Plexus Consulting Group    News Release

Plexus Consulting Group offers on-the-ground services for associations in the People’s Republic of China




Date
December 1, 2006



Plexus Consulting Group, LLC
1620 Eye Street, NW
Suite 210
Washington, DC 20006
Phone:  202-785-8940
Fax:      202-785-8949
Email:   info@plexusconsulting.com


Washington, D.C. – December 1, 2006

Plexus Consulting Group has signed an agreement with a Beijing and Shanghai-based consultant to provide in-country marketing, administrative, and representative services for associations seeking a presence in this fast growing market.

Plexus Consulting Group welcomes Liang Zhang (Riley) of Shanghai and Beijing as a senior advisor. Riley has worked for the Association of Manufacturing Technology, Shanghai Airline’s International Marketing Department, Australian Industrial Trade Supplies Shanghai Office, and the Star Professional Program Beijing Head Office.

As the chief representative with Australian Industrial Trade Supplies, he recruited and maintained suppliers, planned, organized, directed and controlled functions related to the procurement function and oversaw all functions that related to these activities. While working for the Shanghai airline’s International Marketing Department, Riley arranged several foreign diplomatic delegations visits to Shanghai.

In addition he successfully organized the consulting delegation of the non-profit group, People-to-People in order to expand their reach into the Chinese market. He supervises operational and logistic issues related to this program. Riley developed and organized a US- China Social Work Forum and the US – China Educational Forum. He is a fluent speaker of Chinese, both Mandarin and Shanghai dialects, and is proficient in Japanese.

“We are very happy to add such a capable professional to our consultant ranks—especially one who is based in such an important market. China figures in the plans of nearly all our association clients as a market that has the potential of being the world’s largest in the coming decade in a wide variety of sectors. As a highly capable Chinese national who speaks English fluently and who has an in-depth knowledge of US associations, Riley is ideally placed to help associations in developing their China strategies,” said Plexus president Steven Worth.

About Plexus Consulting Group, LLC

Plexus Consulting Group is a management-consulting firm that provides marketing, management, and strategic planning services to association, for-profit, and governmental entities in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Plexus’s network of affiliate offices covers all these markets. The firm is headed by Steven Worth-a 25-year consulting veteran whose former professional titles include: Director of International Public Affairs and Communications, Deloitte, Touche, Tohmatsu; Managing Director of Hill and Knowlton Brussels, and Press Liaison for the U.S. Senate Majority Leader’s office.

For more information, contact:
Steven M. Worth
President
Plexus Consulting Group
Telephone: 1-202-785-8940
E-Mail: steve_worth@plexusconsulting.com
www.plexusconsulting.com