Coalition Provisional Authority
Baghdad, Iraq

Press Release
For Immediate Release Office of Strategic Communications
March 13, 2004 Contact: Sam Whitfield whitfields@orha.centcom.mil
Victoria Whitford whitfordv.gbr@orha.centcom.mil

Michael P. Fleischer named Director, Private Sector Development

Friday, March 13 – Today Ambassador L. Paul Bremer named Michael P. Fleischer Director of Private Sector Development for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). As Director, Mr. Fleischer will lead a team focused on developing Iraq’s private sector economy and attracting private foreign investment.

Before his tenure at CPA, Mr. Fleischer took a leave of absence from Bogen Communications International, Inc., where he has been President and a member of the Board of Directors since 1997. Before becoming President of Bogen Communications International, Mr. Fleischer was President of Ekco/Glaco, Ltd., served as a member of the Board of Directors of Alliant Techsystems, Inc. and President of Active Management Group, Inc., a firm he co-founded in 1990, which turns around troubled companies, and provides leadership for firms facing other difficult transitions. Mr. Fleischer received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1985 and a B.A. from Colgate University in 1978.

Mr. Fleischer’s success as an entrepreneur, manager, and business leader in the international business community will be of enormous value to the CPA and to Iraq.
Mr. Fleischer has been serving as Deputy Director of Private Sector Development since November 14, 2003.

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