EVENT
MANAGEMENT
ADH Events - Alexander
deHilster
ENTERTAINMENT
TheTelly
-
Robert Dew
WFMT Radio - Alexander Stonor Saunders
FINANCIAL
SERVICES-ACCOUNTING
Deloitte Tax LLP - Katie Zaher and
Julianna Nawrocki
Grant Thornton - Luke Jones
KPMG LLP - Saul Caisman, John Kvalseth
(Minneapolis), and Christopher Young
Worldwide professional accounting firm rendering assurance, tax and
consulting services on a line of business basis.
Frost, Ruttenberg & Rothblatt, P.C.
- Alan Dordek, Arthur Rothblatt, Cary Drazner, Jenny Sanderson, Ted
Bokios
At Frost, Ruttenberg and Rothblatt P.C., we provide a full range of
value-based auditing, accounting, tax and consulting services to a
diverse group of individuals and privately-owned companies. FR&R also
offers instant access to more than 8,000 employees with global audit,
accounting, tax and advisory services nationally and internationally
through our membership in DFK International, an association with over
200 member firms and 300 offices worldwide including 20 offices in the
UK.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Michael Economou (Tel + 1 312 298
3356) and Lindsey Bristow (Tel + 1 312 298 3219)
PricewaterhouseCoopers can provide
US tax and financial advice to UK businesses looking to establish new US
operations, or to existing UK investors looking for international tax,
restructuring or M&A transactions advice. PricewaterhouseCoopers has
developed a unique service for UK companies setting up in the USA for
the first time and can provide advice on the many US tax, financial and
commercial implications of setting up and doing business in Chicago, the
Midwest and across the entire US market. PricewaterhouseCoopers can also
assist US based companies looking to expand or undertake transactions in
the UK. Michael Economou (also formerly with the British Consulate
General in Chicago) and Lindsey Bristow are both from the UK, but are
based permanently in Chicago, and have been advising transatlantic
businesses for many years.
RSM McGladrey, Inc. - Mark
Bloom, Arlene Levin, Martin Denman and Joe Machara
FINANCIAL
SERVICES-COMMERCIAL
Bibby Financial Services, Inc.
- Stewart Chesters
Fifth Third Bank - Bruce Comiskey,
Rita Johnson, Todd Ritz
HSBC Bank N.A. - Molly Drennan,
Christopher Hamilton, John Sneed, Andrew Bicker
Lloyds Banking Group -
Allan Jackson
Wells Fargo N.A.
- Lynn Durning, Andrew Landsly
FINANCIAL
CONSULTING
Collin MacGillivray
National Bureau of Property
Administration - property tax consulting - Patrick Marsden and Dan
Peterson
UK
Occupatonal & Personal Pensions
Kestrel International - Charles
Cockerton
FINANCIAL
SERVICES-INVESTMENT ADVISORY FOR RETIREMENT & LEGACY PLANNING
Lionheart Financial
Ltd - Adam Griffiths, Maryann Heniff, David Lloyd
FINANCIAL
SERVICES-INVESTMENTS BANKING
Tavistock Group Ltd. -
Hugh Burton
GOVERNMENT-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
IN Economic Development Corporation
- Courtney Poulos
WI Department of Commerce - Mary
Regel
GOVERNMENT-INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
British Consulate-General,
Chicago - Geoff Brammer, Emma Briggs
GOVERNMENT-UK REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
Scottish
Development International Agency - Elaine Hovey,
Isobel Charters Bell
SEEDA - Amy Fitzgerald
The North of England - Sonya
Knox
HOTELS
Days Inn Chicago, Chicago -
Stefanie Hrejsa
Enjoy friendly
service and clean rooms at this beautiful boutique style hotel located
in Lincoln Park.
InterContinental Chicago -
Edward Andrews and Esther Robson
Millennium and Copthorne
Hotels-USA, Chicago - Tony Kinnear
Park Hyatt - Gregory
Schry
Seneca Hotel & Suites,
Chicago - Michael Vito and Mike Foster
The Seneca Hotel and Suites is an intimate escape,
just a block off Michigan Avenue… Chicago's Magnificent Mile. Here,
you'll discover a quaint European style hotel that is treasured by those
who prefer a quiet, tree-lined street, and an elegant spacious suite.
Trump International
Hotel and Tower,
Chicago - Robert Prohaska,
Beatrice Dowell, Caroline Rawlings (Spa)
HUMAN
RESOURCES
Recruiting
FiveTen Group - Paul Taylor
With authoritative market knowledge, our business enjoys great success
in the placement of candidates for permanent, contract, temporary and
interim positions with clients across all industry sectors. These
clients are served by our family of individual subsidiary companies,
leading specialist brands and dedicated teams within our global network
of strategic locations. We operate across 19 cities, 12 countries and
four continents. In total, we have a relentless commitment to
ethical behavior, compelling personal service, long-term relationships
and positive results for both our clients and candidates.
