Sara Lee Corporation Names George Chappelle Chief Information Officer

, a leading global producer of specialty chemicals for consumer and
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information about the Company, please visit its Web site
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For more information , contact Adrienne Goldthorpe, Senior
Marketing Manager at 212-661-3500 x3056 or email
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He brings a
wealth of global IT experience and a proven track record of executing
with excellence that will serve us well as we transform Sara Lee,"
said de Kool.

Aleris International Inc. Appoints Chen as Vice President and General Manager Asia Pacific Region

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Vagelos served as CEO for nine years from July 1985 to June
1994 and was first elected to the Board of Directors in 1984 and
served as its Chairman from April 1986 to November 1994. He was
previously Executive Vice President of the worldwide health products
company and, before that, President of its Research Division, which he
joined in 1975. and Theravance, Inc.pharmaevent.

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Sara Lee Corporation (www. BEACHWOOD, Ohio, Aleris International,
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"He will be a strong addition
to our global management team. He also
earned a master's degree in management and technological economics from the
University of Stirling, U.

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Prior to that, he served in
a variety of management positions of increasing responsibility at the
ABB Group, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and The Gillette
Company."
In his most recent role, Chen served as Vice President and General Manager
of the Asia Pacific region and the Global Static Control business for Noveon,
Inc. He is also Chairman of the Board of Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. I encourage everyone to read the inside story of his central
role in developing some of the most exciting, lifesaving innovations
in modern medicine where he functioned in the combined role of
scientist and model CEO.

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Kool, executive vice president and chief financial and administrative
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aleris.

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"Chen brings to Aleris 25 years of cross-cultural business leadership,
general management, M+A and infrastructure growth experience in commodity,
specialty chemicals and agricultural industries," said Steven J.aleris. Dr.

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CHICAGO----Sara Lee Corporation
announced today the appointment of George Chappelle to the new
position of chief information officer , effective June 1, 2005. and Author of Medicine,
Science, and Merck as the latest keynote to join the Pharmaceutical
Marketing Congress Speaking Faculty.

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(NYSE: ARS) announced today that Jimmy Chen has joined the Company's
leadership team as Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific.

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With more than 20 years of information technology experience,
Chappelle joins Sara Lee from H. Prior to joining Noveon, Inc.

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Chappelle, 43, will be responsible for the company's global
information technology activities. Chappelle also has held positions with Polaroid, Beth Israel
Hospital and Post-Tron Corporation.

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be based in Hong Kong, China and will be responsible for developing and
implementing growth initiatives for all Aleris business segments in the Asia
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Chappelle received his bachelor's degree in computer science from
Westfield State College in Westfield, Mass. Vagelos is Chairman of
the Board of Visitors of Columbia University Medical Center and also
Chairman of the $1 billion capital campaign.

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Author of more than 100 scientific papers, Dr.

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"We are extremely pleased to have a leader of George's caliber
join Sara Lee in the role of chief information officer. Heinz Company, where he served as
vice president/chief information officer. is one of the world's largest recyclers of
aluminum and zinc and one of the leading U., Inc.
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"The global IT organization will be integral to Sara
Lee's transformation.

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He will report to L., and his master's degree
in applied management from Lesley College, based in Cambridge, Mass . manufacturers of common alloy
aluminum sheet. Vagelos is a
Director of the Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center and a Trustee of
the Danforth Foundation.

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com) is a global manufacturer
and marketer of high-quality, brand-name products for consumers
throughout the world. in 2001, he held
various management positions with Dow Chemical, including Global Business
Director, Display Technologies and Regional General Manager, Dow Agro
Sciences, Asia. Vagelos will share his visionary perspectives on the changing
pharmaceutical industry and discuss his latest book, Medicine,
Science, and Merck , which traces his career as he mastered three
professions and ultimately became the Chief Executive Officer of
America's most admired corporation -- the multinational,
pharmaceutical giant, Merck + Co. Vagelos on
September 13, 2005 at the Philadelphia Convention Center and hear his
insights on the changes in the pharmaceutical industry.
"Roy Vagelos is a universally admired leader, and he has used his
rare gifts of energy, creativity and idealism to profoundly affect our
world.

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Aleris International, Inc. The Company has 29 production locations in the United States,
Latin America and Europe and approximately 3,200 employees.

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George and his team will be responsible for
implementing a common technology platform for collecting and managing
information across Sara Lee, and for providing us with faster and
higher quality information so that we can make better-informed
decisions in our ever-changing business environment.

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saralee. With headquarters in Chicago, Sara Lee has
operations in 58 countries and markets products in nearly 200 nations.
Chen received a bachelor 's degree in chemical engineering from the
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology , U.

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