Auriemma Consulting Group Opens United Kingdom Office.

WESTBURY, N.Y. -- Auriemma Consulting Group (ACG) announced today that the firm will open its newest office in London on June 5, 2006.

The management consulting firm, which caters primarily to the payments and lending industry, has been doing an increasing amount of international business over the past several years, particularly in the United Kingdom. "Opening this office gives us the opportunity to have more face-to-face contact with our international clients," said ACG President Michael Auriemma. "Additionally, by having a full-time team on the ground in the UK, we can better anticipate our European clients' needs as driven by the market, while providing them with even more timely service."

ACG Managing Director Michael Lenora, a long-time payments industry executive with more than 25 years of international payments experience, will run the day-to-day operations at the London office. Prior to ACG, Mr. Lenora was Commercial Director of Barclaycard International, a division of Barclays Bank. Mr. Lenora comments, "ACG already has an outstanding reputation as one of the leading consulting firms in the global payments field. Our goal is to further enhance ACG's international relationships, while working to expand upon our roster of clients and projects."

Over the past several years, ACG has worked with many of the top U.S. and international credit card issuers, on projects as wide-ranging as value proposition development, portfolio analysis and valuation, and alliance and partnership development. Other ACG capabilities include benchmarking studies, research services, and Industry Roundtables. ACG looks to its London office to increase the firm's international project activities while continuing to expand its presence abroad. The new ACG office, located in Berkeley Square in the Mayfair area of London's West End, will have responsibilities for ACG client activity in Africa and the Middle East as well as the UK and Continental Europe.