NEW YORK, 6^th January, 2008 - Global Market Research Outsourcing firm, exëvo, has added a key executive member to their global talent pool. Today, exëvo has announced the hiring of Hal Kuraishe as Director for Business Development. Hal has over 11 years experience within the market industry. He is based in exëvo’s London office and will be responsible for new client activity across Europe and managing relationships with the existing exëvo client base.

Having been a senior member of the business development team at Harris Interactive (Europe) for over 6 years and also at Mintel International for 5 years, He has a mass of experience in providing a variety of research solutions such customer satisfaction, segmentation and conjoint studies to companies as diverse such as HP, Aol, Gartner, Procter & Gamble and Unilever to name but a few.

"Hal brings tremendous experience and maturity to exëvo. We are thrilled to have him on our team and are confident that he will serve as a catalyst for our aggressive growth plans," said Alok Tayal, CEO of exëvo. Hal responded enthusiastically and added "I am impressed by exëvo's vision and energy. exëvo has achieved a lot in a very short period of time, and I am looking forward to being part of an organization that is poised to be a leader in the Knowledge Process Outsourcing industry."

exëvo has witnessed strong growth and unprecedented performance since its inception, and continues to invest aggressively in global expansion.