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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and SEATTLE, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a leading provider of global insurance, risk management and employee benefits solutions, announces that Gary F. Kilburg has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. Mr. Kilburg will be based in ABD's Seattle office and report to ABD Northwest President, Richard P. Lane. As Chief Risk Officer for ABD, Mr. Kilburg will lead internal risk management to protect the financial interests of the enterprise, reorganize and lead the delivery of Risk Management services to ABD's clients and contribute to the production of new Risk Management accounts. Prior to joining ABD, Mr. Kilburg was Assistant Treasurer, Risk Management at Whirlpool Corporation. Before joining Whirlpool, Kilburg was Director, Insurance Risk Management at Koch Industries Inc., in Wichita, Kansas. Previously, he held several management positions at The Boeing Company in both their Risk Management and Finance organizations. "Gary adds an important dimension to our Risk Management Practice," notes ABD's Mr. Lane. "His Fortune 500 experience in building progressive, successful and modern risk management strategic plans will significantly enhance the services and value being delivered to ABD clients in all of our offices." Mr. Kilburg holds an MBA from Seattle Pacific University and a BA from Washington State University. Recent industry activities include serving as a speaker on Risk Management topics at the Harold J. Hines Jr. Memorial Symposium and at the 2006 RIMS National Conference. Kilburg has also served as a member of the RIMS Communication Task Force. *Digital photo available on request. ABD Insurance and Financial Services, http://www.cybersure.com/ Since 1946, ABD has provided insurance brokerage, employee benefits consulting and risk management solutions to clients across the United States and around the world. Now the 14th largest U.S. retail broker and the nation's number one broker of D&O Liability insurance (Tillinghast Towers Perrin Survey), ABD has 17 major offices in strategic regional business centers across the western United States and annual revenues of approximately $154 million. ABD is a subsidiary of Greater Bay Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBBK), a financial services holding company. DATASOURCE: ABD Insurance and Financial Services CONTACT: Dave Hock, Sr. Vice President of ABD Insurance and Financial Services, +1-650-839-6244, or ; or Vic Heman of DeCarolis Design & Marketing, +1-408-391-9573, or , for ABD Insurance and Financial Services Web site: http://www.cybersure.com/

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