Two Twelve Associates
902 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
212 254 6670
shaun@twotwelve.com

TWO TWELVE'S SHAFQAT TANWEER ATTENDS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM AT DARTMOUTH'S TUCK BUSINESS SCHOOL

New York, NY, 3 April, 2005—Two Twelve Associates (http://www.twotwelve.com), the public information design firm, announces that chief financial officer Shafqat Tanweer is participating in a six-day program at Dartmouth University about “Building a High-Performing Business: The Tuck-MBDA Partnership Program.”

The program is being produced by Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth and the United States Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). Business owners and executives from all over the country comprise the class of 52 participants attending the program in Hanover, New Hampshire, 3-8 April 2005.

The MBDA is sponsoring Mr. Tanweer to attend as a representative of  Two Twelve Harakawa, Inc., the sister company to Two Twelve Associates that is a minority/woman-owned business enterprise (MBE/WBE) certified with a number of federal, state and city government agencies.  

As CFO of Two Twelve, Mr. Tanweer is responsible for all aspects of the firm’s financial management. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Tanweer held positions of CFO, vice president of finance and treasurer for several multi-million dollar corporations, including The Drake Business School Corporation and Digital Graphic Inc. Mr. Tanweer led the team that took Wilfred American Educational Corporation from private ownership to its current listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Mr. Tanweer earned his BS and MBA degrees from Punjab University in Pakistan. He also has an MBA in accounting and diplomas in financial management and mangaement practices from New York University.

About Two Twelve
Two Twelve Associates is a multi-disciplinary graphic design company specializing in public information design, the planning and presentation of complex information to diverse audiences. David Gibson founded Two Twelve in 1980, and he and his partner Ann Harakawa presently run the firm's New York-based operation. Ms. Harakawa formed Two Twelve Harakawa, Inc., in 1992. Two Twelve offers a full range of services in print, interactive and environmental graphic design for corporate, institutional and municipal clients nationwide, such as the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, NYC Marketing, Chicago Park District, and the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore.