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WITH THE CEO Worldwide EXTRANET BOTH START-UPS IN THE HIGH-TECH AND BIO-TECH AREAS, AND THEIR INVESTORS CAN IN A FEW "CLICKS" ACCESS THE QUALIFIED ENTREPRENEURS-MANAGERS DATABASE.

In Europe, the United States and Asia, CEO Worldwide selects experts who showed their aptitude to develop a market and to manage a company. The interim managers are all entrepreneurs and have gained a great deal of experience in the following areas Finance & Administration, Business Development, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, or General Management. The profiles of these 450 entrepreneurs-managers are just one "click" away via the CEO Worldwide Extranet.

A unique network of skills...

The 450 selected entrepreneurs by CEO Worldwide all have more than 15 years of professional experience. MBA qualified or equivalent, they have a thorough knowledge of the European, Asian or American market and fluency in English and another European or Asian language. As an example, CEO Worldwide covers all the spectrum of necessary management resources to the development of the high-tech and bio-tech companies. This network is composed of 35 % of chairman, 30 % of COO, and 10 % of CFO which have a proven track record in the following sectors Internet, data processing, software, telecom, (see table below for more details).

Interim Managers available and qualified by CEO Worldwide, broken down by industry sector and job profile (13/02/03)

	Internet	IT	Software	Telcom	Electronic	Media	Biotech	Others	% database
CEO	95	83	87	53	26	33	12	48	35%
COO	77	63	71	59	33	23	12	36	30%
CFO	20	16	22	11	6	9	5	21	10%
VP Bus. Dev.	20	24	17	21	8	7	1	11	11%
VP S&M	24	26	27	24	9	6	3	16	10%
Tech. Dir.	27	11	9	9	5	2	1	3	4%
HR Man.	9	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1%
Total / Sector	272	225	233	177	88	81	34	135

NB: the total number of interim managers per sector or per profile exceed the 450 selected candidates on the database because most of them are qualified in more than one sector or job profile

...only a few "clicks" away on the CEO Worldwide Extranet

Because flexibility, pace, and costs control are major concerns for the high-tech or bio-tech start- ups, CEO Worldwide has developed a unique search engine gathering the profiles of 450 interim managers. To find "the right" interim manager, it's nice and easy! Log onto ceo-europe.com (go to "Partners"), enter user name and password and define the search criteria. For example, the director of a start-up is looking for an Operations Director (COO) having strong experience in the software industry: in just a few seconds, he will be able to read 65 minis-CV matching his search criteria.

CEO Worldwide, a rapid, flexible and economic solution

CEO Worldwide allows high-tech start-ups to recruit with a total flexibility experienced entrepreneurs within the NTIC market either in Europe, the US or Asia. These highly qualified profiles are based in the before mentioned geographic areas and therefore can be quickly available less than 3 weeks) for 3 to 12 months missions.

Moreover, there is no additional cost in case of contract interruption or cancellation, and there is only a 7 days notice. In addition the client company has the opportunity to employ, on a permanent basis, the interim manager at the end of the mission.

Case study:
In less than 48 hours, CEO Worldwide was able to contact (off its qualified database) 23 experts CEO in business reorganisation in the mobile telecom sector for a Finland based mission. A good knowledge of the area and fluency in Finnish were the other main requirements. The client, a Ventures Capitalist, had been seeking this particular profile for months before CEO Worldwide got involved.

CEO Worldwide (www.ceo-worldwide.com)
1st French company solely dedicated to the interim management in Europe for the NTIC. CEO Worldwide is easily differentiated from its competition by the common profile of its interim managers, who are all experienced entrepreneurs within the NTIC market either in Europe, the US or Asia. Today, CEO Worldwide can provide high-tech start-ups with a number of highly qualified profiles such as Chairman, CEO, CFO and VP Business Development available to swiftly integrate (less than 3 weeks) their company with the adequate flexibility to urgently solve a problem, to seize an opportunity or to develop a need for transition and change. CEO Worldwide has developed an extranet allowing its clients to access its qualified entrepreneurs-managers database. In order to access it, just click on "Partners".