HROA Announces New Co-Chairs for European Chapter

LONDON (17 November 2009) - The HROA today announced the new chairs of the
HROA European Chapter. Tim Palmer from PA Consulting Group and Gary Madden
from Cadbury will assume the roles previously held by Guy-Joel de Lhoneux
(formerly of Unilever) and John Hindle, Accenture.

Madden has been working for Cadbury for 12 years. He has held various HR
roles including establishing and running Cadbury's UK HR Services
operation. He currently leads a global Program in which Cadbury will
implement NorthgateArinso’s euHReka platform. The program started in
October 2007 and is expected to launch during the first quarter of 2010. By
the end of the programme, Cadbury employees in more than 60 countries will
be on a single, multi-language SAP HR with self service.

Palmer is a well respected influencer in the HR transformation industry,
supporting HR Directors as they manage their organisations. His expertise
includes shared service creation and optimisation, outsourcing and
strategic HR organisation design. He has worked with clients across
different sectors including consumer goods, banking, transport, pharma and
telecoms.

Faye Holland, Managing Director of SharedXpertise Europe and Executive
Director of HROA Europe, commented, “Both Tim and Gary share a clear
vision of how the Association should evolve at a time when the whole
industry is in transition. Their initial focus includes working with other
associations and enhancing the overall sustainability of the association
and its membership.”

Organisations interested in HROA membership, can email
[#EUMembership[at]hroa.org] EUMembership[at]hroa.org for further details.

About PA Consulting Group

PA Consulting Group is a leading management and IT consulting and
technology firm. Independent and employee-owned, we operate globally in
more than 30 countries and transform the performance of major organisations
in both the private and public sectors.

From initial idea generation and strategy development through to detailed
implementation, we deliver significant and tangible results. We have
outstanding technology development capability; a unique breadth of skills
from strategy to performance improvement, from HR to IT; and strong
expertise in communications, media and entertainment, defence, energy,
financial services, government and public services, healthcare,
international development, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, and
water.

About Cadbury

Cadbury is one of the world's largest confectionery businesses with number
one or number two positions in over 20 of the world's 50 biggest
confectionery markets. It also has the largest and most broadly spread
emerging markets business of any confectionery company. With origins
stretching back nearly 200 years, Cadbury's brands include many global,
regional and local favourites including Cadbury Dairy Milk, Flake, Creme
Egg and Green & Black's in chocolate; Trident, Dentyne, Hollywood and
Bubbaloo in gum; and Halls, Cadbury Eclairs, Bassett’s and The Natural
Confectionery Co. in candy.

About HROA

Founded in 2003, the HRO Association (HROA) is a global association with
chapters in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The Association is open to
anyone in the HR Outsourcing industry anywhere in the world, including HR
executives, buyers, providers, advisors, consultants, attorneys, and
academics. Members of the Association include heads of HR, heads of
companies or business units providing HR services, and leading industry
sourcing advisors and attorneys.

About SharedXpertise Media, Managers of the HROA

SharedXpertise Media is the leader in providing media, summits and forums
that develop professional practices in the areas of corporate
responsibility, human resources and financial management. Its media
offerings include print and online publications; its summits are
conferences and its forums offer association membership programs.
SharedXpertise serves strategy-level corporate executives in the human
resources, finance, compliance and sustainability professions in North
America, Europe and Asia.

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