Protiviti Member Firm in South America Adds New Location in Buenos Aires to Provide Consulting and Internal Audit Services

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Jun 16, 2011, 01:00 ET

MENLO PARK, Calif., June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Protiviti Inc. (www.protiviti.com), a global business consulting and internal audit firm, now offers its services in Buenos Aires, Argentina, through its Member Firm, Intellity Consulting.

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"With the third largest economy in Latin America, Argentina has become a major player in the global marketplace," said Gary Peterson, executive vice president, international operations, Protiviti. "We are pleased to be able to better serve our clients with operations in Buenos Aires. Intellity has deep expertise in the local and regional business communities, a successful client service track record, and a highly experienced team."

The Buenos Aires team of professionals has expertise in the telecommunications, mining, financial services and manufacturing industries.

The addition of the Member Firm location in Argentina expands Protiviti's Latin American network, which already includes Member Firms in Brazil, Peru and Venezuela.

"International and local companies are looking for alternative providers of business consulting and internal audit services in Argentina," said Marco Villacorta, managing director in charge of the Argentine Member Firm. "This alliance with Protiviti gives us a great opportunity to offer our services to global organizations. We believe that the combination of an excellent professional team and the prestige of the Protiviti brand will enable us to enter the market quickly and establish ourselves as a major player in business consulting and internal audit."

Intellity Consulting has been a Protiviti business partner since 2003, and launched a Peru Member Firm with Protiviti in 2007.

The new Argentina office is located at Ing. Butty 240, Piso 5, Buenos Aires. Visit www.protivitiglobal.com.ar for additional information about this office and its services.

About Protiviti

Protiviti is a global business consulting and internal audit firm composed of experts specializing in risk, advisory and transaction services. The firm helps solve problems in finance and transactions, operations, technology, litigation, governance, risk, and compliance. Protiviti's highly trained, results-oriented professionals provide a unique perspective on a wide range of critical business issues for clients in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

Protiviti serves clients in certain regions through its Member Firms. Protiviti Member Firms are regional risk consulting providers who jointly provide services with Protiviti. This combination of global and local expertise delivers to companies the highest level of service and solutions for identifying, measuring and managing the risks that challenge their business objectives.

As a global company, Protiviti has a network of offices and Member Firms, including 70 locations in 23 countries worldwide, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI). Founded in 1948, Robert Half International is a member of the S&P 500 index.

Protiviti is not licensed or registered as a public accounting firm and does not issue opinions on financial statements or offer attestation services.

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