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Malin Bergquist, a Sponsor of the Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership, Launches Website in German to Attract Foreign Journalists and Tout the Region's Strengths to International Audiences
As a major corporate sponsor of the Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership, and to help help leverage Pittsburgh's rare opportunity on the global stage, the firm launches a G-20 website in German and English, answering the question "Why Pittsburgh?" It features the impact that foreign companies have had on Pittsburgh's regional economy, focusing on businesses headquartered in Germany. The website highlights eight German-owned companies with Pittsburgh as their U.S. base -- ARDEX, Auma Actuators, Draeger Safety, Flabeg Solar, Lanxess, Sycor Americas, VEKA and Ventana -- and is a resource for the thousands of journalists who will descend upon Pittsburgh or monitor G-20 activity from afar. About the G-20 Summit - The Group of 20 (G-20) Summit will be held in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24-25, 2009. G-20 is the global meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from important industrial and emerging-market countries from all regions of the world. This is the first U.S.-held G-20 summit to be sited outside of Washington, DC. The firm will use its sponsorship role to help the Pittsburgh region maximize its opportunity for worldwide recognition during the high profile event. The Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership is a public-private partnership of organizations throughout the region that have come together to welcome the world to Pittsburgh. Sponsors are providing time, talent and resources to assure a welcoming, clean and green event and showcase Pittsburgh's turnaround.
About Malin Bergquist and Jeffrey Deane - Malin Bergquist's sponsorship is announced at a June 30 press conference held by Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Allegheny Conference CEO Dennis Yablonsky. Malin Bergquist is the only certified public accounting firm among the 31 major corporate sponsors. Malin Bergquist's G-20 website is the brainchild of Jeffrey Deane, leader of the firm's International Businesses Group, which serves 40 international companies, including a substantial number from Germany. Deane is a national authority on international financial reporting standards (IFRS) who counsels companies on IFRS convergence and has published about IFRS in the Journal of Accountancy, the bible of the profession. He is helping the prestigious American Institute of Accountants to write IFRS questions for future CPA exams. Why Pittsburgh? - The reason why Pittsburgh was chosen to host the G-20 Summit, according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, was that it is a global model for economic and environmental transformation. The city has reinvented itself with an economy driven by strengths in advanced manufacturing, financial services, information and communications technologies, health care and life sciences, education and research, and energy and environmental solutions. During his 2008 campaign, President Barack Obama visited Pittsburgh and noted: "This American city has found new opportunity... Now, we must connect that local innovation and ingenuity to a national strategy."
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