Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Experian plc |
| Acronym: |
Experian
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| Legal status: |
Public Limited Company
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| Website address: |
http://www.experianplc.com
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Companies & groups |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Charlie Brown
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| Position: |
Company Secretary |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Gillian Key-Vice
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| Position: |
Head of Regulatory Developments |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
Newenham House, Northern Cross Malahide Road
Dublin 17
IRELAND
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| Telephone number: |
(+353) 8469100 |
| Fax number: |
(+353) 8469150 |
| Other contact information: |
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Experian is a leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to clients in more than 80 countries. We help businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making. We also help individuals to manage their credit relationships and protect against identity theft.
Experian plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Total revenue for the year ended 31 March 2012 was US$4.5 billion.
Experian employs approximately 17,000 people in 44 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, and we have operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; Costa Mesa, California; and São Paulo, Brazil.
Experian supports clients across many different markets, including financial services, retail, telecommunications, automotive and the public sector. We also provide direct-to-consumer services, which represented 20% of our total revenue for the year ended 31 March 2011.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
3
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Complementary information:
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We have one full-time person responsible for EU affairs, and others are involved as required in an advisory capacity, where their relevant expertise is helpful to discuss specific areas of consultation.
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Michael Robert David
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SMITH
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12/04/13
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10/04/14
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JANET
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LANE
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12/04/13
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10/04/14
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Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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Changes, strategy and policy related to data protection, credit reference, credit lending and financial services. Consultations relating to EU consumer's financial wellbeing.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Economic and Financial Affairs
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Enterprise
- External Relations
- General and Institutional Affairs
- Home Affairs
- Information Society
- Internal Market
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Regional Policy
- Research and Technology
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Experian group companies belong to, and engage with, a range of organisations whose activities may be relevant. Key groups are: the European Credit Research Institute (ECRI), European Banking Federation (EBF), the Association of Consumer Credit Information Suppliers (ACCIS), The British Bankers Association (BBA), the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA), the Consumer Credit Trade Association (CCTA), the UK Cards Association, the European Justice Forum (EJF), Confederation of British Industry (CBI), British Chamber of Commerce (BCC), the UK's Fraud Prevention Service (CIFAS), the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and the Direct Marketing Association (DMA). We also subscribe to RLM Finsbury's EU monitoring service and we use DLA Piper as our Brussels-based public affairs consultancy.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
04/2011
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03/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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800000
€ - 900000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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