LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TIGroup, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: TISG), a California-based financial solutions provider to the healthcare industry focused on ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) and other businesses designed to deliver quality healthcare services outside of traditional hospital settings, today named Dennis M. Smith as the company's chief financial officer. He has served as a director on the company's board since 2001.
Smith was most recently chief executive officer of Cross Shore Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. On August 29, 2007, Cross Shore completed the acquisition of Research Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (RPS), a provider of integrated clinical development solutions to the bio- pharmaceutical industry. Smith continues to serve as a director of RPS.
Prior to Cross Shore, Smith co-founded and served as vice chairman and chief financial officer of Vsource, Inc., the predecessor to TIGroup. Through Vsource Asia, a subsidiary based in Malaysia, Vsource provides business process outsourcing solutions for Fortune 500 and Global 500 companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Following the sale of Vsource Asia in 2004, Smith served as chairman and chief executive officer of Vsource until July 2005. He continues to serve as a non-executive director, consultant and member of the board of Vsource Asia.
Smith lived and worked in Asia for 28 years. Prior to founding Vsource, he co-founded and served as general partner of ChinaVest, one of the earliest and largest independent private equity firms in Asia. In addition, he held senior positions in commercial and investment banking with First Chicago Corp. (now JPMorgan Chase) in Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines. He holds an MBA degree from Loyola University of Chicago.
TIGroup CEO David Hirschhorn said, "We are pleased to welcome Dennis to
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