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Derek Irwin is the Senior Vice President Finance for the Business Media division of The Nielsen Company. In this role he is responsible for driving operating and financial efficiencies licensing and conferences. He led due diligence efforts for the division in the $11.2 billion leveraged buy-out of the Company by a consortium of private equity companies. Irwin assumed his position in 2005. Prior to joining Nielsen he served as Chief Financial Officer and member of the executive committee for Ziff Davis Holdings. In that role he was responsible for all of the company’s financial affairs including the public financial filings investor relations quarterly earnings calls and raised $205 million in Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes. Before Ziff Davis Mr. Irwin served in a number of senior-level finance positions with Monster Worldwide Inc including Chief Financial Officer Advertising & Communications Americas Chief Financial Officer for the Executive Search and eResourcing divisions in the Americas and for its Worldwide Executive Search Division. He also worked for the American League and National League of Professional Baseball Clubs where he was the Vice President Finance. Mr. Irwin began his career as a staff auditor at the international professional services firm Ernst & Young and has been a Certified Public Accountant in New York since 1991. He is a 1988 graduate from Lehigh University with a degree in Accounting. He also serves on the Board of Pinpoint Recovery Solutions a corporate tax recovery provider. | 