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Next Ventures is a rapidly expanding business that has

its sights set on becoming ‘The Technology Staffing

Partner of choice’ to key industry corporations, global

and local systems integrators, consultancies, software

vendors and technology vendors around the globe.

Our service is truly global – in 2008, 65% of our business was outside the UK.We specialise in sourcing local talent internationally.

What makes us so different?

Who arewe?

Our priority: adding value to each and every one of our clients. How?

• By building trust and respect through a truepartnership approach.

• By offering flexibility and bespoke tailoring of ourrecruitment services to seamlessly fit your needs.

• By finding complete candidates – those who do notjust have the talent and knowledge you need, butwho also culturally complement your organisationand your existing team perfectly.

To provide a solid foundation for our partnership ethos,each consultant at Next Ventures focuses on onespecific technology niche. This continuously expandstheir understanding of that particular area and allowsthem to offer you unrivalled specialist expertise,informed anticipation of market trends and superiornetworking advantage.

But we didn’t pick our team just for their knowledge;we also demand that they are passionate, resourcefuland deeply committed to exceeding your deliveryexpectations.

Sound good? Well, perhaps that’s why we’rerapidly becoming known as ‘the technologyrecruiter that’s guaranteed to deliver’!

The growth we have achieved means we are now

in the privileged position of being the first choice

technology recruiter for some of the most exciting

and innovative international businesses of today.

This isn’t an empty boast. In 2001 Next Ventures deliberately adopted a strategic plan to concentrate on generatinga sizeable capital reserve to use for re-investment purposes when we felt the market dictated growth. In 2006, weseized the opportunity and, as you can see, the results speak for themselves.

Progressive Growth

A key contribution to our continued success has been our ongoing focus on winning new clients in Europe, theMiddle East and Africa. In 2008 65% of our clients were based in EMEA.

The processes that have facilitated our impressive growth have been underpinned by solid management practices,and an un-relented effort on measuring and refining our services. The extensive repeat business we enjoy istestament to our continuing ability to meet and exceed client demands.

The 137% year on-year growth over 2006–2008, and the extensive repeat business we getfrom our clients is proof that we really are ‘Good at what we do’.

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We learn more that way; so that’s why we listen to

you before positioning our wide range of flexible and

innovative technology staffing services.

Our resourcing process ensures that we have access to all of the best candidates. We utilise sophisticated in-house head-hunting techniques (that enable us toapproach non-active candidates), and have access to all of the major job-board and advertising mediums. Our process and mediums include:

• consultant market knowledge • internal network of candidates • extensive database of 100,000+ candidates

= 18,000 SAP Candidates• access to all of the major CV-searching job-boards• advertising agreements with all of the major on-line

job-boards• all consultants have access to our internal team of

multilingual researchers.

Together we will create the ideal solution for your particular recruitment challenges; many of our services have been born out of specific client needs.

PermanentRegardless of whether you commission our retained orcontingent service, Next Ventures’ clients receive thesame consistently high level of commitment andattention.

Experience has shown us that almost all clients whohave sampled our contingent offering have been soimpressed that they have gone on to take advantage ofour full value-added services. This allows ourrelationships to evolve and become more formal andexclusive, when Next Ventures can then engage as a truerecruitment partner.

Next Ventures’ consultants professionally guide acandidate though the entire recruitment processfrom initial selection through to interview, offerstage, negotiation and acceptance.

InterimOur personal streamlined interim/contract serviceenables us to deliver short-term ‘technology subject-matter experts’ to clients who need to quickly acquireskills for the successful delivery of time- and business-critical projects.

The team of industry experts we have created givesunrivalled market knowledge and an industrynetworking capability that allows Next Ventures tosource the most experienced consultants at the mostcompetitive rates.

We preferlistening

to talking

Our SAP DivisionMany of the world’s top corporations use ERP applications from SAP to streamline their business processes.

To support this business line our SAP focused division currentlyemployees 15 dedicated consultants. All of our consultants haveunrivalled market knowledge, strong industry networkingcapabilities in the SAP domain, and experience of sourcinginterim and permanent SAP talent for many of the worlds topSAP partners and users.

The SAP division within Next Ventures is currently our biggest serviceline. Our network and extensive reach within this market, coupledwith significant proven experience has positioned us well to deliver toour customers needs.

Our consultants' delivery capability spans the length and breadth of both technical and functional modules, across a wide range ofroles including: Technical Consultants, Architects, Developers,Programme and Project Managers and has seen us successfullydelivered resource to many of the worlds top corporations andconsultancies including: SAP, Accenture, Siemens, Atos Origin,KPMG, Deloitte MCS, IDS Scheer, Getronics, Rolex, FederalMogul, Alcatel, Richmont, Sony Ericsson, Rockwool and many more.

