PRESS RELEASE –February7th 2017

Alexander Hughes official opening ceremony in Iran

Tehran - Iran - The official opening event of Alexander Hughes IranianOffice, an Executive Searchleader on the Iranian market, took place last week under the high patronage of His Excellency M. François Séménaud, Ambassador of France to Iran. The ceremony gathered many executive delegates of Western companies developing in Iran,economic actors in the country as well as representatives of the French, British, Italian, Japanese, Danish and South African embassies.

Alexander Hughes IranianOffice is a joint venture combiningthe forces of Alexander Hughes, a leading global executive search firm, and IranianOffice, leader of corporate services in the new opening Iran. This is the first Western executive search firm returning to Iran since 1979.

Julien Rozet, CEO Alexander Hughes,Shayan Shadfar and Christophe Laurent-Atthalin, managing partners of IranianOffice declared:

“The attendance of representatives of world leading companies for our friendly cocktail at our offices in Tehran shows the very strong interest of the global economic world in the Iranian market. We are proud to be the first global executive search firm returning in Iran to support them in finding top talentsfor their great venture in this promising country.”

Right to Left: Julien Rozet (CEO Alexander Hughes) Shayan Shadfar (MP IranianOffice), Mr. François Séménaud, Ambassador of France to Iran, Christophe Laurent-Atthalin (MP Alexander Hughes - IranianOffice), Reza Motevalli (GM IranianOffice)”

About Alexander Hughes:

Founded in 1957,Alexander Hughesis an international ExecutiveSearchfirm advising top management on vital recruitments to the company’s success: Executive and non-Executive Directors, senior Managers and recognized Experts.

Alexander Hughesis one of the few independent Executive Search groups headquartered in Europe able to offer globally high level of quality and commitment to the most exacting clients.

With more than 52 offices,Alexander Hughes, headquartered in Paris, has a fully owned worldwide coverage offering local expertise combined with international capabilities. The team includes more

than 130 consultants operating in 12 Sectors of Excellence, ranging from Financial Services and Technology to Life Sciences, Industrial Manufacturing or Consumer Markets.

Managers by Alexander Hughesis the branch of the group specialised in the recruitment of confirmed managers, specialists and young high-flyers through the same quality search-only approach.

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About IranianOffice:

IranianOffice provides operational and financial support for business with and in Iran. IranianOffice Business Hub (TM) is the most adapted structure for analyzing, generating business and setting up companies in the new opening Iran. The scope of activities IranianOffice provides to its western and local clients ranges from business development to operational support and include: distributor and franchise search, M&A and joint-venture operations, legal advisory, salary portage and employment externalization.

IranianOffice has owned managed resources in Iran and business and support teams and consultants in Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and Austria.

Media contact: Valeria Brancato, Alexander Hughes Corporate Secretary –