+91 Drinks and Networking Reception Venue: Kensington, London Date: Thursday 25th September 7pm prompt start Guest Speaker: Yamini Mehta, Head of Christie’s, Modern and Contemporary Indian Art Indian art is making waves at auctions and now has international cache. Record prices have been paid recently for masters such as Francis Newton Souza, M F Husain, Tyeb Mehta, Anjolie Ela Menon and Bikash Bhattacharya, Subodh Gupta, Atul Dodiya etc. A growing global awareness of the talent and contribution of Indian artists has chimed with the expansion of the Indian economy. To tell us more about this exciting market, we have invited Yamini Mehta, Head of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art at Christie’s. Her presentation will address the following points: - The basics of collecting art; - How to start a collection; - How auctions work; - The difference between primary and secondary markets; - What to look for when purchasing art; - Overview of the Indian art market; Founded in 1766, Christie’s is the world’s leading art business with global auction sales in 2007 that totalled £3.1 billion. Christie’s has conducted the greatest auctions of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries in all areas of fine and decorative arts, jewellery, photographs, …

+91 Drinks and Networking Reception Venue: Kensington, London Date: Thursday 30th October 7pm prompt start Guest Speaker: Brent Hoberman, Co-founder and Chairman, lastminute.com Brent Hoberman co-founded lastminute.com in April 1998, with Martha Lane Fox, in the living room of his London flat three years after having drafted the initial idea. Brent was 29 and Martha was just 25. Brent was CEO since the inception of the company. lastminute.com offers consumers airline tickets, car hire, hotel rooms, package holidays, entertainment tickets, restaurant reservations, home delivery, speciality services, gifts and auctions. Brent’s initial vision remains unchanged - ‘to delight customers with great value, inspiration and solutions when they are going away, going out or staying in.’ The company floated in March 2000 when the dotcom bubble was at its peak - the IPO was 40 times oversubscribed and the price increase during the process was a record for a UK company. lastminute.com acquired 14 businesses after the IPO to supplement the annual growth of the core brand. Ten years on the company is the number one travel website in Europe and was acquired by Travelocity Europe for $1.1 billion, a division of Sabre Holdings Corporation on 20th July 2005. Brent remained CEO …

+91 Drinks and Networking Reception Venue: Kensington, London Date: Thursday 30th October 7pm prompt start Guest Speaker: Brent Hoberman, Co-founder and Chairman, lastminute.com Brent Hoberman co-founded lastminute.com in April 1998, with Martha Lane Fox, in the living room of his London flat three years after having drafted the initial idea. Brent was 29 and Martha was just 25. Brent was CEO since the inception of the company. lastminute.com offers consumers airline tickets, car hire, hotel rooms, package holidays, entertainment tickets, restaurant reservations, home delivery, speciality services, gifts and auctions. Brent’s initial vision remains unchanged - ‘to delight customers with great value, inspiration and solutions when they are going away, going out or staying in.’ The company floated in March 2000 when the dotcom bubble was at its peak - the IPO was 40 times oversubscribed and the price increase during the process was a record for a UK company. lastminute.com acquired 14 businesses after the IPO to supplement the annual growth of the core brand. Ten years on the company is the number one travel website in Europe and was acquired by Travelocity Europe for $1.1 billion, a division of Sabre Holdings Corporation on 20th July 2005. Brent remained CEO …

+91 Drinks and Networking Reception Venue: Kensington, London Date: Thursday 20th November 7pm prompt start Guest Speaker: John Makinson, CEO, Penguin Group I am delighted to announce that +91 Europe and Penguin - world’s largest book publisher, will be launching a unique book club to focus on India and business related titles. To launch the book club, it’s a great honour to have as guest speaker: John Makinson, CEO and Chairman, Penguin Group. John Makinson was appointed CEO of the Penguin Group in July 2002, and has been the company’s Chairman since May 2001. Prior to that he was the Pearson group finance director from April 1996 to July 2002. John’s career has included journalism and investor relations both in London and abroad. From 1994 to 1996 he was the managing director of the Financial Times newspaper where he was responsible for the production, distribution and marketing of the newspaper worldwide. John Makinson was a journalist at the Financial Times from 1979 to 1986 becoming editor of the Lex column. Come and join high profile entrepreneurs, corporate executives and professionals from across UK, Europe and India for drinks, canapés and a networking reception. Cost: Members £25 Non-Members £40 Lead Sponsor: …