Founded in 2004, the IVY Club aims to:
  1. Bring together European business leaders from major technology firms.
  2. Host a number of events allowing members to meet up and discuss various themes
  3. Receive non-European business leaders passing through Paris.
  4. Establish contacts between members of the Club through at least one meeting per month.

November 2011 Jean-François Copé in front of the IVY Club
The IVY Club is open to Presidents, Managing Directors and Division Directors from companies in the technology and media sectors (manufacturers, software editors, consulting and IT services firms, semiconductor and component manufacturers, consumer electronics, network equipment manufacturers, telecom operators, internet providers, e-Business companies, digital companies…) as well as CIO’s of prominent companies.

Among members : Apple, Bouygues Telecom, BT, Caisse des Dépôts, Capgemini, Cisco, Ericsson, France Telecom/Orange, HP, Intel, La Poste, Microsoft, Philips, Renault-Nissan, Sage, Sony, Sun, Toshiba.


September 2011
Laurent Fabius and
Pierre Aussure
Alain Minc, Michel Pébereau, Nicolas Baverez, Raymond Soubie, Laurent Fabius, Jean-François Copé and Jean-Pierre Raffarin were our last key note speakers.

The admissions committee, which has been elected by the founder members, votes to accept new candidates. Participation is limited to one person per company. Members must be physically present and cannot be represented by anybody else. Journalists are not allowed entry to the Club.

Speakers:
  • Francis Mer
  • Ernest-Antoine Seillière
  • Richard Descoings
  • François Chérèque
  • Patrick Devedjian
  • Elisabeth Guigou
  • Hubert Védrine
  • Sir John Holmes
  • Thierry de Montbrial
  • Jacques Barrot
  • Franz-Olivier Giesbert
  • Christian de Boissieu
  • Christine Ockrent
  • Nicolas Beytout
  • Patrick Artus
  • Michel Barnier
  • Geneviève Férone
  • Claude Allègre
  • Jean-Paul Betbèze,
  • Augustin de Romanet
  • Michel Cicurel
  • Sir Peter Westmacott
  • Denis Kessler
  • René Ricol
  • Christian Saint-Etienne
  • Claude Bébéar
  • Michel Camdessus
  • Lionel Stoléru
  • John Paul Kavanagh
  • Henri Guaino
  • François Pérol
  • Jacques Attali
  • Philippe Villin
  • Alain Minc
  • Michel Pébereau
  • Nicolas Baverez
  • Raymond Soubie
  • Laurent Fabius
  • Jean-François Copé