Press Release

CEO Worldwide certifies its 2000th iCEO

2000 top executives, certified by CEO Worldwide, are now available for missions in 111 countries.

Paris, April 10th, 2006 ­ CEO Worldwide's offer « Management on demand » provides a unique solution in temporary or permanent executive recruitment to support companies to develop or re- structure its international operations. On one hand, the solution is based on CEO Worldwide's capacity to select locally operational top executives; on the other hand, it is based on CEO Worldwide's ability to provide this service very fast and at a competitive price.

To guarantee successful missions, CEO Worldwide has put into place a rigorous selection and certification process for all executives that wish to be part of its pool of executive profiles. Two major criteria must be fulfilled: an excellent professional track record and the ability to lead successful missions.

CEO Worldwide certifies in average 25% of all candidates. Since November 2001, 8300 international candidates applied at CEO Worldwide, 2000 of which have been certified and accepted into the pool of profiles, by now covering 111 countries.

The 2000 certified executives have met the following selection criteria:

• Founder or co-founder
• Minimum of 15 years of professional experience
• Proven international experience
• At least bilingual with English, (the certification process is in English)
• University degree (science or business) mostly with an additional MBA or PhD
• Ability to quickly take on board a local temporary or permanent mission for CEO Worldwide's clients

The specially designed ASP software platform enables a fast and reliable selection of suitable profiles for a given mission. For any country, three weeks are sufficient from identification of a mission to its operational start.

About CEO Worldwide (www.ceo-worldwide.com)
CEO Worldwide's solution Management on demand creates a new environment, that enables a flexible and reactive cooperation between companies, share holders and top executives in an international context. CEO Worldwide offers top executive recruitment solutions, holding a pool of 2000 iCEO certified top executives with a minimum of 15 years of professional experience, covering 111 countries in Europe, Asia and the US. The recruitment process takes about three weeks, the executives can be contracted on a permanent or temporary basis.