Thomas S. Robertson, Dean of the Wharton School, Joins The Board
Basil L. Anderson Announces Plans To Step Down From The Board In
January 2010
CRA
International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing management,
economic and financial consulting services, today announced that
Thomas S. Robertson has been appointed to CRA's Board
of Directors. Dr. Robertson will serve on the Company's Audit
Committee. In addition, Basil L. Anderson has informed the Company of
his plans to step down from CRA’s Board of Directors as of January 31,
2010, in order to focus on other commitments.
"We are pleased to welcome Tom Robertson as an independent director to
CRA’s board,” said James
C. Burrows, CRA's President and Chief Executive Officer. “Tom is not
only a highly regarded leader of business education, but he also has
been a top marketing strategist to some of the world’s most influential
brands. CRA will benefit from his academic perspectives, as well as his
management and marketing expertise."
“On behalf of our Board of Directors, I would like to thank Basil
Anderson for the leadership and valuable counsel he has provided to
CRA,” said Rowland T. Moriarty, Chairman of the Board of Directors of
CRA International. “Basil served on our board in a variety of capacities
during the past five years. CRA has benefited greatly from his sound and
pragmatic advice, and we look forward to continuing to work with him
until early 2010.”
Dr. Robertson is an accomplished academic leader and a seasoned business
school administrator who has long been a champion of international and
interdisciplinary business education. In 2007, he was named Dean of the
Wharton School and Reliance Professor of Management and Private
Enterprise at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the
Wharton faculty from 1971 to 1994. During that time, he chaired the
Marketing Department and served as associate dean for executive
education. Since returning to Wharton as Dean, his focus has been to
expand the school’s global footprint while advancing Wharton as a force
for social and economic good.
Previously, Dr. Robertson was Dean of Emory University’s Goizueta
Business School where he is widely credited with positioning it as a
leading international business school. Before joining Emory, he was
Sainsbury Professor, Chair of Marketing, and Deputy Dean of the London
Business School.
In addition, Dr. Robertson is an expert on marketing strategy and
competitive behavior.
