Chris Leslie joins IDDAS

JUNE 2006

Lord Freeman, Chairman of IDDAS, the business and career mentoring firm, today announces the appointment of Chris Leslie as an advisor to the IDDAS Board.  He joins Elizabeth Filkin, former Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, Martin Smith, Deputy Chairman of New Star Asset Management, Jane Kingsley, former Head of search firm Russell Reynolds, and John Salmon, former Partner of PwC.

Mr Leslie was previously with Whitehead Mann, where he was a Partner for 18 years and a member of its Board practice.  Most notably he established, built and led its Financial Services practice.  Before going into search, he spent some 17 years as a banker with Citigroup.  Mr Leslie is also a Senior Adviser at The Zygos Partnership, which focuses on executive and non-executive search, Board appraisal and succession planning. 

Reported in The Financial Times 9th June 2006