Active International Announces Appointment of Three Executives to Information Systems, Human Resources, and Sales Departments

Business Wire, July 19, 2000

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PEARL RIVER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2000

Active International, the world's largest corporate trading company, announces the appointment of three longtime industry veterans to key positions in the company's Information Systems, Human Resources, and Sales departments.

Lou Petreski joins Active as its Senior Vice President, Information Systems. Mr. Petreski's background spans more than 13 years in information systems strategy, design, integration and deployment. He has spent the past 6 years working with several divisions of GE Capital, most recently as Chief Information Officer for GE Capital Bank in the Czech Republic. He was previously with GE Capital Global Consumer Finance and GE Capital Insurance Services, as well as with MTV and other service oriented organizations. Mr. Petreski's experience working overseas is instrumental to Active's expanding global presence.

Barbara L. Judge joins Active as its new Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Ms. Judge brings over 25 years of experience in human resources, training and development, and performance management from corporations in the metropolitan New York area. She was most recently employed as Director of Human Resources at Par Pharmaceutical, Spring Valley, NY, a manufacturer and distributor of generic pharmaceuticals. Prior to that, she held positions in human resource management and administration at United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic, J. Gerber & Co., and the Arbitron Company.

Active also announces a new position within its sales and marketing group with the appointment of Salman Haider to Vice President, Director of Real Estate. His extensive background in the real estate industry includes over 17 years in strategic planning, financial investment, and commercial real estate brokerage. Under the guidance of Mr. Haider, Active will continue its focus on this core business area of assisting commercial and industrial real estate holders in recovering full book or appraised value on surplus and undervalued property.

Founded in 1983, Active International is the largest global corporate trading company dedicated to developing effective, problem-solving programs to transform underperforming assets into future cash flow savings and profits. Active enables its clients to utilize underperforming assets to offset the cost of media, goods and services. The company employs more than 370 people in 13 countries. Active can be found on the web at http://www.activeinternational.com.