Pedersen & Partners Opens Offices in Helsinki, Finland and Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Toronto, Canada, January 15, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Pedersen & Partners, a leading Central and Eastern European executive search firm, announces the opening of its offices in Helsinki and Tashkent.

Martin Nysten has been appointed Country Manager for Finland. Previously, Mr. Nysten worked in export management positions with K. Hartwall Oy in Finland and in sales with Kämmerer in Germany. Mr. Nysten has a B.Sc. in Management from the University of London, Royal Holloway, U.K.

Mr. Nysten can be contacted at martin.nysten@pedersenandpartners.com.

The Country Manager for Uzbekistan is Farkhod Savurbayev. Previously, Mr. Savurbayev worked for Forex Trading Company in New York City and as a broker for a cotton-trading firm in Moscow. Mr. Savurbayev has a degree in Economics from Samarkand State University in Uzbekistan.

Mr. Savurbayev can be contacted at farkhod.savurbayev@pedersenandpartners.com

Poul Pedersen, Managing Partner of Pedersen & Partners comments: “From our Helsinki office we will be helping Finnish firms with recruiting managers in Finland and the CEE region. With Tashkent we now have an unmatched nine offices in CIS.”

The Helsinki office address is:
World Trade Center Helsinki17, Aleksanterinkatu
Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358 9 6969 2626
Fax: +358 9 6969 2629
Helsinki@pedersenandpartners.com

The Tashkent office address is:
Business Center InterAsia11, Bratislava str.
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tel: +998 71 255 4423
Fax: +998 71 255 4423
Tashkent@pedersenandpartners.com

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