Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 12, 2000

Jim Rose – Qxl.com Plc (qxl.l)

JIM ROSE joined QXL.com as the Chief Executive Officer in April 1999. Jim was formally CEO at United Information Group (UIG), a wholly owned subsidiary of United News and Media, where he was responsible for driving the company's global expansion and business development. Prior to UIG, Jim's experience includes four years with Deloitte Touche as a management consultant and over six years with Dun&Bradstreet/ ACNielsen, as a European Board Member and Managing Director in the UK, Ireland and South Africa. Jim was also CEO of Blackwell Information Services, a global provider of academic and professional information, and was responsible for all Internet development including the launch of the Blackwell On-Line Bookshop. Jim is an American national, and holds a Masters Degree from Kellogg School of Management from Northwestern University, Chicago. Profile
TWST: QXL is involved in European electronic auctions. Can you

highlight the milestones the company has passed, bringing us up to date,

and giving us an idea of QXL's position now? Mr Rose: We