Greythorn
-
Shawn Primavera
Established in 1976, Greythorn is a leading international recruitment
group specializing in IT, telecommunications and the creative sectors
around the globe. Why not discover how we could be helping you to
develop your career or source the very best in professional talent? Or,
if you are looking for a change of direction, why not find out about
working with Greythorn – one of the world’s fastest growing recruitment
brands.
O'Connor Advisors, LLC -
Fred J. O'Connor
Russell Reynolds Associates
- Jeremy Rickman
Outsource HR Services
Administaff - Gary Breden, Jay Kelly
INSURANCE-BROKERS
Hub International - Kevin
Ackles
Edward Marsh - Insurance Professional
INSURANCE
MARKET
Aviva North America - Tom
Joyce
Brit Insurance - Nicholas
Davies, Andrew Murnieks
Lloyd's Illinois - John O'Hara, Mark Rector, Katie DuMoulin
Marsh - Philip Gawthorpe
LEGAL
SERVICES
Addleshaw Goddard
UK) - David Birch
Baker & McKenzie (UK) Michael
Herington
Baker & McKenzie (Chicago)
Ed West
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg
LLP - Adam Oyebanji, Julie O'Connor
Boundas, Skarzynski, Walsh & Black, LLC
- Theodore A. Boundas, John E. Black, Jr., Teri Lee Ferro, Bruce
Foudree, Wendy Kiely
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP- David Kay and Jesse Ruiz
With more than 630 lawyers, we represent clients that consist
primarily of substantial businesses, healthcare providers, money and
asset managers and investors, ranging from mid-sized enterprises to
Fortune 50 companies. Our clients include leaders in the
pharmaceuticals, communications, healthcare, information technology,
insurance, investment and transportation industries.
Laurence Simons - Michael
Roche-Kelly
Laurence Simons is a leading consultancy specializing in legal
recruitment for law firms and in-house legal departments worldwide. From
offices in London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Sydney, Moscow, Paris, Brussels,
Dubai, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Chicago and Geneva we handle legal
appointments at all levels in private practice, commerce & industry and
the banking & finance sector across the globe.
Loeb & Loeb LLP - Stanley Orszula
Locke, Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP
- Molly McGinnis Stine
Lowis & Gellen LLP - Gerald
Haberkorn, Martin McManaman, Patrick Moran and Mehreen Sherwani
Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell
Ltd. - Thomas McMenamin (Chicago) and Kathleen Gaber (Schaumburg).
Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. is a U.S. law
firm headquartered in Chicago that specializes in the representation of
U.S. operations of foreign corporations. Masuda Funai handles all
aspects of the foreign corporations' U.S. operations from the
establishment of a U.S. warehousing or manufacturing facility to the
financing of such operations, from executive immigration matters to
expansion and M&A activities.
Miller Canfield - Janice K.
Hamblin
Sidley Austin LLP - Diana Bauerle
Stevens & Associates - K.
Thomas Stevens (also UK solicitor) and James Schreiber
Thorelli & Associates - Thomas H.
Thorelli
LEGAL
SERVICES-IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
- Michael Turansick and Cynthia Shearn
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP (Fragomen)
is a leading provider of corporate immigration services and solutions.
For three
years running, Fragomen has been recognized as the global "Corporate
Immigration Law Firm of the Year" by Who's Who Legal: The
International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. Founded in 1951, Fragomen
has over 150 attorneys and over 600 professional immigration specialists
and staff located in 28 offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and
Europe. Fragomen works in partnership with clients to facilitate the
hiring and transfer of employees worldwide.
J.
Aponte & Associates - Julie Aponte
Zulkie Partners LLC - Paul
Zulkie. Phone: 312-831-2121;
pzulkie@zulkiepartners.com
Zulkie Partners LLC is one of the
nation's leading law firms concentrating in the area of business
immigration law. We offer sophisticated counseling to US and
global companies in all aspects of business immigration law, including
nonimmigrant working visas, permanent residence sponsorship, retention
of permanent residence status for employees facing a foreign business
assignment, and citizenship issues for multi-national managers.
Our clients include Fortune 500 corporations, major foreign
multi-national companies, as well as privately owned firms. At
Zulkie Partners we take pride in our responsiveness and commitment to
superb client service.
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING-CONSTRUCTION
Morris Wade Associates Inc.
