NEW YORK and MONTREAL, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northern Lights International Airlines Ltd. a start up charter airline 50% owned by ICBS Limited (PINKSHEETS: ICBM), today announced the appointment of James ( Jim ) Needham to its board of Directors. The Board of Directors of Northern Lights Airlines announced to day that they have elected James ( Jim ) Needham to the companies board. Mr. Needham has over forty years of international airline and travel industry experience. This experience included responsibility for regional direction of The Boeing Commercial Airplane Company Airline Marketing Services consulting group for Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the former Soviet Union. As a Regional Director, Mr. Needham provided support to customer airlines in support of ongoing sales activities and customer business development initiatives. These initiatives focused on "customer in" airline sales, marketing, and promotion programs, which positioned the airline to improve their competitive position and economic viability. This position placed Mr. Needham in direct contact with customer airline chairman, presidents, senior executives, press, media, elected and appointed senior US and foreign governments officials, leading members of foreign local business communities, suppliers, and Boeing country managers in Europe and Russia. Prior to Boeing, Mr. Needham directed the international travel industry consulting practice for the firm, Arthur Young & Company (Now Ernst & Young). This practice performed a wide range of global engagements that included; due-diligence in support of merger and acquisitions, strategic planning, market research, product development, competitive analysis, and organizational development. Prior to Arthur Young & Company, Mr. Needham also held the position of VP of World Operations for Princess Cruises and Tours. Mr. Needham has over forty years of international executive and management level experience in business and information technology in the international airline, travel, and transportation industry. international airline, transportation, and the travel industry. MANAGING DIRECTOR MARKETING WORKS. Marketing Works was established after his retirement from the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company. Marketing Works offers a wide range of consulting services focused on the international airline and travel industry. Mr. Needham is a frequent speaker and Lecturer on subjects related to the International Airline and Travel Industry, he is also a Board Member on the Washington State University, College of Business and Economics, Pullman, Washington US. And is a Past Board Member on the University of Calgary World Tourism Education and Research Centre. Calgary, Alberta Canada. Mr. Needham holds a US Commercial pilot license, single engine land and sea, multi-engine land, instrument, instructor. Jim Needham holds a Business Administration, BA Advanced Management Program, Harvard University. "We want to thank Mr. Needham for accepting our offer to join Northern Lights Airlines," said company President & CEO Garth McIntosh, speaking from corporate headquarters in Montreal Monday. "I consider Mr. Needham to be a major asset in the development of the company", said McIntosh. This news release includes statements that constitute forward-looking statements. Please be aware that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve significant risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may vary materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of any number of factors, including the risk factors contained in the Company's disclosure documents. DATASOURCE: Inter Canadian Business Service CONTACT: Garth McIntosh, President & CEO, 1-888-932-4402, http://www.icbs.ca/

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