our partners

The CIM Finance Group has developed a number of strategic partnerships and alliances with other membership and commercial organisations to offer members a greater range of benefits.   Our current partners are listed below, along with the benefits they offer the Finance Group and its members.

4SPORTS & ENERTAINMENT is the CIM Finance Group’s official sports event partner and are responsible for organising the CIM Finance Group’s Annual Golf Tournament in which they provide the European golf and sporting professionals for the event.  They also offer Finance Group members exclusive deals, including discounted rates, at major sporting events.

4SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT AG is an international company, operating in the athlete management and event business as well as strategic sponsorship consultancy for corporate clients.

4SPORTS is one of the leading companies in sports management and marketing and has a portfolio of over 150 world class athletes across a number of sports as well as international companies and sports federations as its clients. 4sports represents athletes such as golfer Anders Hansen, the recent winner of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, Justin Rose, Kiran Matharu the British Asian golfer, who is the youngest female on the Ladies European Tour, top Swiss skiier Bruno Kernen, football coach Ottmar Hitzfeld and ice-hockey legend Claude Lemieux. 4SPORTS provides tailor made sponsorship opportunities and bespoke events to fit the marketing needs of international companies through its diverse range of properties. Contact Marcus Day at marcus@4sports.ch for further information.

Gower is recognised as one of the world's leading publishers of specialist business and management books and resources. Our publishing programme covers many of the main business processes and functions and we are continuously developing new titles. Founded in 1967 Gower is an independent, global publisher.

The Association of MBA’s offer CIM Finance Group members a reduced rate on selected forthcoming events.  These are featured in our seasonal event listings. 

The Association of MBAs is the advocate for the MBA and offer the only professional membership association for MBA students and graduates. The Association’s accredits MBA programmes at 135 business schools in 64 countries worldwide and is internationally recognised as the global standard for all MBA, DBA and PEMM programmes.  Students and graduates from accredited programmes join their unique world-wide contact network and take advantage of a full range of benefits and services, as well as gaining access to high profile business and academic speakers at their events.

FT Global Events is at the cutting edge of business practice and since launching in 2002, has attracted over 30,000 high-level professionals from throughout the Banking and Financial Services sector.

Organised by an experienced and dedicated in-house team, our events portfolio includes conferences, summits, country briefings, roundtables and awards which are held throughout the UK, Mainland and Eastern Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Our programmes are researched intensely so that all of our events provide delegates with real solutions to everyday challenges. Furthermore, our speakers are carefully selected, not only according to their expertise in a particular field, but also to end-user demand.

For more information, and to find out about our latest events, please go to: http://www.ftglobalevents.com

Grange Hotels supports the CIM Finance Group in a variety of ways.  This includes a reduced rate for meeting rooms, auction items for CIM Finance Group’s nominated charities fundraising initiatives, along with offering members reduced rates on accomodation.  For more information please contact dawn.wills@cimfinancegroup.co.uk.

Grange Hotels is a private collection of luxury hotels, primarily located in the heart of the Capital, Grange Hotels provide a wide choice of accommodation and venues all across London, designed to meet your individual and corporate/ company requirements.

Whether it be budget, location, venue or any other criteria, Grange Hotels represent some of the best located properties in London, and provide a wealth of history and local tradition, skilfully combined with contemporary luxury.

If you're looking for a new marketing job within financial services then make sure you speak to the experts. Since 1982 Joslin Rowe have been totally dedicated to their candidates and today, they are one of the most trusted names in recruitment across the UK .

Joslin Rowe specialise in the placement of Marketing professionals from assistant to director level on a permanent, temporary, contract and interim basis into the Financial Services industry.

This includes a broad range of roles across:

• Advertising
• Branding
• Business Development
• Copywriting
• DTP/Presentations
• E Marketing
• Events
• Internal Communications
• Marketing Analysis
• Marketing Communications
• Market Research
• Product Marketing/Development
• Public Relations
• Strategic Marketing

Their clients, many of whom have been with them since their very first day of trading, are from a diverse spectrum and include:

• Global Custody
• Hedge Funds
• Insurance
• Investment Banks
• Investment Management
• Stockbrokers

Telephone 020 7786 6980 or email marketing@joslinrowe.com. Their website address is:  
www.joslinrowe.com/marketing/browse

The Lighthouse Consultancy supports the CIM Finance Group by providing members with a series of webinars on a range of stimulating topics.  These web based seminars will enable members to further their professional development while at work and provide case study material for those continuing with professional qualifications, without the hassle of attending a masterclass or evening based seminar.

Lighthouse is the perfect partner to deliver the chosen web seminars as it combines the best aspects of two professions – management consulting and business research. 

Lighthouse provides decision-makers with opportunity analysis based on strategic research of the highest quality.  They specialise in highly technical and complex projects, especially in business-to-business and high-net-worth markets. 

Lighthouse has established an impressive client base in the financial sector including Merrill Lynch, Dresdner Kleinwort, Norwich Union, Chubb, JPMorgan, Brewin Dolphin, Schroders, The London Stock Exchange and Coutts & Co.

Focusing on six main areas, branding, thought-leadership, new market entry and new product development, client loyalty, market strategy and competitor analysis, their financial services sector coverage includes investment banking and capital markets, private banking, insurance, asset management, credit cards, treasury, private equity and commercial banking.

Unicom supports the Finance Group by offering exclusive discounts on their training events, conferences and seminars.  These are featured in our seasonal event listings.   From time to time, members may also receive a personal invitation from the Finance Group’s Chair to attend UNICOM exclusive speaker briefings.

UNICOM is a specialist provider of business to business communication products and services through commissioning of seminars, workshops, conferences and accredited training (PRINCE2TM, ISEB, APM, SEI and others) with specialisation in the areas of Programme and Project Management, Knowledge Management, Software Testing, Software Process Improvement, Information Security, Business Information, Business Process Management (BPM), Financial Modelling and Risk Management. UNICOM also specialises in delivering quality in-house courses for organisations both in public & private sectors and specialist public courses for IT professionals and corporate executives.