- Philip Wade
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING-GENERAL
Rise International, LLC - David
Crowell, Leif Selkregg
The Nevis Group - Paul Merrick
TMC Ventures, Inc. - Arnie
Liepa
YSC, Ltd. - Angela Castellani
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING-MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
TradingPartners - Marc
Halpin, Michael Pace, Jessica Graeser, Michelle Joseph, Brad Radkoski,
Elizabeth Smith,
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING-SALES
Keyroad Enterprises - Philippe
Lavie
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING-TECHNOLOGY
Capgemini - David R. Poole
MANUFACTURING-COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT
Contemporary Controls -
George and Judy Thomas
MANUFACTURING-DISPLAY & EXHIBIT SOLUTIONS
Nimlok - Gerald Perutz
MANUFACTURING-INJECTION MOLDED FINISHED PLASTICS PRODUCTS
Illinois Tool Works - Chris Duchene
MANUFACTURING-LABORATORY APPARATUS & FURNITURE
REVISS - Ian Latham, John
Schrader, and Jan Mellor
MANUFACTURING-PRINTING MACHINERY
WPM - Paul Kapolnek and Michael
Musgrave
MANUFACTURING-RECHARGEABLE SYSTEMS
International Components Corp. -
Mike Davis and Peter Sadler
MANUFACTURING-SUSPENSION SYSTEM
Gripple - Tim Caton
MARKET
RESEARCH
Marketing Clinic - Derek
Roberts
Mintel Americas - Jon Butcher, Mary
Shea and Joyce Wilkos
Mintel is a leading provider of global consumer market analysis. For
over thirty years, Mintel has built a reputation for delivering expert
analysis of all aspects of consumers' economic activity, as well as
providing media monitoring and new consumer product monitoring services.
REAL
ESTATE-AGENCY
@properties
- Natalie Weiland
Baird & Warner - Alex Till
I'm a Brit who loved Chicago so much, I stayed for
good. Allow me to help you find your perfect home in this great city.
Contact me directly to find out what we can achieve together. I practice
"keep it real" real estate. No salesmanship waffle here; just sound
advice and information. Client Care have selected me as part of the
Baird & Warner First Team, where we are recognized for our customer
service abilities.
Century
21-SGR - Toi Robertson
Rubloff
Residential Properties - Mia Wilkinson
Vacant Property Security Inc. (VPS)
- Alan Briggs, Chris Kozicki
VPS specializes in
providing comprehensive, cost-effective, fast and flexible security,
presercation and protection solutions for all types of property.
If you have empty land or buildings--for whatever reason or length of
time--we can protect them.
REAL
ESTATE-COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & INVESTMENT
Colliers B&K - Peter Beatrice
and Leslie Logsdon
We
are a full service commercial real estate firm specializing in helping
UK companies establish an office, or industrial or retail presence in
the US.
General Growth Properties, Inc.
- John Covell
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated - Daniel Ryan, Mark Ohringer,
Joanne Bestall, Justin Rhodes, Ned Tarbos (MN)
Jones Lang LaSalle
is the global leader in real estate services and money management. We
serve our clients' corporate real estate needs through over 22,000
employees in 50 countries and 100 markets on five continents.
REAL ESTATE - SHORT
TERM CORPORATE TEMPORARY HOUSING
Village Green - Elizabeth
Williams, Andrea Roebker, Ian Bingham, Kim Burggraaf, Rob Sackett
REAL
ESTATE - OFFICE SPACE
OfficeLinks - Lori
Ziesmer
RETIRED
AND LIVING THE GOOD LIFE
Larry McCracken (formerly with Boeing)
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
The British Home Community - Rhoda Miller, Lorna Bennett
SCOTTISH
ORGANIZATION/HOME FOR THE ELDERLY
Illinois Saint Andrews
Society- Gus Noble, President. Staff: Laural Kostuck, Apryl Niksch, Lorrie Pena and Elaine Rethford.
The Scottish Home - Lynn Elker, Administrator.
SOCIAL
MEDIA
LinkedIn - Chris Kelleher
TECHNOLOGY-SOFTWARE
BigHand, Inc. - Steve
Butterworth
WorkPlace Systems, Inc. -
James Freshwater
XO Communications - Frank DePizzo
TRANSPORTATION-FREIGHT ARRANGEMENT, LOGISTICS
Mid-America Overseas, Inc. - Hubert
Elsen
UTi, United States, Inc. - Kurt
Glanzmann (UK Route Development) Tom Riester, Peter Mahncke
WTA USA, Inc. - John Sommer
World Transport Agency Limited is a successful, UK based, family owned
business established in 1913. We specialize in the provision of
added value to major importers and exporters through a range of quality
products and services across all transport modes. Our ethos is to
be client led and provide services tailored to our customer's
requirements. All our systems are designed to be flexible and
adaptable.
TRANSPORTATION-LIMOUSINE SERVICE
Metropolitan Limousine,
Inc. - Thomas Mulligan and Chris Shaw
TRAVEL-AGENCY
Greaves Travel LLC - Carole and
Shahrookh Cambata
TRAVEL-AIRLINES
American Airlines - Thomas Aichele,
Loretta Kuss, Mark Stratford, Judi Gorman
British Airways - Greg Onorato, Pam
Hanson, Sylvia Esparza, Richard Anderson
Virgin Atlantic Airways - Mr.
Kim Hepola and Larry Riley
TRAVEL-TOURS
Blue Badge Guide -
Rosamund Forester
WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTOR-EXERCISE EQUIPMENT
Power Plate North America -
Lee Hillman and Mark Minter
WRITER
Toni Hargis - author of
"Rules Britannia: An
Insider's Guide to Life in the United Kingdom." (St. Martin's
Press)