Dun & Bradstreet Information Services, Europe makes announcement.HIGH WYCOMBE High Wycombe (wĭk`əm), city (1991 pop. 69,575), Buckinghamshire, S England. The city is well known for its furniture industry and also has paper mills, sawmills, and engineering works. , England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1995--Richard J.G. Archer, 56, president of Dun & Bradstreet Information Services See Information Systems. , Europe, has announced his retirement, effective July 1, 1995. He will be succeeded by John Fry John Fry may refer to:
DBIS-Europe, headquartered here, provides credit, marketing, financial and other business information to companies throughout Europe. DBIS DBIS Database Information System DBIS Differential Biphase Space has similar operations in the U.S., Canada, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , as well as in the Asia-Pacific region. Richard J.G. Archer Archer joined Dun & Bradstreet in September 1981 as managing director of the DBIS-UK company and was named executive vice president and regional manager of DBIS-Europe in 1983. In 1988, he was promoted to his current position, president, DBIS-Europe. Archer was instrumental in several important acquisitions for DBIS, including Kosmos and Orefro in Italy, Schimmelpfeng in Germany, S&W in France, Novinform in Switzerland, and Soliditet in Scandinavia. Prior to joining the company, Archer's career covered aeronautical engineering aeronautical engineering: see engineering. Aeronautical engineering That branch of engineering concerned primarily with the special problems of flight and other modes of transportation involving a heavy reliance on aerodynamics or , oil and gas production, vehicle distribution, the hotel industry, and financial leasing, both in the U.S. and Europe. Born in Surbiton, Surrey, Archer holds a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of London For most practical purposes, ranging from admission of students to negotiating funding from the government, the 19 constituent colleges are treated as individual universities. Within the university federation they are known as Recognised Bodies and pursued advanced studies in management at Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. in 1978. Terry Taylor, chairman of Dun & Bradstreet Information Services, and executive vice president of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, said, "Richard Archer has brought a strong, thoughtful leadership to DBIS-Europe. His leadership has been highly successful in a period of extraordinary competitive pressures, made more challenging by the difficulties encountered by economies throughout Europe." John Fry "John Fry brings a powerful set of strengths to our overall European operation," Taylor said. "With his impressive management skills and strategic focus he will bring together the expertise of our businesses in Europe to further fulfill the increasing needs of our customers for cross-border information. In addition, he will move DBIS-Europe to the next level: developing information solutions that provide business people throughout Europe with the insight to drive the profitable growth of their businesses." Fry joined Dun & Bradstreet in April 1991 as vice president -- Data and Quality. In December 1992, he was named vice president -- Marketing & Operations Strategy. In October 1993, Fry was promoted to the position of executive vice president, UK and Ireland and, following the acquisition of S&W, was assigned to France in October 1994 to manage the integration of S&W and DBIS, France. Prior to joining Dun & Bradstreet, Fry worked for Procter & Gamble in Germany and Italy, and with Dun & Bradstreet while employed by Bain & Company from 1988 to 1991. He has an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from INSEAD INSEAD Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (European Institute for Business Administration; now know simply as INSEAD) INSEAD I Never Stop Eating And Drinking , where he was awarded the Ford prize as top student and an MA in math and physics from Cambridge University. Dun & Bradstreet Information Services is a company of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, the world's largest marketer of information, software and services for business decision making, with worldwide revenue of $4.9 billion in 1994. CONTACT: Dun & Bradstreet Information Services Philip Mellor (Europe), 44-494-423-346 or David M. Monfried (U.S.) 908/665-5377 |
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