David Edwin Wilson Arkless (born February 1954)[1] is a British businessman, the former president of both CDI Corporation and ManpowerGroup.

Prior to this, he worked for Hewlett-Packard and thereupon founded his own consulting company, Caden Corporation.

Since May 2010, Arkless has worked as vice president of the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations (CICPMC) in Beijing.

[5] As one of the founding members of the Global Agenda Council on the Skills Gap, Arkless is a regular participator in the World Economic Forum[6] In 2011, he became president of the End Human Trafficking Now organisation.

[8] Arkless is a Knight of the Parte Guelfa in Florence, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has been elected as one of the top 50 CSR influencers in the world.