Deborah Woodford is an English ACA ‘Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales' equivalent to the CPA qualification or the DEC ‘Conseil Superieur de l'ordre des Expert Comptables' the National Council for the organisation of public accountants in France.  She started out at KPMG London where she spent 5 years and has since acquired more than 12 years experience in France.

In France, Deborah Woodford has worked as European Controller at Completel then as Group FP&A Manager/ Group controller at Medimedia Group before joining Hummingbird / Open Text France as head of Finance following the purchase of Hummingbird by Open Text.  Deborah Woodford facilitated the restructuring programme in France by providing a financial framework with tight financial control, performance review and cash management alongside a tax and risk appraisal of the French and European operations.

Deborah Woodford joined the Business & Decision team to fill a newly created position. Indeed, due to the internationalization of operations and the growing number of foreign subsidiaries, the Group has decided to set up a "two-headed" financial management structure.  Frédéric Lecan, who has been following the Group's financial evolution since 2004, will take over the management of the French Financial Division as well as supervise, with Deborah Woodford, consolidation efforts, risk control and internal audit.

About Business & Decision

Founded in 1992, Business & Decision is an International consulting and Systems Integration company specializing in Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and E-Business. The Group works with clients to implement systems that aim at driving business functions and performance (dashboards, reporting, consolidation etc.); help in customer relationship management (sales force automation, call centers, campaign management, analytical CRM); and assist in E-Business (intranet and extranet portals, directories and Meta directories, e-commerce, knowledge management, Open source technologies, etc.). With more than 2,800 employees worldwide, Business & Decision has developed a "complete project" approach that spans from consulting to implementation. The Group has a reputation for its functional and technological expertise and has forged partnerships with all of the key technology vendors. At present, Business & Decision has more than 1,200 clients.

Business & Decision has been listed on the Euronext Paris since February 2001 (compartment B / Isin code: FR 00000 7895 8 / Symbol:  BND). Business & Decision is listed in the NextEconomy segment. For more information, visit: http://www.businessdecision.com/

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