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TMP Worldwide Appoints Global & European Practice Leadership for Retail, Fashion & Luxury Goods Practice
Contact: Regina Milano
(212) 885-9112
Steven B. Potter
(212) 328-1100
Three Senior Retail and Fashion Recruiters Form Leadership Team for Multinational Cross-Border Searches
New York, NY - April 5, 2000 - TMP Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: TMPW; ASX: TMP), the leading provider of global recruitment solutions, including the dominant Internet career portal, Monster.com, and one of the world's largest search and selection agencies, today announced the appointments of Salli LeVan and Jeff Lemming as Global Practice Co-Heads and Michael Boroian as European Practice Leader for TMP Worldwide Executive Search's Retail, Fashion and Luxury Goods Practice. Salli LeVan and Jeff Lemming are based in Atlanta and New York, while Michael Boroian is based in Paris.
Steven B. Potter, CEO of TMP Worldwide Executive Search Operations, said: “TMP Worldwide Executive Search is extremely fortunate to have the talent and international experience Salli, Jeff and Michael bring to the management and leadership of this important practice.” He continued, “Together they will take our multinational, cross border search capabilities to a whole new level by giving our specialists in retail, fashion and luxury goods strong support in major cities throughout the world.”
Andrea Wine, Managing Director, European Operations, said: “With Michael Boroian leading the European Practice from Paris, this closely-knit global team of industry experts will deliver local market and cultural experience, as well as high levels of energy to our clients. Adding Michael's talent and leadership to the proven team of Lemming/LeVan will only further improve this highly respected international practice.”
TMP Worldwide's Retail, Fashion and Luxury Goods Practice has capabilities to fill all levels and functions within the industry, including Board Members, CEOs, COOs, CFOs, sales and marketing management, and operations, MIS and manufacturing professionals. A team of seasoned executive search consultants services large, mature companies as well as emerging companies and start-ups. In addition to traditional search services, TMP Worldwide's team also advises companies in organizational planning and operational and merchandising issues.
Ms. LeVan joined TMP in May 1999 through the merger with her former company Lemming/LeVan, Inc., an executive search firm specializing in Retail/Fashion and related industries. Her practice focuses mainly on identifying senior-level executives for retail assignments for clients ranging from start-up companies to major national corporations. Before entering executive search, Ms. LeVan was an executive at the Abraham & Straus division of Federated Department Stores, and a fine jewelry merchant with Duty Free Shoppers. Ms. LeVan earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and her Master of Arts from the Ohio State University.
Mr. Lemming also joined TMP in May of 1999 and has sixteen years of broad-based executive search experience. He has conducted searches in every functional area of a retail organization, up to and including many CEOs and Board Members in nearly every merchandise category including brick and mortar retail formats, catalog and e-commerce. Mr. Lemming's earlier career in retail included experience as a merchant and in general operations. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Miami University.
Mr. Boroian joined TMP Worldwide Executive Search's Paris office as a partner in 1998. He began his career at Francorp, a U.S.-based management-consulting firm specializing in retail and consumer goods where, over the course of 11 years, he held positions of increasing responsibility culminating in his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining TMP Worldwide, Mr. Boroian was a Managing Partner with Axionis/YDS, an affiliate of Deloitte & Touche, where he spent three years as Managing Partner for the sector of Fashion, Retail and Luxury Goods. Prior to that he was Vice President of Marketing and Development at Sonia Rykiel and Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice President of a Hermes' U.S. affiliate. Fluent in five languages, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Management and Finance and a Masters of Business Administration in International Business from DePaul University in Chicago. Prior to moving to Paris, Mr. Boroian was a Ph.D. candidate in Organization Behavior at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Northwestern University.
About TMP Worldwide
Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide, now with more than 7,200 employees in 25 countries, is the on-line recruitment leader, the world's largest recruitment advertising network, one of the world's largest selection agencies, and a leading global retained executive search firm. TMP Worldwide, headquartered in New York, is also the world's largest Yellow Pages advertising agency and a provider of direct marketing services. The company's clients include more than 90 of the Fortune 100 and more than 480 of the Fortune 500 companies.
TMP Worldwide Executive Search's world-class industry sector teams include: automotive, consumer products, energy, ecommerce/Internet, financial services, health care, human resources, industrial, insurance, legal, not-for-profit, professional services, real estate, retail/fashion, technology, and transportation.
About Monster.com
Monster.com (www.monster.com), the flagship product of the Interactive Division of TMP Worldwide, is the leading global career portal on the Web with over 14 million unique visits per month. Monster.com connects the most progressive companies with the most qualified career-minded individuals, offering innovative technology and superior services that give them more control over the recruiting process. The Monster.com global network consists of local language and content sites in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Singapore and France. More information about Monster.com is available at www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-MONSTER.
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