Auto Expert Donna Parolini Joins Roland Berger & Partners' Detroit Office

28 November 2000
Auto Expert Donna Parolini Joins Roland Berger & Partners' Detroit Office
    TROY, Mich., Nov. 28 Renowned auto expert Donna Parolini
has joined Roland Berger Strategy Consultants as an associate partner, Michael
Heidingsfelder, Roland Berger Partner and Executive Vice President, announced
today.
    With more than 20 years of experience in analyzing the worldwide
automotive industry, Parolini will develop strategies for Roland Berger's
supplier clients.  Prior to joining Roland Berger, Parolini was president and
CEO of the International Business Development Corporation since 1987.
    "Donna has proven her ability in many cases to successfully re-position
and prepare suppliers for future challenges," said Heidingsfelder.  "We are
confident that, together with Donna, we will further support this important
industry in North America.  Donna's expertise underlines Roland Berger's
commitment to Detroit and the local automotive industry."
    Parolini has become one of the world's leading consultants in the
automotive supplier business and was recently named one of the top 100 women
leading the North American automotive industry by Automotive News magazine.
    Parolini established the Automotive Supplier Council in 1989, the largest
private business council in the country.  She has worked with some of the
largest corporations in the world including E.L. DuPont & Company, General
Electric, Whirlpool, Westinghouse, General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor
Company, British Petroleum, Shell Corporation, Chevron Corporation, Herman
Miller, Steelcase Corporation, Toyota Motor Company, Honda Motors, and Nippon
Corporation.
    Parolini has contributed her insights to such publications as Automotive
Industries, Ward's AutoWorld, Automotive News, The Wall Street Journal and The
Detroit Free Press, among others, and has served as an auto industry
commentator on NBC and CNN.  She also authored the book, Developing a Global
Strategy - You Make the Call and has been a speaker at numerous professional
and industry organization meetings in the United States and throughout Europe.
    Roland Berger is one of the leading strategy consultant firms in the world
and the largest of European origin.  Founded in 1967, the firm has 32 offices
in 22 countries with more than 1,000 consultants worldwide.  Global Functional
and Industry Competence Centers, staffed by specialists in their fields,
provide support on strategic, organizational and process-related issues.
    Roland Berger's Automotive Competence Center covers all functions and
processes in the automotive industry along the entire value chain, advising a
broad spectrum of automotive manufacturers and suppliers.  With offices in
every major automotive market in the world, including Detroit in North
America, the Automotive Competence Center is working for more than 200 clients
worldwide.
    For more information about Roland Berger, visit the Company's website at
http://www.RolandBerger.com .