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SafirRosetti Firm Opens Washington Office

Richard Rosetti, long-term industry veteran, heads up regional efforts

Washington, DC, August 13, 2002, -- SafirRosetti, a leading security, investigative and intelligence firm, today announced the opening of its Washington office. Richard Rosetti, an 18-year industry veteran who formerly managed the North American region for Kroll Associates, the world's largest investigative firm, will head up the office. Mr.Rosetti has been based out of Washington since 1988 and will continue to service the region's law firms and corporations.

"Richard is joining us at a time when the need for corporate security has never been greater," said Howard Safir, former New York City Police Commissioner and SafirRosetti chairman. "September 11th re-emphasized the point that security is no longer a corporate option and at SafirRosetti, we are committed to offering our clients the absolute 'gold standard' in this field. Richard's unparalleled success in managing large, complex internal investigations and uncovering fraud, providing competitive business intelligence and counter terrorism, will assure us that we are providing the highest level of service to our clients in the Washington metropolitan area."

SafirRosetti, partly owned by Omnicom Inc., a strategic holding company that manages a portfolio of global communications market leaders, joins other prominent Washington-based Omnicom organizations. Among them: Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.; Porter Novelli International; Ketchum; Chlopak, Leonard, Schecter; Clark & Weinstock; Cone Public Relations; Mathews Media Group; Russ Reid; Steve Cram and the Washington Speakers Bureau.

Omnicom President and CEO John Wren sees SafirRosetti as a natural extension of the marketing and business services already offered by Omnicom companies. "Our clients are frequently involved in activities requiring high-level business intelligence, litigation support, and security consulting. SafirRosetti and Omnicom companies currently work together to deliver crisis management and business controls consulting, among a wide array of other services."

Mr. Rosetti understands that security breaches and corporate fraud are at the center of today's business concerns. "Senior management in both the private and public sectors recognizes its role in prevention and accountability. We provide 'best-in-class' investigators, researchers, and security consultants," Rosetti said. "SafirRosetti helps corporations upgrade security systems and procedures and run simulations to test newly-implemented security and emergency management plans."

SafirRosetti will continue to deliver expert business intelligence services to the Washington area, including: competitive research; vital information about potential business partners, vendors and customers; and transactional due diligence. Litigation support services remains a core function of SafirRosetti’s practice, including: witness identification and location, computer forensics, and investigative accounting.

Richard Rosetti draws on almost two decades of experience working with the nation's leading corporations, among them top-tier law firms and Fortune 1,000 companies.

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For further information please contact Richard Rosetti at 202-857-2211. SafirRosetti is a full-service security consulting, investigative and business intelligence firm with offices in Dallas, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington. Partially owned by Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE-OMC) and managed by former New York City Police Commissioner Howard Safir and former Security Director of IBM, Joseph Rosetti, SafirRosetti’s skilled professionals provide value-added services to corporations, individuals and governments worldwide.

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