employed at ManpowerGroup, and was President of Global Corporate & Government Affairs. Prior to this, he worked for Hewlett-Packard and thereupon founded his own consulting company, Caden Corporation.[2] Arkless is a regular advisor to the US Department of State, and various EU departments, also he serves as both board member and Corporate Committee member of CIETT, the international confederation of private employment agencies. Since May 2010, Arkless has worked as Vice President of the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations (CICPMC) in Beijing.[3] As one of the founding members of the Global Agenda Council on the Skills Gap, Arkless is a regular participator in the World Economic Forum.[4] In 2011, he became President of the End Human Trafficking Now organisation.[5]