Note To Te Reader

For many years, one of the many responsibilities of MEDEF International has been to provide
insights to the French business community to support its international development. To enable
this knowledge sharing, it often plays the role of a think-tank to bring together and communicate
expertise on hot topics.
In this context, we have been supporting the initiative of the MEDEF’s European Commission,
chaired by Jérôme Bédier, on the opportunities for developing and enhancing strategic partnerships
between Europe and India. The involvement of a number of Europe and India experts has
generated outstanding insight both in the analysis and in the recommendations that we would
like to share with you.
We would especially like to thank Jacques-Etienne de T’Serclaes and Emmanuelle Butaud-Stubbs
who have initiated this project. Their strong involvement convinced our different commissions
to work on this topic and helped them successfully put together a superb task force. We would
also like to acknowledge the great work done by the whole team involved in the project as well
as Pauline Johanet, an intern at Medef, who helped with data consolidation and synthesis.
This report is the outcome of the accumulated experience and ideas of several professionals, each
specialised in his/her domain of expertise. They have accepted to share their knowledge, working
together to provide a consolidated perspective on how to build a lasting strategic collaboration
between Europe and India.
By participating in this project, these professional frms have demonstrated their dedication to
the French business community. We would like to thank the four companies which shared with us
their expertise, Baker & McKenzie, The Boston Consulting Group, Fidal, PricewaterhouseCoopers
and their lawyer network, Landwell & Associés.
Many thanks also to Jacques-Etienne and Emmanuelle, for their performance in coordinating
this collaboration and to the team from The Boston Consulting Group who helped fnalize this
report.

Jean Burelle                                  Guy de Panafeu
Chairman, Medef International     Chairman, India Committee