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Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Gala The Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Trust, whose primary objective is to fund and set up scholarships between France and the UK, will officially launch on the 25th of September 2008 with a charity gala at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall. Attended by many personalities from the academic and business world, as well as prominent members of the French community in London, this gala will offer its sponsors and large donators the opportunity to be publicly and visibly associated with this high profile and charitable event. All the proceeds from the gala participation will go directly to the creation of a Sciences Po UK Scholarship Fund. It will provide funding for outstanding Sciences Po students who want to study in the UK and UK-based students who wish to study at Sciences Po but would not be able to afford it without a scholarship, while reinforcing Sciences Po’s longstanding cosmopolitan tradition and its commitment to promote social mobility. The Gala will be co-chaired by Sciences Po Director Richard Descoings and the Director of the LSE, Sir Howard Davies, under the sought patronage of French ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. It aims to bring together a variety of leaders and opinion makers, which will include French and British representatives of business and academia, Sciences Po alumni, and various influential members of the 300,000-strong French community in London. SCIENCES PO ALUMNI UK CHARITY TRUST AND GALA Presenting the Project for potential Sponsors and Donators

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Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Gala

The Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Trust, whose primary objective is to fund and set up scholarships between France and the UK, will officially launch on the 25th of September 2008 with a charity gala at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall.

Attended by many personalities from the academic and business world, as well as prominent members of the French community in London, this gala will offer its sponsors and large donators the opportunity to be publicly and visibly associated with this high profile and charitable event.

All the proceeds from the gala participation will go directly to the creation of a Sciences Po UK Scholarship Fund. It will provide funding for outstanding Sciences Po students who want to study in the UK and UK-based students who wish to study at Sciences Po but would not be able to afford it without a scholarship, while reinforcing Sciences Po’s longstanding cosmopolitan tradition and its commitment to promote social mobility.

The Gala will be co-chaired by Sciences Po Director Richard Descoings and the Director of the LSE, Sir Howard Davies, under the sought patronage of French ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. It aims to bring together a variety of leaders and opinion makers, which will include French and British representatives of business and academia, Sciences Po alumni, and various influential members of the 300,000-strong French community in London.

SCIENCES PO ALUMNI UK CHARITY TRUST AND GALAPresenting the Project for potential Sponsors and Donators

Sciences Po, the “French elite factory” – A brief overview

Described by The Economist* as “the grandest of the grandes écoles which, since Napoleon, have provided France with its political, administrative and business elite”, Sciences Po has long been known as a national and global leaders’ “factory”.

Established in Paris in 1872 to modernise the training of politicians, Sciences Po alumni include 28 past and present French Prime ministers and Presidents (François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy amongst them) and 12 past or present foreign heads of State or government, as well as many prominent politicians, including Sir Austen Chamberlain, Peace Nobel Prize winner and one of Britain’s most popular past Foreign Secretaries.

While nearly every French high ranking politician or diplomat has attended Sciences Po since its inception, the institution’s global reach is far wider, notably in International Relations, with former alumni including Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, current Director-General of the World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy, current President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet, and current head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

In business, the school can claim to have housed 14 of the current CEOs of France’s 40 largest companies. This impressive record is not confined to France: the 2007 annual higher survey conducted by the Ecole des Mines de Paris, which bases its ranking on the institutions attended by the CEOs of the 500 biggest multinational companies, rates Sciences Po as the 8th best university in the world.

Numerous intellectuals -including novelist Marcel Proust, philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, Le Monde newspaper’s head Jean-Marie Colombani, former Harvard president Derek Bok and Pulitzer Prize winner Stanley Karnow- have also honed their skills within its walls. More surprisingly, its list of former alumni includes celebrities such as fashion legend Christian Dior, Princess Caroline of Monaco, ex-Rolling Stones wife and human rights activist Bianca Jagger and current pop sensation Camille Dalmais -proof if needed of its rather unique cultural influence!

While proud of its rich tradition, Sciences Po has also led the way to adapt to the 21st century by a series of innovative initiatives through its modern-minded director Richard Descoings. It attracted international media attention in 2003: with a new entrance system aimed to broaden its traditionally upper middle class student-body by recruiting from economically depressed suburbs of Paris. And while always attracting foreign alumni, the school has become over the past few years a truly global school: with a third of its 6,700 students coming from abroad, Sciences Po appears today as the most international of all French universities and grandes écoles, as shown by its extended and prestigious exchange programs, with universities including LSE, Oxford, Harvard, Colombia, Princeton and Berkeley. As such Sciences Po can claim to have the most extensive partnership network of any French university having ties with the best institutions in 54 countries.

*France’s not-quite-so-grand, The Economist, April 12th 2001

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Sciences Po in London

Sciences Po’s links to London have always been strong. In 1895, Sidney and Beatrice Webb used the Sciences Po curriculum as part of their inspiration for creating the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), which has now become one of Sciences Po’s closest partners. Today, Sciences Po alumni UK network reaches over 700 people and organises regular events such as conferences in partnership with the French Embassy, dinner-debates with prominent Sciences Po alumni and meetings with French politicians.

