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Michael Lavington was appointed Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in October 2007 following his earlier appointment to Chief Operating Officer in the same month. Mr. Lavington's appointment to Chief Executive Officer is subject to the approval of a work authorization as Mr. Lavington is a citizen of the United Kingdom. Mr. Lavington has been a director of Gevity since September 2006.
Prior to joining Gevity Mr. Lavington worked in executive HR roles and at the Managing Director level for major UK and US corporations. He has also been a main Board Director of Mecca Leisure Group a UK FTSE company. In the late 1980's Mr. Lavington was the Divisional Managing Director of Mecca Leisure's Overseas Division which included the Hard Rock Cafe Group. More recently from 1997 to 1999 he was President and CEO of Resorts USA Inc. a subsidiary of the Rank Group where he also served as the Group HR Director from 1990 to 1997. From 2000 until 2002 he was Senior Vice President HR and Property for Global Telesystems (GTS). In 2003 he became an independent business consultant and has served clients in both the UK and the US. | 