SAP ERP (Enterprise ResourcePlanning)Human Capital Management (HCM) /Financials / Operations / Corporate Services/ Supply Chain Management (SCM) /Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) /Customer Relationship Management (CRM)SAP Supplier Relationship Management(SRM)

SAP NetWeaverApplcation Server (xApps) / Portal / BusinessIntelligence (BI) / Exchange Infrastructure (XI)/ Master Data Management (MDM) Mobile(MI) / Auto-ID Infrastructure (AII) / IdentityManagement

SAP Industry Solutions (IS) Manufacturing Industries:Aerospace & Defense (SAP for A&D),Automotive (IS-A), Beverage (IS-BEV),Apparel & Footwear Solution (AFS),Chemicals, Consumer Products,Engineering, Construction & Operations(SAP for EC&O), High Tech (IS-HT), Industrial Machinery & Components(SAP for IM&C), Mill Products(IS-MP or IS-MILL), Mining (IS-MIN), Oil & Gas (SAP forO&G or IS-OIL) and Life Sciences

Service Industries:SAP for Logistics Service Providers (IS-SP),Media (IS-M), Postal Services, ProfessionalServices, Retail (IS-R), Railways,Telecommunications (IS-T), Utilities (IS-U)and Wholesale Distribution

Financial Services:SAP for Banking (IS-B), Financial ServiceProviders and Insurance

Public Services:SAP for Defense & Security, Healthcare,Hospitals (IS-H), Higher Education (IS-HE),Higher Education & Research (SAP forHE&R) and Public Sector (IS-PS)

Core R/3 ModulesFinancial Accounting (FI), Sales &Distribution (SD), Materials Management(MM), Production Planning and Control (PP),Controlling (CO), Business InformationWarehouse (BW), Asset Management (AM),Project Systems (PS), Human Resources(HR), Plant Maintenance (PM), QualityManagement (QM), Warehouse Management(WM), Supply Chain Management (SCM),Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM),ABAP(ABAP/4) Programming Language,BASIS system (BC)

The technology skills we can source for you!

SAP Modules

When we say we offer a

global recruitment service,

we mean it.

To date Next Ventures has successfully assistedclients to recruit both permanent and interim talentin over 30 countries.

They include:

Northern Europe:UK, Ireland, Belgium, Holland,

Central Europe:(DACH): Germany, Switzerland, Austria

Eastern Europe:Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Croatia

South Europe:France Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus,Hungary, Romania

Scandinavia:Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway

Middle East:Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Israel

Africa:South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria

A large contribution to our phenomenal growth inrecent years has been made by our success in workingwith businesses outside the UK, whilst still increasingour UK client numbers. In 2008, 65% of our businesswas with EMEA clients; they chose to partner with NextVentures because of our ability to find well qualifiedlocal-language candidates.

GlobalRecruitment

Knowledge – Next Ventures’ consultants areindividually focused on particular technology niches.This fosters effective industry knowledge ensuring astrong and detailed understanding of each individualclient’s business, technology and competitive sector.

Experience – Our consultants and managershave a minimum of six years’ recruitment/industryexperience within the technology sector, equippingthem to offer you a high level of professional serviceand recruitment best practice.

Flexibility – Next Ventures offers flexible, bespoke,recruitment services that can be delivered againstaggressive timescales to help our clients to resolvestaffing challenges in time-sensitive and business-critical projects.

Proactive approach – We believe that the bestcandidates are not always those who are activelylooking for new jobs, but often those individuals who arecurrently successful and happy in their roles butnevertheless receptive to a well presented andcompelling career opportunity. Consequently, we alwaysuse proactive search or headhunting techniques totarget and focus on a specific group of companies andindividuals in a competitive or relevant area to make surewe deliver the best possible candidates for you.

In-depth research – Each assignmentinvolves our experienced research team to ensurecandidates are targeted from the correcttechnology/market sectors. All research is conductedin-house to ensure the knowledge is retained andcontinually updated to give Next Ventures an unrivallednetwork of contacts.

Key account management/client partnering – We offer you a single pointof contact, ensuring clear communication and aconsistently high level of service.

Delivery – Ultimately the key differentiator for anyrecruitment business is the ability to deliver qualifiedcandidates within a specified time frame. Next Venturesis able to boast a 100% record on delivering toretained assignments and an incredibly impressiveCV-to-interview ratio, ultimately crediting thisachievement to an unparalleled desire to create referenceaccounts for each and every one of our clients.

Passion and Dedication - The NextVentures team are Passionate about recruitment andproviding an exceptional service. Creating long lastingrelationships following each and every clientengagement is our mission. Dedication is a necessaryquality to fulfill challenging briefs on behalf of ourclients and candidates and it is evident trait across theNext Ventures team. We deliver where others fail,because we are Passionate about recruitment anddedicated to fulfilling against our promises.

The core values and differentiators that make

us so specialWhat makes us special?

It’s what our clients and candidates say that matters.The foundation of Next Ventures is quality delivery. With this in mind we

wanted to share the experiences of some of our clients and candidates.

