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PRAGUE, 17 September, 2007 – International Network of Executive Recruiting Firms Welcomes New Member Firms in the Americas

Lee Heagy & Company, Parodi Skowron, Link Consulting Join IRC Recruitment

IRC Recruitment, a leading global network of executive search and recruitment services firms, welcomes three new member firms that significantly extend its market reach and reinforce its commitment to serving global client companies with a global recruitment platform.

Lee Heagy & Company: Donna Lee is a recognized life science executive search expert who has provided executives to client organizations for over 30 years. Lee Heagy & Company represents IRC Recruitment in Washington, DC (McLean, VA), USA.

Parodi Skowron: Lidia Parodi, Managing Partner, counts with 31 years of consulting experience, forming her own firm in April 1994. Lidia has assisted to multinational leader companies, as well as domestic ones. Parodi Skowron now represents IRC Recruitment in Buenos Aires.

Link Consulting is an executive search consulting firm based in Lima Peru. They specialize in executive selection and assessment in the Peruvian marketplace. Link Consulting now represents IRC Recruitment in Peru.

“We’re privileged to announce that these outstanding firms in the Americas have recently joined our global IRC Recruitment team,” says Mathias Friedrichs, president of the executive board of IRC Recruitment. “We believe these new member firms and their richly experienced search consultants significantly elevate our network’s ability to meet the management talent needs of corporate clients throughout Americas and around the world.”

Donna N. Lee, President of Lee Heagy & Company said “We are delighted to be selected to join this impressive international group which will enhance our ability to provide global services to our clients with trusted partners.”

IRC Recruitment now has more than 150 senior executive search consultants operating in offices at 40 different locations to provide clients with broad recruitment services and truly international reach in human resources management.

With a growing roster of leading executive search firms across Europe, North and South America and Asia and a track record of consistently high performance since its founding in 1993, IRC Recruitment is one of the world’s largest networks of management recruiting firms.

September 20, 2004 -- Lee Heagy & Company is featured pharmaceutical/ biotechnology executive search expert in the September 2004 Nature Biotechnology.

September 20, 2004 In an article in the current issue of Nature Biotechnology, leading executive search consultant Donna N. Lee confirms that scientists rarely jump from biotechnology companies to large pharmaceutical companies except in some specific specialties such as proteomics. Ms. Lee, president of Lee Heagy & Company, discusses the role of bioinformatics in drug discovery, clinical trials and personalized medicine for the article.

Ms. Lee is also the featured Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology executive search expert in the ExecuNet Market Trend Report, Where the Jobs are - 2004. She predicts there will strong demand in the industry for executives for many years as funding and partnerships accelerate and more products are approved by the FDA.

“I appreciate the recognition of Lee Heagy & Company as an expert in biotechnology/pharmaceutical executive search by these prestigious publications. I am extremely excited and optimistic about the future of the life sciences industry,” said Ms. Lee.

January 21, 2003-- Donna N. Lee, President of Lee Heagy & Company is featured in another Wall Street Journal Career Journal article.

Excerpts from the article "Drug Firms Seek Leaders To Push Product to Market" by Perri Capell, Senior Correspondent:

"Drug companies remain ardent recruiters of top scientific and business talent who can help develop new discoveries and bring products in development to market quickly.

Donna N. Lee, president of Lee Heagy & Co., a biotechnology-focused recruiting firm in Great Falls, Va., says biotech firms are recruiting following a slowdown in mid-2002. "I'm busier now than I was six months ago. The last quarter of 2002 was extremely strong, which is a good sign," she says. "There's some pent-up demand now."

Biotechnology firms seek financial and legal executives to fill out their infrastructures, says Ms. Lee. "As companies move further along, they need more regulatory and legal support," she says.

She recently helped find a director of intellectual property and director of legal for a rapidly growing midsize biotechnology company. The intellectual property lawyer needed scientific training and background, plus a law degree and patent expertise, and was recruited from another biotech firm. The legal director came from a law firm, but also has a science background."

May 21, 2002-- Donna N. Lee, the President of Lee Heagy & Company, is the featured biotechnology executive recruiter in the Wall Street Journal’s Career Journal. The link to the in depth interview is: http://www.careerjournal.com/recruiters/profiles/20020521-lee.html

Excerpt from questions of Career Journal reporter Perri Capell with Donna N. Lee's response.

"Q: What qualities do you look for when recruiting candidates for small, growing biotechnology firms?

A: They have to be passionate about their work, no matter what function they're in. These companies are passionate companies. Many of these companies are working on technologies that will save millions of lives or contribute to that. A lot of people go into medical fields because [they can do work that is] good. They're looking to cure major diseases such as diabetes or cancer and work with important products. People are excited about being a part of companies that have products that will have a significant impact on humanity. It's what they're after, which is neat. The companies tend to be lightly staffed, so they need people with huge amounts of energy and real dedication to working the hours it takes, which are usually significant. Most people are having so much fun; they'll do what it takes to be successful. I placed a vice president of R&D who literally slept under his lab bench early in his career. People in his lab couldn't figure out why they couldn't beat him to work in the morning. The beauty of the biotechnology industry is that people are excited about what they do and have a lot of enthusiasm."

April 25, 2002-- Lee Heagy & Company Recognized as a “Rites-Honored Recruiter” by John Lucht, Author of Rites of Passage at $100,000 to $1 Million+, the World’s Best-Selling Book on Executive Job Changing.

Lee Heagy & Company, an intensely focused, retained executive search firm, has been recognized as an “outstanding” recruiting firm by John Lucht. The firm is now included as a “Rites-Honored Recruiting Firm” on RiteSite.com and will be included in 2002 Edition of Rites of Passage at $100,000 to $1 Million+…Your Insider’s Lifetime Guide to Executive Job-Changing and Faster Career Progress.

“I am very excited about this recognition of the outstanding quality of the executive search services we provide,” said Donna N. Lee, President of Lee Heagy & Company.

Additionally, Lee Heagy & Company has been selected for membership in the IACPR, the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment, an organization of the “Leaders in Executive Recruitment”.

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About Lee Heagy & Company
With over 20 years of professional, retained executive search experience, Donna N. Lee incorporated Lee Heagy & Company in 2000 to better serve her clients with an intense, thorough and personally dedicated approach. She is widely known for her work in the biotechnology, human health, agribusiness, animal health, food, banking and hospitality industries, placing many of the executives who have shaped those industries. She provides key people in all functional areas, worldwide.