CISZEWSKI PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CONFERO CONSULTING SET TO SERVICE SCANDINAVIAN BUSINESSES IN POLAND

Warsaw (October 27, 2008) – Ciszewski Public Relations S.A., one of Poland’s leading public relations agencies founded in 1994, employing 40 professionals and representing the international public relations chain GolinHarris today announced that it has entered a cooperation agreement with Confero Consulting, a Warsaw based strategic communications and public relations firm with in-depth experience of working with Scandinavian and Finnish businesses, among other.

“I am extremely pleased to cooperate in Poland with Ciszewski PR that has long standing experience and knowledge of the market and an excellent reputation for its professionalism and integrity. CPR provides our clients with additional market insight, competencies and sector specific resources where needed”, said Johan Puotila, founder and Managing Director of Confero Consulting.

“By cooperating we can capitalize on Mr. Puotila’s extensive experience in the area of corporate communications, stake holder relations, external communications, public affairs and related strategic planning, built for over 20 years in different markets and cultural environments world wide that include Scandinavia/Finland, United States and Poland”, said Sebastian Hejnowski, Managing Director of Ciszewski PR.

“Having held several senior corporate communications positions in a successful Fortune 500 company and in different geographies, Mr. Puotila’s familiarity with communications and PR challenges that businesses may face and related strategic planning and best practices world wide are a unique asset that our clients now can tap into”, Mr. Hejnowski continued.

“When it comes to Scandinavian businesses, by cooperating we can offer not only superior market expertise, skills and resources but also a very good understanding of their respective home markets and business cultures, and can service them also in Swedish and Finnish where needed”, Mr. Puotila concluded.

There are currently close to 1000 Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian businesses operating in Poland. They employ nearly 100 000 people and Scandinavian investments in Poland amount to an estimated 7.4 billion USD.



For more information, please contact:

Sebastian Hejnowski
Ciszewski Public Relations
tel. +48-600-032 357
e-mail: shejnowski@publicrelations.pl
www.ciszewskipr.pl

Johan Puotila
Confero Consulting
tel. +48-508-078 954
e-mail: info@conferopr.com
www.confero-consulting.com