K2 Global Appoints Chris Morgan Jones as EMEA Strategic Advisor

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Jul 12, 2010, 05:00 ET

LONDON, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- K2 Global Consulting today announced the appointment of Chris Morgan Jones as Strategic Advisor to its Europe, Middle East and Africa business. Morgan Jones will advise K2 Global's EMEA management team on strategy, management and client assignments.

Morgan Jones was previously with Kroll Inc. for eleven years, latterly as Regional Managing Director of the Consulting Group for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before taking this position he established the firm's Central and Eastern Europe practice and worked as head of Business Intelligence in the region.

Chris's extensive experience will further broaden the range of expertise that K2 uses to manage and mitigate its clients' risks. He has advised emerging and developed market clients on competition issues, cross-border acquisitions and reputational matters, and has particular strength in advising clients on international disputes.

Jules Kroll, Chairman and co-founder of K2 Global, welcomed the appointment. 'K2's strategy is to give clients the best advice and help secure the best outcomes by giving them access to the best people. I'm delighted to be working with Chris again. His experience resolving complex problems for clients is unrivalled in this region.'

Jeremy Kroll, President and co-founder of K2 Global, commented: 'Chris's experience in emerging and frontier markets will prove particularly valuable at a time when the changed world economy is generating special problems and opportunities for our clients.'

Morgan Jones commented: 'I'm very excited to be working with Jules, Jeremy and the team at K2. It's a powerful company with an unrivalled name and exceptional talent and I look forward to helping build its success.'

K2 Global Consulting is a provider of risk consulting and advisory services to multi-national corporations, sovereign nations and individuals. Our experts have a proven track record of successfully addressing our clients' financial, legal and technological risks around the world. K2 has a global reach with a core consulting team of professionals in offices in New York, London, Madrid and Bahrain as well as an international network of experts and relationships.

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