To: Gilbert Drapeau who wrote (170 ) 1/15/2001 3:32:28 PM From: Gilbert Drapeau Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 192 NURUN Inc. Names New Chief Financial Officer MONTREAL, QUEBEC-- JANUARY 15, 2001 - 15:19 EST Andrew G. Church, former Quebecor Printing executive, is appointed Senior Vice President & CFO NURUN Inc., a leading global network providing e-business strategies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Andrew G. Church as Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. With nearly twenty years of financial and operational experience in the public accounting, commercial printing, and hi-tech manufacturing industries, Mr. Church brings strong credentials and organizational skills to the company's global operation. Upon attaining his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Lehigh University in 1981, Mr. Church worked for Ernst & Young in New York from 1981 to 1987 as a Certified Public Accountant. He then earned his MBA degree from Cornell University in 1989, and was subsequently employed for six years at Millipore Corporation (NYSE: MIL), a hi-tech company that applies purification technology to critical research and manufacturing applications in the biopharmaceutical and microelectronics industries. At Millipore, Mr. Church held a variety of financial and general management positions including Vice President Finance & Administration of Millipore Canada and Millipore Puerto Rico. Mr. Church joined Quebecor in 1996 as Vice President Planning and Business Development for Quebecor Printing (USA) Corp. in Boston, MA, where he was responsible for corporate planning, financial and operational analysis, and acquisitions. "We are delighted to be welcoming an executive of Mr. Church's accomplishment to the NURUN management team," said NURUN CEO Jacques-Hervé Roubert. "His rich experience with high-level corporate finance and strategy makes him a perfect compliment to this leadership team. I am confident that with his unique skill set, along with his strong Quebecor and Quebecor World background, he will contribute the leadership needed to achieve our goals." "It's an honor to be joining such a first class team as this, and at such an exciting time in this company's history." Said new NURUN Sr. Vice President and CFO Andrew Church. "This is an important year for NURUN, as the playing field becomes less crowded, and as we expand our global operation to strengthen our lock on existing markets and build organically into new ones, I believe NURUN will prove to be a model of how a global professional services company should be developed and run." NURUN's previous CFO, Mr. Claude Doré, will depart at the end of January to pursue other personal and business interests. In the meantime he will help in the transition of the office. NURUN extends its best wishes and sincere thanks to Mr. Doré for his hard work and many positive contributions to the company over the last years. About NURUN NURUN Inc. (Toronto Stock Exchange: IFN), a subsidiary of the Quebecor Inc. group, is a leading global network developing e-business strategies designed to support multi-channel sales and marketing activities for select clients in the "click and mortar" environment. NURUN employs more than 1,000 professionals in its offices in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City, New York, Boston, Chicago, Charlotte, Paris, Milan, Rome, Madrid and Santiago. It's subsidiary Mindready (TSE: MNY), which is also based in the Montreal area, has offices in England and in Northern Ireland and currently employs approximately 400 people. Mindready is a leading supplier of test engineering services and real-time communications solutions for embedded systems. More information about NURUN can be found at www.nurun.com.