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A-Team Welcomes Maryann Houglet to Spearhead Strategic Consulting

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A-Team is pleased to announce that Maryann Houglet has joined to spearhead A-Team’s strategic consulting business. She brings with her over 25 years experience in the securities industry worldwide leading businesses, providing marketing and corporate development expertise at financial information services firms.

As an independent consultant, her clients have included Interactive Data Corporation, Thomson Financial and Telekurs Financial. She has also worked as part of a high-level team at Marlin & Associates, a New York-based, specialty investment banking firm, and was part of the senior management team at Telesphere Corporation and a partner in its management buyout where she headed strategic marketing and corporate development activities. Earlier in her career, Ms. Houglet was a long-term senior manager at Interactive Data Corporation, where she was also responsible for accelerating revenue growth through acquisitions and strategic alliances, particularly in the area of quantitative investment analysis.
Angela Wilbraham, A-Team’s managing director, says, “Maryann’s knowledge and experience will be invaluable to A-Team’s expanding consulting business. We are very pleased to welcome her to the team.”

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