INVENSYS APPOINTS LAWRENCE WEE AS PRESIDENT OF ASIA PACIFIC REGION

India (SANEPR.com) June 25, 2008 -- Bangalore - Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, today announced that it has appointed Lawrence Wee as President of the company’s Asia Pacific region, one of the fastest growing region, to drive the dynamic growth and expansion of its business.



“IPS is confident that Lawrence’s wealth of experience in growing businesses in Asia Pacific and his experience in senior leadership, sales, e-commerce, and both product and services businesses will serve IPS well as we continue to develop in this rapidly growing region,” said Paulett Eberhart, President and Chief Executive Officer of IPS.



Wee most recently served as President of Asia Pacific for McAfee, responsible for all business operations in the region, including North Asia, South East Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand



Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Asia and held senior leadership roles in the Asia Pacific region for Ariba and IBM.



He graduated from the University of Singapore with Bachelor of Social Science Honors (Second Class Upper), majoring in Economics, and participated in Columbia Business School’s Senior Executive Program.



About IPS (Invensys Process Systems)

Invensys Process Systems (IPS), headquartered in Plano, Texas, is a global technology, software and consulting firm leading significant change in process manufacturing, plant optimization, business operations and enterprise performance. IPS clients are some of the world’s most important industrial organizations — companies that operate large oil refineries; plants that process chemicals, gas, LNG, power, pharmaceutical and minerals; and pulp and paper mills. IPS solutions, used at over 50,000 locations across the globe, include field devices and controls from Foxboro and Triconex, advanced applications from SimSci-Esscor, operations management from Avantis, and the world’s first truly open enterprise control system, Infusion™.



IPS’ nearly 7,000 employees integrate these capabilities to create solutions that impact and increase efficiency, boost productivity, and accelerate performance. These results help industrial companies run safer, operate more efficiently, and extract useful knowledge from their operations to make faster, better decisions. To learn more about IPS visit us at www.ips.invensys.com.


In Asia Pacific, IPS serves more than 2,400 customers across 21 countries in 10 major industries, providing Safety and Automation Solutions, Manufacturing Operations and Optimization Software, and Plant-to-Business Intelligence Solutions.


The Invensys Group (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ISYS.L), with approximately 25,000 employees working in 60 countries.



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