New York and London, February 2007 - The Van Tulleken Company, a leading investment banking boutique that provides mergers and acquisitions services in information, publishing and the technology industries announces the appointment of Joanthan Gordon, senior B2B specialist.

Jonathan Gordon, Managing Director (New York), brings extensive experience in business-to-business and professional media. Prior to joining The van Tulleken Company, Gordon was Vice-President, Business Development and Planning for VNU Business Media, a $500 million division of VNU (now Nielsen). Previously he was at Primedia Inc where he was Director of Planning and Operations in the Business-to-Business division, leading the group's business and strategic development activities. He began his banking career at JP Morgan where he served as Associate in its Telecommunications Investment Banking Group.

Jonathan Gordon holds B.Com and LLB degrees from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa; a Higher Diploma in Company Law with Distinction; and an MBA from Columbia University. He qualified as an attorney in South Africa.

This appointment lends considerable support to the Company's activities in the business-to-business and professional sectors, which are the subject of considerable M & A activity. His operational experience, legal background and transaction skills, provide an unusual combination of talents to the existing teams in New York and London.

"Jonathan brings a wealth of high-level M & A experience to the Company as well as essential operational backgrounds, which is a hallmark of a successful corporate finance boutique," commented Founder & CEO Kit van Tulleken. "With these appointments The van Tulleken Company continues its international expansion and market reach."

The van Tulleken Company, a leading investment banking boutique, advises on mergers, acquisitions and strategic developments in the information, publishing and technology industries. With offices in New York and London, the Company serves large international corporations as well as small and medium-sized independent companies in the U.K., Europe and the U.S. The Company has advised on a wide range of transactions including, in recent months: the sale of VNU Business Media Europe to 3i; Sibelius Software to Avid Technologies; ITV on the divestiture of Granada Learning to Veronis Suhler Stevenson; and the sale of Paravia Bruno Mondadori (PBM) to Pearson plc.