Established industry leaders join Schuberg Philis' advisory board

Amsterdam, 8 July 2003 - Schuberg Philis, an innovative Dutch provider of mission critical outsourcing services, is proud to announce that a number of experienced executives have joined its Advisory Board.

The new Advisory Board is made up of Pierre Buuron (Essent), Michiel Westermann (Twinning), Wim Beltman (GE Access), Tom Byrnes (MFN, Inc.) and Frank Grift (Quint Wellington Redwood Group). This group of established industry leaders offers support to Schuberg Philis in realizing its strategic, commercial and financial objectives.

Pim Berger, Managing Director of Schuberg Philis, is extremely pleased with the caliber of managers on the company's Advisory Board. Berger: "Schuberg Philis believes that things in the outsourcing market can be done differently and is therefore challenging the establishment, parties like EDS, PinkRoccade, Cap Gemini and IBM. As an innovative player on the outsourcing market for mission critical systems, it is extremely important that such established names are linked with Schuberg Philis and therefore support the direction we are taking."

Prof. Dr. P.M.A. Buuron RA is CFO at Essent Retail and also a professor of Business Excellence and IT at the University of Nijenrode. In the past, Buuron has worked as a member of the Board of Royal Vendex KBB N.V. and as CEO of Toys 'R' Us GmbH (Central Europe). He was also CFO at ABB B.V.

Ir. M.C. Westermann MBA is a member of the advisory board of the Berenschot Groep, as well as that of Twinning Holding. In addition, Westermann is also vice chairman of the management of the Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek (Foundation for the Future Image of Technology) and a member of the steering group Gigaport (broadband network, internet 2, for the scientific world). In the past, Westermann was Managing Director of Twinning Holding and a member of the Board of Roccade (PinkRoccade). He also founded Pink Elephant. Westermann earned his MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau.

From September 1 2003, W. Beltman will be Vice-President Sales & Marketing EMEA at GE Access. For the last nine years, he has worked as Managing Director at Sun Microsystems Nederland. In addition, he is the current chairman of the Federatie Nederlandse IT (Federation of Dutch IT), the trade association in the area of information technology.

T. Byrnes is President Business Services & International of MFN, Inc. (New York). Before this, Byrnes was President Carrier & ISP Services at MFN, Inc. He has also worked as National VP and Director at ATT Local Services (Teleport Communications Group TCG was taken over by ATT), as Regional VP Operations at TCG, Inc. and as VP and Director Telecommunications at Merrill Lynch, Inc.

Ir. F.U. Grift MBA is CEO (and founder) of the Quint Wellington Redwood Group B.V. and also an advisor for Twinning Network. In the past, Grift was Managing Director of Pink Elephant Management Services B.V. Grift earned his MBA at the University of Nijenrode and his Master of Business Telecommunication at the Technical University in Delft.

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Photos of the members of the Advisory Board are available from schuberg@whizpr.nl

For more information:
Whizpr
Martinique Walraven
Tel.: 0317 - 410 483
E-mail: schuberg@whizpr.nl

Schuberg Philis
Pim Berger
Tel. 020-750 65 00
E-mail: pberger@schubergphilis.com