Corporate services

Administration & Logistics

Administration and Logistics (A&L) is responsible for the delivery of a number of key facilities management and staff support services to our three principal offices as well as some other global sites. A&L offers a variety of catering solutions to staff, provides the company's post and reprographics services, and also delivers building infrastructure, security and cleaning services. Furthermore, A&L is responsible for managing our global travel programme and coordinating our health and safety policy and procedures.

Charitable Trust

The Trust was founded in 1978 to formalise the Group's charitable activities and to establish a formal governance structure. The Trust focuses its support in the following areas: Disadvantaged Youth, Literacy & Numeracy, Vulnerable Populations and Disaster Relief. The Trust has also supported an Annual Charity since 2004, selected by our UK employees, which receives a £100,000 donation from the Trust, as well as being the focus of a number of events and volunteer support from employees during the year.

Communications & Investor Relations

The Communications team at Man supports both Man Group plc and the Investment Sales teams around the world. The team consists of three core areas, External and Internal Communications, which are responsible for communications to Man's shareholders, investors and employees globally, while Events organise both Man's educational, social events and conference schedule. The team's primary objective is to inform internal and external audiences about Man clearly and positively, while promoting and protecting the company's brand.

The Investor Relations department is the interface between the company and the financial community. The department provides transparent, comprehensive, and up-to-date information on developments within the company to shareholders, financial analysts, and investors.

Compliance

From a regulatory perspective a business such as that carried out by Man will be assessed and licensed (or be subject to applicable local laws) because of its investment management activity and its sales activity. Man has had an independent compliance function for well over 10 years and currently faces 20 different regulators in 16 different countries. It's objectives are to (1) Implement and maintain an effective compliance monitoring programme that is globally co-ordinated; (2) Maintain and develop relationships with regulators globally; (3) Support and advise the business on regulatory developments; and (4) Ensure that the sale of Man's products, mainly through intermediaries, conforms to local regulations as does the subsequent investment by the investor (e.g. money laundering).

Finance

Finance models, analyses and reports financial information: to the business and Group Board (to aid better decision making); to the Company's equity and debt holders (to meet their requirements for investing in the Company); and to fully comply with the various regulations of a FTSE 100 listed company

Group Risk is responsible for monitoring and managing all aspects of Man's corporate (as distinct from investment) risks including market, credit, liquidity, operational and business risks.

Group tax are responsible for the payment and reporting of all taxes incurred by the group throughout the world, with the aim of minimising the total cost for the group whilst complying with all laws.

Human Resources & Corporate Responsibility

The key drivers of our HR function are to maximise the return on investment in the organisation's human capital and minimise people risk. This is delivered to the business through organisational development, recruitment, employee development, talent management, employee relations and reward. These are supported by controls and policies together with HR systems that automate workflows, monitor compliance and provide management information.

Our approach to Corporate Responsibility reflects our strategic objective of being a leader in risk management, governance and business sustainability. We focus on four areas of non-financial risk: our marketplace, our people, community and environment.

Internal Audit

Internal Audit provides ongoing and comprehensive assurance that management's internal controls over key operational, financial and financial reporting risks are well designed and operating effectively. The function has a pivotal role in achieving an integrated approach to audit assurance over internal controls. It reports to the Chief Executive and to the Risk & Assurance Committee of the Board. Teams of internal auditors are based in London, Pfäffikon and Chicago and are assisted by resources provided through co-sourcing.