Affiliated Organisations

DaimlerChrysler and Richemont are global companies that share years of commitment to sport through their sponsorship activities. They have gained an understanding of the way sport transcends national boundaries, and the positive influence it can exercise in bringing people together.

This understanding crystallised into a desire to recognise the achievements of those teams and individuals from all over the world who symbolise the very best in sport.

Laureus comprises the annual Laureus World Sports Awards; the Laureus World Sports Academy, comprising some of the world's greatest living atheletes; and the Laureus Sports for Good Foundation, which seeks to use the power of sport to address social issues through projects aimed at young people around the world.

www.laureus.com

Founded in 1984, the Cartier Foundation for contemporary art has been instrumental in redefining corporate sponsorship in France. Helping a wide variety of artists to invent, create and exhibit, the Foundation has, from the beginning, argued that contemporary art is a crucial voice in addressing the concerns of the modern world and has worked to bring that art to the largest possible public.

www.fondation.cartier.fr

Creative Academy is an international graduate school for design and creative management, opened in Milan by Richemont under the aegis of Fondazione delle Arti e dei Mestieri (Foundation for the Applied Arts and Crafts).

The Creative Academy runs a Master of Arts in Design course, for 20 young people of international origin who have successfully completed a substantial course of studies in disciplines related to design. The Masters course aims to give young designers specialized training in the applied arts, and in particular in the field of jewellery, watchmaking and accessories.

New development for the academic year 2006/2007 are four internal management seminars on personal creativity, luxury codes, managing innovation and new materials, which are provided for managers of all the Maisons and affiliates of the Group throughout the world.