Hay Group Names John Larrere General Manager of Metropolitan New York Office

Business Wire, Jan 13, 2005

PHILADELPHIA -- Hay Group, a global organizational and human resources consulting firm, announced today that it has appointed John Larrere as the General Manager of its Metropolitan New York office.

Most recently, Larrere has been the General Manager of Hay Group's Boston office. He is an expert in organizational effectiveness, management development, and international executive leadership. He has been with Hay Group since 1985.

While Larrere was a member of Hay Group's Global Executive Team, Hay expanded its operations into South Africa, Israel, and India, and increased its business in Eastern Europe, Russia, and China.

"John Larrere is an outstanding leader. Following his great track record in Boston, he is the perfect person to lead New York, one of the firm's largest offices," said Gene Bauer, Managing Director of Hay Group's US Consulting Operations.

"One of the great strengths of Hay Group is the depth of talent in each of its local offices," said Larrere, General Manager of Hay Group's Metropolitan New York office. "Having already worked with many New York office consulting team members, I know we are ideally positioned to handle the myriad of organizational issues facing our clients."

John Larrere is known for his ground-breaking research on leadership including his work studying global leaders to understand the similarities and differences in the art of leadership in a variety of geographies. He has spoken on global executive leadership in Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

Mr. Larrere holds an M.B.A. from Boston University in Organizational Behavior. He earned an M.Div. from the University of Notre Dame, an M.M. from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Stonehill College.

About Hay Group

Hay Group (www.haygroup.com) is a global organizational and human resources consulting firm that helps its clients--Boards, CEOs, Executives, and HR Managers--on virtually all aspects of their people-related business issues. Founded in 1943, Hay Group has over 2,200 employees working from 77 offices in 42 countries.

Our areas of expertise include:

--Design and analysis of organizations and jobs;

--Talent management through assessment, selection, and development of executives, managers, and teams;

--Compensation, benefits, and performance management;

--Executive remuneration and corporate governance; and

--Employee and customer attitude research.

Hay Group works with nearly three-quarters of FORTUNE's top-50 Most Admired Companies, as well as many mid-sized and non-profit corporations, public institutions, and governments.