David Arkless


David Edwin Wilson Arkless is a British businessman, the former president, international for CDI Corporation and former president at ManpowerGroup

Early life

Arkless studied at the University of Durham, where he read for a BA in General Studies as a member of Hatfield College. He subsequently attended INSEAD, IMD and the San José College of Business.

Career

Arkless is CEO and founder of his own consulting company, ArkLight Consulting Ltd. Between 1992 and 2013, he was employed at ManpowerGroup, and was president of global corporate & government affairs. Prior to this, 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. in 2018 Arkless became the Chairman of the Board of the anti-trafficking foundation, More Too Life.