SPONSORS OF THE AURORA FORUM

Working with our sponsors is critical to the success of the Aurora Forum and we greatly appreciate their continued support.

ASTRAZENECA

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AstraZeneca has been a valuable sponsor and partner of the Aurora Forum from the beginning.

A global pharmaceutical company with a major UK presence. Our purpose is to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. The best way we can help patients is to be science-led and share this passion with the scientific, healthcare and business communities of the UK.

SAAB UK

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Saab has been a valuable sponsor and partner of the Aurora Forum from the beginning.

Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions from military defence in all domains to civil security. Saab’s market offering is broad and consists of complex systems involving extensive research and development as well as services with a high degree of repetition.

With operations on every continent, Saab continuously develops, adapts and improves new technology to meet customers’ changing needs.

FOREIGN & COMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

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The Foreign & Commonwealth Development Office pursues the national interest and projects the UK as a force for good in the world. It promotes the interests of British citizens, safeguards the UK’s security and defends its values, reducing poverty and tackling global challenges with its international partners.

EQUINOR

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Every single day we deliver oil, gas and wind power to energise the lives of more than 170 million people, enabling them to cook, create, work and travel. Oil, gas and electricity quite literally turn the wheels of society—in transportation, communications, manufacturing and industry.

CANICA

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Canica is a private holding company based in Oslo, Norway, created to own the RIMI grocery store chain which is owned by Stein Erik Hagen and his family.  The company is the largest owner of Orkla, Jernia, Komplett, Ignis and Steen & Strøm.  The company was founded in 1985 to own the RIMI grocery store chain that Hagen had started.  This was sold to ICA in 2004.  

FAM AB

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FAM is owned by the three largest Wallenberg Foundations – the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, and the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation – via the holding company Wallenberg Investments AB.

FAM focuses its ownership on a number of strategic holdings and a selection of alternative investments. By actively contributing to the long-term development and growth of holdings, their dividend capacity and value can increase over time. Growth in the value of holdings and dividends from FAM contribute to the Foundations’ value growth and their ability to give grants for research and education.

The goal is to create returns and real growth in FAM’s assets over time by leveraging the experience and competence of FAM’s organization in combination with the expertise of the Wallenberg family network.

SEB

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Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, abbreviated SEB, is a northern European financial services group headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In Sweden and the Baltic countries, SEB has a full financial service offering
 
In the UK is is a corporate bank, providing comprehensive solutions for corporate and financial institution clients by offering a wide range of services.  SEB London staff work closely with colleagues in other SEB offices to provide expertise in financial markets including derivatives and commodities, equity capital markets, cash management and trade finance, syndicated and bilateral lending. In addition, SEB London represents the SEB Group’s private banking services.

Montrose Associates

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Montrose Associates provides its clients with the strategic intelligence, insights and perspective to help them to take the best possible decisions. It recognises that strong international companies and organisations can assess and manage most choices and opportunities from within their own corporate framework, but frequently there are occasions when an objective, forthright assessment from a trusted friend, or a set of new ideas and fresh pointers, is what is required.