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| MORGAN SAMUELS COMPANY
PLACES KEY EXECUTIVES AT WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC.
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| LOS ANGELES, June 12, 2006
- Morgan Samuels Company, a leading national management
consulting firm specializing in executive recruitment,
today announced nine executive placements at Washington
Mutual. Washington Mutual is one of the nation's
leading consumer and small business banks. As
of March 31, 2006, Washington Mutual and its subsidiaries
had assets of $348.67 billion. The company was
established in 1889 and currently operates more
than 2,600 consumer and small business banking
stores throughout the nation. |
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| Pia Jorgensen was appointed
as the Chief Technology Officer. Formerly, Ms.
Jorgensen was the Leader, Messaging and End User
Services with General Electric. Ms. Jorgensen
received her BA in Business Administration from
the Copenhagen Business School in Copenhagen,
Denmark. |
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| Washington Mutual has appointed
James P. Gorzalski as Senior Vice President, Head
of Strategic Sourcing. Mr. Gorzalski was previously
the Vice President, Global Procurement with NACCO
Industries, Incorporated. Mr. Gorzalski has an
MBA and a BS in Marketing from Syracuse University
in Syracuse, New York. |
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| Stephen A. Colanero has been
named Senior Vice President, Retail Marketing.
Formerly, Mr. Colanero was the Senior Vice President,
Strategic Development with Blockbuster Incorporated.
Mr. Colanero holds an MBA from Wharton, and a
BS in Accounting from Villanova University in
Villanova, Pennsylvania. |
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| J. Timothy Grant has been appointed
Senior Credit Officer, Community Lending and Investment.
Mr. Grant was previously with Washington Federal,
Incorporated where he was the Senior Vice President,
Multifamily Loans. Prior to his time with Washington
Federal, Mr. Grant served as the Region Manager
and Vice President, Real Estate Finance with Golden
West Financial Corporation. |
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| Vijay Bhasin has been appointed
as First Vice President and Senior Manager, Credit
Modeling. Formerly, Mr. Bhasin was Vice President
Credit and Prepayment Modeling with Freddie Mac.
Mr. Bhasin has a PhD in Finance from Indiana University
School of Business, an MBA from Southern Illinois
University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering
from the Regional Engineering College in Kurukshetra,
India. |
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| Washington Mutual appointed
Douglas J. Aguiar as First Vice President, Retail
Marketing. Prior to joining Washington Mutual,
Mr. Aguiar was the Senior Vice President, National
Marketing - Retail for Countrywide Financial Corporation.
Mr. Aguiar received his BA in Communications from
University of Southern California in Los Angeles,
California. |
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| Washington Mutual has appointed
Glen W. Dawes as First Vice President and Controller,
Technology Services Group and Corporate Services
Group. Mr. Dawes formerly served as a Vice President,
Controller EMEA, with Tech Data Europe GmbH. Mr.
Dawes received his MBA from Nova Southeastern
University, and his BS in Finance from the University
of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. |
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| Helen Wang has been named First
Vice President and Senior Group Product Manager.
Ms. Wang formerly served as the Vice President
and Director Cash Segment at Citi Cards. Ms. Wang
received her MBA from the Harvard Business School,
and holds a BS in Finance and International Management
from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. |
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| The company has appointed Charles
A. Therriault as Project Manager, Home Loans Finance.
Mr. Therriault formerly served as the Assistant
Vice President, Private Placements with Citigroup
Insurance Investments. Mr. Therriault received
his MBA from the University of Hartford, and a
BS in Finance from University of Connecticut in
Storrs, Connecticut. |
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| ABOUT MORGAN SAMUELS
COMPANY |
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| The Morgan Samuels Company
is a leading national management consulting firm
specializing in executive recruitment. Since 1969,
the firm has developed a stellar reputation for
building long-standing client relationships and
for successfully recruiting exceptional quality
candidates. Morgan Samuels applies revolutionary
business process techniques, based on Lean Sigma
principles that have shifted the paradigm in executive
search to an unprecedented level of quality. These
process controls and improvements ensure Morgan
Samuels presents its clients, including Washington
Mutual, Fluor, Kaiser Permanente, RealNetworks,
Fannie Mae and many other Fortune 500 companies,
with the highest quality candidates faster and
more cost-effectively than its competitors. |
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