ADVISORY/Leading Business Risk Management Firm to Give Reporters Advance Release of 10th Annual International Business Risk Study, Risk Map 2002.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Nov. 7)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:
         Control Risks Group, a leading international business risk
         management firm that provides services falling outside the
         mainstream of traditional management consulting, will sneak
         preview its "state of business" study, Risk Map, for
         reporters before release to clients. A media briefing Nov. 7
         will precede a Nov. 8 private conference with government
         officials and more than 300 executives of Fortune 500,
         mid-level and small companies, including diverse sectors
         such as oil & gas, entertainment, manufacturing, health care,
         consumer products and high tech.

WHAT:
         Risk Map 2002 is a comprehensive analysis of specific risks
         facing companies in the year ahead. Control Risks' team of
         market sector and country experts has identified numerous new
         risks companies face in 2002 as a result of the Sept. 11
         attacks and war on terrorism.

WHERE:
         National Press Club, Murrow Room
         529 14th Street, NW
         Washington, DC, 20045

WHEN:
         Wed., Nov. 7
         registration:  10 a.m., briefing begins:  10:30 a.m.

TOPICS &
SPEAKERS:
         -- Nigel Churton, Group Managing Director, Risk Map 2002
            findings
         -- Bill Daly, Operations Director, New York, 2002 domestic
            security considerations
         -- David Lattin, Operations Director, Americas, overseas
            security concerns
         -- Mary Fulginiti, Senior Vice President, Investigations,
            money laundering

FINDINGS
OVERVIEW:
         Companies with divisions in foreign countries and those
         deciding whether to expand or contract operations face new
         challenges: Countries they may have considered safe are now
         high-risk; Risk Map shows a significant increase in high-risk
         locations since Sept. 11. Yet a conservative expansion
         strategy could give the competition a leg-up. What's the risk
         of not taking a risk? What business opportunities will the
         changing world events create?