Accession International Partners with Xalles Limited

Accession International and Xalles Together Support Clients
with Emerging Market Opportunities

WASHINGTON, February 4, 2008 - Xalles Limited, a Dublin-based global management consulting firm and leader in business strategy and financial supply chain services, and Accession International, a Washington-based company that works with businesses to enter, grow, and sustain market share in the fast-growing environments of the emerging markets, announced today their strategic alliance to provide clients with extensive international business development services.

Accession International assists and guides U.S and foreign companies in their expansion goals into new markets – especially those of Africa, the GCC, and South America. Accession guides companies through rough terrain by interpreting local policies, navigating host nation bureaucracies, planning all logistics, and confirming and attending necessary meetings resulting in profitable business development for all involved.

The partnership allows both firms to provide clients with additional options for international business development and promotional support as well as new sources of funding and business strategy services.

“Our initial focus is to assist companies in the U.S. and Africa. We are currently engaged in assisting each other with a couple of the other's client projects. We expect to be working later in 2008 with Accession in China and Brazil”, commented Mr. Thomas Nash, Chairman and CEO, Xalles Limited.

Commenting on the partnership, C. Derek Campbell, CEO from Accession International said, “The combination of the Accession and Xalles global networks as well as our joint business development and international marketing expertise, create a powerful set of services for our clients to leverage for their business success”.

About Xalles

Xalles Limited is a global provider of business strategy services that assists firms in navigating through the business lifecycle, leading them through Business Structure Design, Process Design, Organization Design and Service Delivery Design. Xalles is also a leader in financial supply chain consulting for payment solutions assisting clients worldwide to reduce transaction costs, increase feasibility and improve cash flows. Xalles Limited and its mobile team of consultants serve clients on a worldwide basis, with personnel in 13 countries across 5 continents. Xalles can be found on the Web at www.xalles.com.

About Accession International

Accession International supports U.S. and International companies seeking to take advantage of lucrative Emerging Market opportunities. The company creates and enhances value in the emerging market arena via: Business Facilitation & Development, Deal Origination & Cross-border Transactions, and Representational Support. Accession International can be found on the Web at www.accessionintl.com.

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