FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 3, 2006

Contact:
Richard J. Darlington (212-332-3225)
New York, NY
rdarlington@darlingtonpartners.com

Darlington Partners places CFO, Nationwide Property & Casualty

Executive search firm Darlington Partners, Ltd. announces the placement of Eileen Mallesch as Chief Financial Officer for Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Operations. Eileen is replacing Kelly Hamilton who has been promoted within Nationwide Corporation.

Ms. Mallesch joins Nationwide from Genworth Financial where she was the SVP & CFO, Genworth Financial – Life Insurance/Service Co. Earlier career assignments include CFO and Controller roles within GE and financial leadership positions with Asea Brown Boveri, Inc., PepsiCo, Inc., and Arthur Andersen. Eileen graduated from City University of New York and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Darlington Partners, Ltd. is a retained executive search firm with offices in New York, Chicago, and Baltimore. The firm conducts leadership searches for Compliance/Risk Management, Sales/Marketing, and Financial Management executives.

For additional information please visit: http://www.darlingtonpartners.com