1. Corporate identifiers,
DUNS numbers, LEIs
& all that

2. tions
isdic tes
0 jur
nies in 5 25 US sta
compa clud ing
3million In
wov er 4
No

4. What is a company and
why should we care
how we identify it?

5. Is it like this?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87371141@N00/281858386/sizes/z/in/photostream/

6. Or like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lehman_Brothers_Times_Square_by_David_Shankbone.jpg

7. Or like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lehman_Brothers_Times_Square_by_David_Shankbone.jpg

8. Because identity matters
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike52ad/5154068971/sizes/z/

9. You need to know who
you’re doing business with

10. And the identifier needs to
be non-proprietary, reusable,
transparent, and useful
FAIL!

11. There are alternatives
Financial Stability Board global LEIs
OpenCorporates URIs
Using existing identifiers... intelligently
A new identifier system... if it’s done right