SAN FRANCISCO (September 8, 2010) — Glass Lewis & Co., LLC, a leading independent research and proxy advisory firm, today announced the appointment of John Wieck as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Wieck joined Glass Lewis as Vice President of Operations in 2008, and in his new role will continue to implement processes and technology enhancements that will further improve Glass Lewis’ proxy voting efficiency and accuracy.

“Since joining the company in 2008, John has done an extraordinary job of building out our client services, operations and IT organizations and overseeing major enhancements to our ViewPoint voting platform.” said Katherine Rabin, Chief Executive Officer of Glass Lewis. “Over the past year Glass Lewis has experienced tremendous growth in our coverage universe as well as in our global client base. John has been instrumental in that growth and will ensure that as the organization expands, Glass Lewis will continue to provide the best‐in‐class proxy research and voting solutions worldwide.”

Prior to joining Glass Lewis, Mr. Wieck was Senior Director of Client Services at Broadridge Financial Solutions which was formerly part of Automatic Data Processing (ADP). Mr. Wieck held various roles supporting both the US and international proxy distribution businesses in his fourteen years at Broadridge/ADP. During his last three years, Mr. Wieck was responsible for the client service teams supporting both institutional investors and global custodians in addition to the global operations team supporting Broadridge/ADP’s international proxy distribution business. Mr. Wieck earned his BS in Management and International Business from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and his MBA in Banking and Finance from Hofstra University’s Frank G. Zarb School of Business.

About Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC
Glass, Lewis & Co. is a leading investment research and global proxy advisory and voting services firm, serving institutions that collectively manage more than $15 trillion. Glass Lewis helps institutional investors make more informed investment and proxy voting decisions by identifying business, legal, governance and financial statement risk at more than 20,000 companies worldwide. Founded in 2003, Glass Lewis is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Sydney, Paris and Tokyo.

For more information on Glass Lewis & Co. contact:
Bayley Diamond, +1 415 738 4115, bdiamond@glasslewis.com
www.glasslewis.com.
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