Barry F. Jones, President of Grolier International, Inc., a full subsidiary of Grolier Inc. with head office in Danbury, Connecticut, USA. Grolier publishes multi-volume reference sets, education material, encyclopedia sets, latest information technology and online reference systems.

Mr. Jones has serves the Company for six years as President of Grolier International. He brings with him over 20 years' experience in management and marketing to the company.

Mr. Jones, aged 57, a native of New Zealand, educated in Auckland and has experience of working in Sydney and Hong Kong. He is responsible for the management and marketing of all Grolier products throughout the Asian region.

Before joining Grolier he was Sr. Vice President of Hasbro in Sydney, Australia, the largest Toy Company in the world.