David Arkless is ManpowerGroup’s President of Corporate and Government Affairs. David is a world-renowned expert on labour market trends and has widespread experience of helping countries to develop their labor market strategies. As well as being a regular advisor to the US Department of State, and various EU departments, David is Vice President elect of CIETT, the international confederation of private employment agencies. David serves as an advisory board member of both the International Organization for Migration and the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and is President of the End Human Trafficking Now! movement.

David also serves as a Board Member of The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration and Board Member of Education For Employment Foundation. In addition, he is a founder member of the Demand Abolition Advisory Council, based in the US. In 2010, David became Vice President of the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations (CICPMC) in Beijing. Earlier this year, David joined the Advisory Board of PNB-NAPEO a public - private partnership that exists to better link young entrepreneurs and business leaders in the United States and the Maghreb.