Michael Ippolito Joins Hay Group as General Manager of Philadelphia Office

Business Wire, Jan 7, 2008

PHILADELPHIA -- Hay Group is pleased to announce that Michael Ippolito has joined as the General Manager of its consulting practice in Philadelphia. In addition to running the Philadelphia office, Mike will also lead initiatives within Hay Group's Reward and Organizational Effectiveness practices.

"We are happy to welcome Mike to Philadelphia," said Gene Bauer, Managing Director for Hay Group in the United States. "We are especially delighted he has joined Hay Group's headquarters in Philadelphia, which was founded here more than 60 years ago and remains a staple of the area's economy. Mike's business expertise will help Hay Group's Philadelphia clients address the increasingly complex problems in performance management."

Mike will be working with Hay Group's clients to address their most pressing human resource problems including how to best reward executives and how to develop effective and efficient organization designs.

Prior to working with Hay Group, Mike was East Region Managing Director for Parson Consulting in New York for two years working on business development and client relationship management. Before Parson, Mike spent 12 years with Deloitte & Touche in New York as a partner with Deloitte's Strategy and Operations practice focused primarily on operations improvement within the Financial Services industry. Additionally, Mike was a leader within Deloitte's CFO Services practice leading projects across industry in business performance management, shared services and risk management.

Prior to Deloitte, Mike spent five years with General Electric in rotational assignments in finance and marketing following his completion of GE's Financial Management Program (FMP).

Mike holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Economics and Computer Science from Lafayette College. He is an honors graduate of GE's Financial Management Program.

About Hay Group

Hay Group (www.haygroup.com) is a global consulting firm that works with leaders to transform strategy into reality. It develops talent, organizes people to be more effective, and motivates them to perform at their best. With 87 offices in 47 countries, it works with over 7,000 clients across the world. Clients are from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors, across every major industry, and represent diverse business challenges. Hay Group's focus is on making change happen and helping people and organizations realize their potential.