Celebrities took over the trading floor of a City firm to raise money for charity
Celebrities took over the trading floor of a City firm to raise money for charity, originally uploaded by 5 Minute Angels.
BGC Partners, Inc. one of the world’s leading inter-dealer brokers, announced that it raised over £6 million for charity on its fifth annual global Charity Day held on Friday, 11 September 2009. Every year BGC donates its global revenues to charity in commemoration of those lost in the World Trade Centre attacks.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and TV presenters Jonathan Ross, Lisa Snowdon, Carol Vorderman and Gail Porter were among the celebrities swapping the small screen for the trading screen as part of the Charity day in London. Alongside other well-known faces such as cricketer Sir Ian Botham, snooker player Jimmy White, former England rugby captain Martin Johnson, singer Beverley Knight and society IT girl, Tara Palmer-Tompkinson, they all took part in trading and raising money for selected charities.
In New York, Lady Gaga sang her hit Poker Face for customers over the phone in return for trading with BGC’s brokers. She was joined by over 40 celebrity guests including athletes and actors such as Whoopi Goldberg, Gary Sinese and Anthony Edwards.
Elsewhere around the world BGC was joined by a number of celebrities in many of its global offices including Paris, Singapore and Sydney.
Shaun Lynn, President of BGC, said “We are delighted to have been able to increase the total raised yet again, this time to in excess of £6 million in one day, for dozens of charities around the world. Particular thanks go to our clients, and to our brokers, who every year help raise such tremendous sums for worthy causes. And of course we couldn’t do it without the generous help and support of our celebrity guests, who graciously donate their time and energy to the day in many of our global offices.”
Two Five Minute Angels therapists gave stress busting massages throughout the afternoon to the London city traders whilst they were busy raising funds for their chosen charities including Barnardo’s, Breast Cancer Care, Centrepoint, Children in Crisis, Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Dreams Come True, Help for Heroes, Leukaemia Research, Multiple Sclerosis, Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity, Scope, Teenage Cancer Trust, The British Red Cross, The Children’s Trust, The Prince’s Trust, and The Variety Club.
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