NFO Worldwide Names Michael Tsavaris, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer - North American Operations
24 October 2000
NFO Worldwide Names Michael Tsavaris, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer - North American Operations
GREENWICH, Conn.--Oct. 24, 2000--NFO Worldwide, Inc., a member of The Interpublic Group of Companies , today announced the appointment of Michael Tsavaris as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer - North American Operations. In his new role, Mr. Tsavaris will report to Joseph Migliara, President of NFO's North American Operations, and will be responsible for all financial reporting and administrative facets of NFO's operations in North America. Previously, Mr. Tsavaris was Vice-President, Finance for NFO Worldwide.Mr. Tsavaris, 46, joined NFO in 1997 as Director of Corporate Development. In 1998, he was promoted to Vice-President, and in 2000 he became Vice-President - Finance. Prior to NFO, Tsavaris worked at The Interep Radio Store, a national media rep firm, and Scali, McCabe, Sloves, then a top 30 advertising agency. He began his career at Deloitte & Touche, the international public accounting firm.
Joseph Migliara stated, "I am absolutely delighted that Mike agreed to join our North American senior management team. I have worked very closely with Mike over the past few years, and have enormous respect for his capabilities. He should prove invaluable as we take our operations to the next level of development."
"I am pleased to have this opportunity to work with Joe and the rest of NFO's management team to continue to grow and develop our North American businesses," said Mr. Tsavaris. "We have assembled an outstanding array of companies within the region, and I'm thrilled at the prospect of helping our companies work better together to provide integrated, value-added insights to our clients."
Mr. Tsavaris resides in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., together with his wife, Mary, and two children.
NFO Worldwide is a leading provider of research-based marketing information and counsel to the worldwide business community. With more than 15,000 full and part-time employees and operations in 38 countries, NFO provides clients with trusted insight into the behavior, attitudes and opinions of customers around the globe. NFO is the largest custom marketing research firm in North America and is among the top three in the world, serving 4,000 clients in key sectors such as consumer packaged goods, healthcare, financial services, high-tech/telecommunications, travel & leisure, automotive, business-to-business and e-commerce. Together with its affiliated companies, NFO is the world's largest provider of Internet-based custom marketing research. Visit NFO Worldwide on the Web at http://www.nfow.com