David Arkless

Who is David Arkless?

David Edwin Wilson Arkless is Manpower Group’s President of Global Corporate and Government Affairs since December 2008.

Arkless attended the University of Durham, INSEAD, IMD and the San José College of Business. Before joining Manpower in 1992, he worked for Hewlett-Packard and thereupon founded his own consulting company, Caden Corporation. 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 in Beijing. 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. In 2011, he became President of the End Human Trafficking Now organisation.