Dade Behring's John M. Duffey Named 2004 Chicago CFO of the Year
Third Annual Award Announced by National Investor Relations Institute and the
Kellogg School of Management
CHICAGO, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Chapter of the National Investor
Relations Institute (NIRI) and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern
University announced today that John M. Duffey, senior vice president and chief
financial officer of Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. , will be the recipientof the
2004 Chicago CFO of the Year Award. Duffey will receive this award at a
luncheon on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at The Fairmont Chicago (11:30 a.m. - 1:30
p.m.).
The Chicago CFO of the Year Award recognizes those who advance the practice of
investorrelations as a strategic and critical component of the corporate
mission, while adding value to his or her company.
"We developed the Chicago CFO of the Year Award to honor an individual who stood
out in their development, support and execution of investor relations on behalf
of their company," said Cindy Klimstra, president and board member of
NIRI-Chicago. "John Duffey has clearly demonstrated exceptional leadership
capabilities, guiding Dade Behring through a challenging environment, while
producing consistent growth." "I am honored to be selected by NIRI for this prestigious honor," Duffey said.
"This past year presented us with many challenges in how we demonstrated Dade
Behring's value to all of its stakeholders. By establishing initiatives to
create financial discipline across the entire organization, we continued to
deliver on our commitments and attained our objectives of adding shareholder
value." Duffey was appointed to the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Dade Behring in September 2001, near the beginning of the company's
successful turnaround strategy. Duffey is a Certified Public Accountant and
holds a B.A. in Accounting from Michigan State University. Based in Deerfield,
Ill., Dade Behring is the largest company solely dedicated to clinical
diagnostics.
The national NIRI organization is a 4,500 member, 36 chapter professional
association of corporate officers and IR consultants responsible for
communicating among corporate management, the investing public and the financial
community. Investor relations has evolved from an administrative tactic to a
vital strategic responsibility that encompasses the disciplines of finance,
communications and marketing in managing the flow of information to
shareholders, analysts, media and other constituencies.
Entries for the prestigious Chicago CFO of the Year Award were evaluated by a
panel of experts in the field of investor relations, financial communications
and finance, including representatives from Abbott Laboratories, CDW
Corporation, Hewitt Associates, Pactiv Corporation, and the Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern University.
About NIRI-Chicago The members of NIRI-Chicago include corporate officers, consultants, service
providers, academics, and others involved in the practice of investor relations
-- a strategic management responsibility that integrates finance, communication,
marketing and securities law compliance. With 214 members, NIRI-Chicago is one
of the largest NIRI chapters in the United States. For more information about
our organization, please visit our website at http://www.niri-chicago.org/ .
About the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University was founded in 1908
and is widely recognized as a global leader in graduate business education. The
school is home to a renowned, research-based faculty and MBA students from more
than 60 countries and six continents. Kellogg offers full- time, part-time and
executive MBA programs as well as numerous non-degree Executive Education
Programs. The Kellogg School also offers three joint degree programs: the
JD/MBA; MD/MBA; and MEM/MBA. Additionally, the Kellogg School has alliances with
business schools in Europe, Asia and Canada.
Kellogg revolutionized graduate management education more than 50 years ago when
it introduced executive education into its programming, one of the first
business schools to do so. In the 1970s, Kellogg again changed the face of
graduate management education when it introduced the teamwork concept into its
curriculum. Both the Kellogg executive education and teamwork models have been
duplicated by business schools worldwide.
In 2002, BusinessWeek magazine ranked the Kellogg School the No. 1 graduate
school of business in the United States, an honor it has achieved four times
since the biennial survey began in 1995. In the fall of 2003, for the second
consecutive year, Kellogg was named the top MBA programin the world by The
Economist Intelligence Unit, a division of The Economist Group. For more
information, please visit: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/ .
Media Contacts: Cindy Klimstra
Director of Investor Relations
CDW Corporation
847-968-0268
Jeff Zilka
Executive Vice President
Edelman
312-240-3389
DATASOURCE: NIRI-Chicago; Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern
University CONTACT: Media, Cindy Klimstra, Director of Investor Relations of CDW Corporation, +1-847-968-0268, , or Jeff Zilka, Executive Vice President of Edelman, +1-312-240-3389, Web site: http://www.niri-chicago.org/ http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/
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