John-Gary Hewitt Joins the Board of Directors of Nimbus Group, Inc.; Former President of Knight Securities Joins the Board of Directors of Nimbus Group, Inc.Business & Travel Editors FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2001 Nimbus Group (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :NMC NMC Nursing & Midwifery Council (UK) NMC NSSDC Master Catalog (NASA) NMC Northwestern Michigan College (Traverse City, Michigan) NMC National Meteorological Center ) today announced the appointment of Dr. John-Gary Hewitt to its Board of Directors. Dr. Hewitt will be instrumental in the transition of the company into a leading business-to-business air taxi service. Over the next 7 years, Nimbus is committed to the development of a lower cost, reliable and secure private jet air taxi network with 1,000 aircraft. Prior to becoming a Board member of Nimbus Group, Mr. Hewitt was President of Knight Securities, Inc. ("Knight"), an electronic market-making firm in the securities industry. While serving as President of Knight, Mr. Hewitt was responsible for Knight's extension into options market-making; international expansion (Europe and Japan); development of Knight's technology; and organizational restructuring. Before that, he worked at Goldman Sachs in strategic and business building roles related to Goldman Sach's international equities business. His first job on Wall Street was at the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. where he worked on various matters involving the Exchange's product diversification. Dr. Hewitt holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Rochester The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. ; a Jurist Doctor from the Boston University School of Law Boston University School of Law (BU Law) is the law school affiliated with Boston University. ; and a Master's degree in corporate law from NYU NYU New York University NYU New York Undercover (TV show) . "I look forward to serving on the Board of Nimbus, as the company embarks on an exciting course. Business aviation is growing throughout North America. Executives and government officials have a strong desire for affordable, safe, efficient and convenient travel solutions. I believe Nimbus will meet these needs in the future," said Dr. Hewitt. Commenting on the appointment, Nimbus Group Chairman, Mr. Ilia Lekach stated, "Nimbus is very fortunate to have Dr. Hewitt join its board. His invaluable expertise will help us through this our initial transitional phase." About Nimbus Group Nimbus Group intends to make personal jet travel broadly affordable throughout North and South America. Pre-screened "Nimbus Travel Card" members will have the convenience to travel at the spur of the moment "<B>Spur of the Moment</B>" is an episode of the American television anthology series <em>The Twilight Zone</em>. <H2>Details</H2>*Episode number: 141*Season: 5*Production code: 2608*Original air date: February 21, 1964*Writer: Richard in comfort and safety. Nimbus Group, though an affiliated network of travel agents, limousine companies, air charter companies and airlines, will provide travelers with individualized air taxi transport on-demand, doorstep to destination. http://www.nimbusjets.com. |
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