STEELE Appoints Peter Novins to Position of Chief Operating Officer

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Steele International, a global provider of investigative, consulting and strategic security services,today announced that Peter Novins has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Novins will be helping STEELE scale its operations to meet the company’s rapid growth. His mission will be to strengthen the coordination of STEELE’s offices globally, improve operating efficiencies and continue to effect the change necessary to ensure the company meets the evolving needs of its clients.

“Peter is a great manager who knows how to build client confidence,” said Kenn Kurtz, CEO. “He has relevant experience and a track record of scaling international business operations and building strong teams.” Mr. Novins founded Ernst & Young Consulting’s Knowledge Management practice and as a Partner led many major clients through global transformations of their core operations, including many Fortune 100 companies. He is a leading authority on knowledge management and collaborative work practices and is widely recognized for his expertise in operational effectiveness, particularly in global organizations. Novins brings over 20 years of international business experience to STEELE. He has held senior positions, including COO, in several top-tier global consultancies and professional services companies and has lived and worked in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

Having developed a career in risk mitigation, Novins understands STEELE’s services and the importance of managing risk in today’s changing threat environment. “Having worked with many Fortune companies, I understand the importance of exceeding customer expectations,” said Novins. “Together, with Kenn and the great global team at STEELE, we’ll be able to build on our market leadership position and maintain STEELE’s superior level of quality as our client base grows. I am thrilled to have this opportunity.”

Novins served on Microsoft’s Partner Advisory Board and was a featured speaker at Cisco’s Executive Center. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Northwestern University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.

About STEELE

STEELE is a longtime global business advisory and risk management company providing investigative, security and consulting services for multinational Fortune 500 companies, as well as small- and mid-sized businesses, governmental and nonprofit organizations. With regional offices in 16 strategic locations around the world and engagements in over 150 countries, STEELE’s solutions respond to the complexity of doing business in today’s fluid, outsourced marketplace. Specialized local expertise includes intellectual property and brand protection, investigative due diligence, incident management, emergency response and executive protection.

With 20 years of experience in the field and an international roster of top experts from a range of relevant disciplines, STEELE sets the industry standard for innovative, professional and highly personalized crisis and risk management throughout the enterprise. For more information, visit www.steelefoundation.com.

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