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CALIAN ANNOUNCES PROMOTION OF SHAUN MCEWAN
TO ROLE OF PRESIDENT AND CEO
Kanata, May 9th, 2000 : Larry O'Brien, Chairman
of Calian (TSE: CTY) is pleased to announce the promotion of Shaun
McEwan to President and CEO of Calian, effective immediately.
Mr. McEwan joined Calian in 1996 as Director of
Corporate Finance and was promoted to the position of Chief Financial
Officer in June of 1997. In this position Shaun had responsibility
for both financial performance and corporate strategy. Shaun has
been a leading member of the Senior Executive through the company's
transformation over the last four years as it moved from $49 million
to over $100 million in revenues with an increase in return on
investment from 8% to 22% in the last two years.
Shaun's major initiatives have been on the development
and implementation of Economic Value Added as the primary driver
of financial decision making and the architect of Calian strategic
business direction and operational business lines as champion
of corporate acquisitions.
"Shaun, in his previous role as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, played an integral part
in the transformation of Calian to a services company focused
on significant growth opportunities in the Business-to-Employee
(B2E) sector," said Mr. O'Brien. "I am confident that his strong
vision of Calian's future will be fundamentally important to the
Company as it enters the next phase of its corporate development."
Under Mr. McEwan's direction, Calian's management
team will continue to focus on its emerging B2E business. By the
end of 2001, this business is expected to represent at least one-third
of Calian's total revenue. In 1999, e-business represented approximately
14% of the Company's revenues.
Larry O'Brien will continue in his role as Chairman
of Calian. His move is consistent with his commitment to see Calian
through its transformation. "I believe strongly that Calian has
never been in a better position to build value for its shareholders.
Shaun and his management team, because of its intimate involvement
in our progress during the last three years, is the natural choice
to lead." O'Brien will continue to make a significant strategic
contribution from his position on the Board.
Calian is a leading professional and technical
services company helping customers become more successful through
three strategic offerings: e-Business solutions, Human Asset Management
solutions, and Systems Engineering solutions.
Calian's e-Business solutions focus on helping
clients take advantage of new e-business technologies to leverage
their knowledge capital, and make their workforce more productive
and better informed. Human Asset Management solutions give our
clients the ability to exercise critical workforce control. Systems
Engineering provides leading-edge communications infrastructures
to the telecommunications and government sectors.
Ranking among the top professional services organizations
in Canada, Calian has annual revenues of more than $100 Million
and a staff base of more than 2,200. Investing in new markets
and new opportunities, Calian now serves customers in over 14
countries on six continents.
For further information, please contact:
Greg Strong
Vice President
Communications & Government Relations
Calian
Telephone: (613) 599-8600
Fax: (613) 592-7771
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