Next Ventures recruited me in toJohnson & Johnson. They had avery good understanding of therole on offer, and were veryefficient in sorting out queriesand issues. The consultant alsohad a very good balancebetween giving people enoughupdates, but not calling toooften. He made the recruitmentexperience a positive one…!

Doris Kneilling, SAP Functional Consultant

I was contacted by NextVentures on a Friday afternoon,by Monday morning they hadsecured a face to face clientinterview for me and thatafternoon we successfullysecured a signed contract.Throughout my contract periodand even after the offer wasmade Next Ventures showedthemselves to be extremelyprofessional and the consultantI dealt with had greatinterpersonal skills. I woulddefinitely work with NextVentures again and would nothesitate in recommending NextVentures to any of mycolleagues or potentialemployers.

Rosvita Nedelcovici,SAP SD / MM Consultant

I have worked for Next Ventureson a number of contractassignments over the years, andhave always found them toconduct themselves in aprofessional, reliable andknowledgeable manner. I willnever have any hesitationsworking for Next Ventures againas I know they can deliver whatI need from a contractassignment.

Sukhy Tiwana,SAP Basis

Finding a new job can be a hardexperience; but thanks to NextVentures took this pain awayfrom me and made the wholeexperience pleasurable. Iappreciated the time they tookto understand any problems Ihad through the process, andthe effort they made to solvethese patiently and efficiently. Iwas very satisfied with theservice I received, and greatposition they found me.

Nidhi Arora,SAP Portals Architect

I totally appreciated the wayNext Ventures stayed in regularcontact throughout the durationof my contract. I found them tohave a professional approach,and great in being able to swiftlyresolve complex situationswhen they arose. As acontractor I would also like tounderline that I was impressedby the personal and friendlyservice, and the thoroughknowledge they had of the SAPmarket. I hope that we will beable to repeat this collaborationon another project.

Matthias Friedberg,SAP Supply Chain Contractor

Next-Ventures are spot on whenit comes to services and to-dateI’ve never had a problem. Myaccount manager is always veryhelpful and friendly and he paysme on time – what more youcan ask for?

Prem Kumar, SAP GRC Contractor

Next Ventures helped me findmy first SAP IS-U contractassignment overseas. At thattime I was working in my nativeRomania and looking for Englishspeaking projects outsideRomania to gain moreinternational experience. NextVentures were always veryhelpful, continually kept incontact with me throughout theproject, and also successfullynegotiated me an extension onmy contract. I would work againwith Next Ventures again as Ifind them to be very trustworthyand professional.

Daniel Toba,SAP ISU Consultant

I have been working for morethan a year with Next Ventures,engaging SAP highly qualifiedresources. I really appreciatedour collaboration. Next Ventureshas always been able to provideus on-time the people weneeded even when we werelooking for very difficultprofiles…sometimes I had thefeeling I was their only customerwhen you see how much theywere focused on our requests.The collaboration with NextVentures is also very efficient:one single point of contact inthe company, supportive withthe administrative work, flexible,patient.

Accenture, Brussels

Next Ventures has supported uson several occasions and havealways managed the recruitmentprocess for Consultants in a veryprofessional manner. They havecontinually delivered qualitycandidates; it has been veryrewarding to work in partnershipwith a competent, professionaland cost-effective partner suchas Next Ventures.

KPMG, Italy

York International (later:Johnson Controls) have on anumber of occasions utilized theservices of Next Ventures tosource specialized SAP contractconsultants. Next Venturesalways deliver strongly qualifiedCV’s within tight timescales,and consultants that havealways exceeded their projectobjectives.

Next Ventures always keep inclose contact with both theclient and the candidate, andalways show interest in theperformance of theirconsultants. It was a pleasurehaving a dedicated recruitmentpartner to support our needs.

Johnson Controls,Netherlands

We value Next Ventures as a keypartner; they have an excellentknowledge of the market and aprofessional approach todealing with our requirements.They have always deliveredquality candidates withinbudget, providing a first classservice. I would highlyrecommend Next Ventures as areliable and competent partner.

Getronics, Belgium

I have used the services of NextVentures to staff SAP projects inboth Switzerland and Italy.Recently

Next Ventures supported us insubmitting submit serviceproposals to some customers,and were able to providerelevant and qualified profiles ina short timeframe at theexpected price. I therefore highlyrecommend Next Ventures tobusinesses with staffing orresource management needs.

SAP Practice Principle, EMEA

We used Next Ventures tosupport our efforts by recruitinghighly skilled SAP contractorsfor our worldwide roll-out of anew ERP system. We found it apleasure doing business withthem as they were quick torespond, and always came upwith good resources with littleguidance and were able toadapt to our needs. We wouldhappily do business with NextVentures again.

SAP, Global ProgrammeDirector

‘‘Candidates’’ ‘‘Clients’’

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To discover how Next Ventures can resolve your resourcing issues for you, please visit www.next-ventures.com or e-mail info@next-ventures.com

You can rely on us.