Salus Alpha Helps to Make Sean Penn's Charity Dinner During the Cannes Film Festival a Success

VIENNA, Austria, May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Salus Alpha, a leading fund manager in alternative investments, sets a focus. Salus Alpha connects the world's biggest film festival with charity and takes the chance to make stars aware of a "different world" a world besides the shine & glamour.

As one of the main hosts of the charity dinner "Sean Penn & Friends" on the 18th May 2011, Salus Alpha donated in favor of Sean Penn's charity organization J/P HRO. This event took place in the Carlton Hotel in Cannes and attracted high-profile stars. Guests like Uma Thurman, Jane Fonda, Faye Dunaway, Naomi Campbell, Robert de Niro & Leonardo DiCaprio made the evening unforgettable and contributed significantly to the success of this charity dinner.

The main initiators of the evening, who generously supported Sean Penn's charity project, were Oliver Prock from Salus Alpha, Jaka Bizilj from Cinema for Peace, Ella Krasner, Roberta Armani and Maybach.

During the evening Mr. Sean Penn held an emotive speech, pointing to Haiti's ongoing catastrophic conditions at the same time providing the guests with first positive results of the reconstruction efforts.

"This is a project that needs everyone's aid. We will try to support J/P HRO in the future, and pass on to it our success - capital needs a conscience," said Mr. Oliver Prock, Salus Alpha's CEO.

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Inquiries: Anke Engel, Salus Alpha Group Services GmbH, Tel +43(1)9572587-43, public.relations@salusalpha.com