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STEELE Appoints Diana Lutz to Newly Created Post of Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer

In this new executive capacity, Ms. Lutz will be responsible for enhancing STEELE's integrated governance, risk and compliance framework across the company that captures ethics, compliance and regulatory areas, and effectively supports an accountable and transparent business environment. She will have management oversight for the company's ethics and business conduct program, related internal investigations, internal audit, and regulatory compliance matters.

The creation of this senior executive position underscores the commitment and absolute priority STEELE places on its core values of ethics, service, and performance. As a provider of regulatory due diligence and business intelligence in emerging markets to more than half of the Fortune 100, the services due diligence performed by STEELE must always meet the highest standards of public and government scrutiny, accountability and oversight. The work of the chief compliance officer will ensure a forward-looking, pro-active and integrated culture of corporate performance compliant with these standards.

"I am very pleased that Diana has accepted the appointment to this new and critical role which supports the company's needs in an area of vital importance to our growth strategy and future success. Establishment of this position reflects our intent to be the corporate model for due diligence companies with respect to compliance, ethics and accountability," said CEO Kenneth Kurtz. "Diana brings her vast experience, focus, energy and strong leadership to the challenge of fostering an integrated compliance organization which the board of directors and I believe requires our top executive talent."

Ms. Lutz brings over 15 years of legal and compliance experience to Steele, including in-house experience designing and directing Fortune 200 Ethics and Compliance programs. She is a former Assistant Attorney General and a member of the State Bar in three states. Her corporate experience enhances STEELE's FCPA consulting practice in anticorruption program development and implementation. In addition to her experience at Qwest Communications as Director of Corporate Ethics and Compliance, Ms. Lutz was Vice President of Ethics and Compliance at Vetco International, whose 12,000 employees conducted business across 30 countries, where she worked to mitigate the risk of doing business in remote locations with high potential for corruption.

About STEELE

STEELE is a longtime global business advisory and risk management company providing investigative, security and consulting services for multinational Fortune 500 companies, as well as small- and mid-sized businesses, governmental and nonprofit organizations. With regional offices in 16 strategic locations around the world and engagements in over 110 countries, STEELE's solutions respond to the complexity of doing business in today's fluid, outsourced marketplace. Specialized local expertise includes intellectual property and brand protection, compliance auditing, forensic accounting, due diligence and background investigations, incident management, emergency response and executive protection.

With 20 years of experience in the field and an international roster of top experts from a range of relevant disciplines, STEELE sets the industry standard for innovative, professional and highly personalized crisis and risk management throughout the enterprise. For more information, visit www.steelefoundation.com.

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Keith LaHonta, 415-354-3830
klahonta@wwsteele.com