This network also includes a wide range of successful businessmen (in alphabetical order, identified by Sciences Po Alumni UK, contacted or in the process of being contacted) such as:

Benoit d’Angelin, partner of prime hedge fund Centaurus Capital and ex Head of Investment Banking at Lehman BrothersSamir Assaf, Global Head of Markets at HSBC Bank PlcLaurence Borde, founder and managing director of communication firm Media-TreeLéon Bressler, partner of financial services firm Perella Weinberg, previously Chairman and CEO of real estate group UnibailPascal Cagni, CEO of Apple EuropeNicolas Cattelain, director of KKRPatrick Cazalaa, managing director investment banking of HSBCNicholas Clive Worms, Chairman of the Worms group Bertrand Coste, founder and managing partner of investment fund QESCharles de Croisset, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs Europe and ex CEO of CCFAlain Demarolle, managing director of prime hedge fund Eton Park and ex economic advisor to French Prime MinisterFabrice Desnos, CEO of leading credit insurer Euler Hermes UKArnaud Duhamel, partner at leading law firm Gide Loyrette NouelPascal Duval, managing director of leading global investment manager-of-managers Frank RussellPierre-Henri Flamand, partner at Goldman Sachs Bernard Gault, founder and partner of financial services firm Perella Weinberg Emmanuel Gavaudan, founding partner of prime hedge fund Boussard & GavaudanPierre-Yves Gerbeau, CEO of leisure group XscapeOlivier Gougeon, Global Head of Wealth Planning and Fiduciary Services of SG Private BankingPascal Heberling, partner at CINVEN Frederic Jolly, CEO of Frank Russell EuropeRoland Lazard, CEO for the UK, Ireland and South Africa and executive committee member of Saint-GobainBernard Laurent, CEO of consulting and private investment firm B.Laurent&Co, previously senior investment banker at Bear Stearns, Dillon Read and Charterhouse BankChristopher Masek, partner at and member of the executive committee of leading private equity firm Industri KapitalPierre-Olivier Masmejean, previous managing director of Guggenheim, Edmond de Rothschild, DLJ and JP MorganAntoine de Navacelle, managing director at NatixisChristian Percepied, partner at Richelieu-Finance, ex CEO of Arc International UKGaël de La Rochère, managing director of leading European listed investment firm WendelJuliette Streichenberger, CEO of Prada UKArnaud Vaissié, founding Chairman and CEO of global leader in medical assistance International SOSGeoffroy Wallier, Head of Strategic Equity at Royal Bank of ScotlandMichael Zaoui, prominent investment banker, ex Head of M&A and Chairman of the Institutional Securities Group at Morgan Stanley

His excellency Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, French ambassador in the UK, and Bertrand Cochery, Consul General de France in London, are also Sciences Po alumni.

Moreover, Sciences Po has London-based students and professors. Indeed, Sciences Po and LSE have come together to offer graduate students a specific 2-year programme and dual degree in international relations, the Double Degree in International Affairs, leading to the Master in International Affairs from Sciences Po and either the MSc in International Relations or the MSc in International Political Economy from LSE, thus uniting their efforts in an area they both excel in.

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*France’s not-quite-so-grand, The Economist, April 12th 2001

Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Trust

Sciences Po Alumni UK has created a UK Charity Trust, which has been registered for tax purposes under the reference XT9406 with effect from 8 February 2008.

The trustees are Cécile d’Angelin, Sciences Po alumnus and Vice President of the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle Association des Parents d’Elèves, Maëva Slotine, lawyer and architect of the Trust and Stéphane Rambosson, head of Sciences Po Alumni UK. Members of the Sciences Po Alumni UK fund raising team also include Frédérique Andreani, alumnus and journalist, Stefan Lavau, alumnus and treasurer of Sciences Po Alumni UK, Julien Artero, alumnus and in charge of events and conferences of the association, Yves Djimi, alumnus and in charge of young UK alumni and Xavier d’Aumale, 3rd year student at Sciences Po and currently studying in London.

Sciences Po Alumni Charity Gala Sponsorship opportunities

Sponsor (corporates)Recognition as sponsor on all marketing materialsExclusive naming and branding opportunityProfile in the programmeBrief overview at the GalaSpeaking roleHosting of a prime table / invitationsComplimentary invitations at the GalaContribution of 5 000£+

Large Donators (corporates and individuals)Recognition as large donator – list of donatorsProfile in the materials (for the most important corporate donators)Oral mentioning (for the most important donators)Table hosting (depending on donation)Complimentary invitations at the GalaMinimum donation of 2 000£

Donations from individual UK tax payers will give entitlement to a Gift aid tax relief.

We thank you in advance for your support and contribution to the success of this event.

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Contact:

Stéphane Rambosson President, SciencesPo Alumni UKEmail: [email protected]: +44 (0) 777 049 6926www.sciencespo.co.uk