Options Group Opens New Office in Shanghai, China

Options Group Opens New Office in Shanghai, China

May 08, 2007

    SHANGHAI, China, May 8 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Options
Group, a leading global executive search and strategic
consulting firm, announces the opening of its Shanghai
office, Options Group Shanghai, to meet the growing demand
for services in the Asia-Pacific region. Vice Chairman Gene
Shen will lead the effort into the fast-growing Chinese
market. 

    "It is an opportune time for Options Group to open
an office in Shanghai, China due to the tremendous prospects
here in capital markets, private equity and the hedge fund
community," says Shen, who has 24 years of experience
in the executive search field. For the past two years, the
Firm has fulfilled client needs in both Shanghai and
Beijing, covering the mainland market out of both Hong Kong
and New York, and has native Chinese consultants situated
throughout the world.

    "Options Group continues to expand its presence in
emerging markets such as Brazil and China to meet this
growing demand for real-time market intelligence
globally," says Options Group CEO Michael Karp.
Options Group, which is headquartered in New York, also has
offices in London, Hong Kong, Newport Beach, Sao Paulo,
Dubai, Sydney and Tokyo.

    "We already are working on numerous strategic
initiatives with established local and multinational
companies to capitalize on the demands of similar global
clients," says Ike Suri, Co-COO of Options Group.
"Our mission in the Asia-Pacific region is to service
our client's needs in not only Tokyo and Hong Kong, but in
emerging money centers such as Shanghai as well."

    In conjunction with the office opening, Loran Fredric
joins Options Group Shanghai as a Vice President and will
be a search consultant. A graduate of Harvard University,
Loran is fluent in Chinese and worked in the Englishtown
division of EF Education, the world's largest private
education company. Loran launched the Life Club concept for
EF English First in Shanghai, Beijing, and Guang Zhou/Shen
Zhen, leading a team that secured national and local
strategic partnerships in those regions. The Firm also has
hired additional staff to handle execution and research
responsibilities in Shanghai.
   
    About Options Group

    Options Group is a leading global executive search,
market intelligence and strategic consulting firm with a
focus on the financial services industry. Founded in 1992,
Options Group has always prioritized maintaining an
intimate relationship with the financial services industry
and its key participants. Our geographic reach continues to
expand to cover both established and emerging markets in the
Americas, Europe and Asia. Since 2000, our search
consultants have placed thousands of financial services
professionals in Global Markets, Alternative
Investments/Hedge Funds, Investment Banking, Quantitative
Research and Technology.


    For more information, please contact: 

     Gene Shen
     Vice Chairman
     Options Group Shanghai
     Tel:   [phone]
            [phone] (Shanghai Main)
            [phone] (New York Phone) 
            [phone] (New York Main) 
     Email: [e-mail]

     Eric Moskowitz
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]