Catlin & Cookman Group

Our Global CEO forum partner, the Catlin & Cookman Group, is a leading CEO consulting firm that specializes in working with CEOs of emerging-growth companies. The company is well known for its unique approach to building and leading high-growth CEO forums and for its high-growth strategic consulting practice and frameworks. The firm's deep understanding of the high-growth CEO experience in building great companies is reflected in books "Leading at the Speed of Growth: Journey from Entrepreneur to CEO" (Wiley, 2001) and "Building the Awesome Organization" (Wiley, 2002) co-authored by founder Katherine Catlin.

Europe's 500 - Entrepreneurs for Growth

Our strategic pan-European partner, Europe's 500 - Entrepreneurs for Growth, was established as a pan-European association in 1996 to promote entrepreneurial activity across all business sectors and to actively engage with national and EU administrations to help foster the best environment for job creation and growth. Each year, it publishes a listing of the 500 fastest growing job-creating companies from among the 25 EU member states, plus Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway. Companies are ranked on their employment growth, as well as turnover, using the Birch Index devised by economist David Birch at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Each November, a gala awards ceremony and dinner is held in a different European city to recognize and honor the champions of growth.

IESE Business School

Our research partner is IESE Business School, the graduate school of management at the University of Navarra in Barcelona and Madrid. IESE offers the MBA, Global Executive MBA, Executive MBA, and PhD degrees, as well as executive education programs. In addition to their standard educational programs, the staff of IESE delivers entrepreneurial training throughout Western and Eastern Europe, and is under contract with the European Commission to monitor and evaluate investor and entrepreneur matching programs in the European Theater.

MARKET500.EU - The Magazine of Europe's Fastest Growing Companies

Created to link all European businesses with key stories and best practices for fast growth throughout Europe, MARKET500.EU is the official publication of Europe's 500 Entrepreneurs for Growth. The magazine has a circulation of 75,000 across Europe and partnerships with key media such as The International Herald Tribune, EuroNews, and London’s City AM.