Adecco Group appoints new Head of Investor Relations

Zurich, Switzerland, September 12, 2008: Adecco SA ("Adecco"), the
world leader in HR Services, announced today the appointment of the
Group's new Head of Investor Relations, Karin Selfors-Thomann (33).

Karin is responsible for communication to the financial markets as
well as competitive analysis. She reports to the Group's Chief
Financial Officer, Dominik de Daniel. Karin holds an Honours Bachelor
degree in Business Administration from the Wilfrid Laurier University
in Waterloo, Canada and is a CFA Charterholder (Chartered Financial
Analyst). Before joining the Adecco Group, Karin was a senior equity
sales at UBS covering Swiss and Benelux institutional investors.
Prior to this she held positions in corporate controlling at Credit
Suisse.

Karin is a Swiss-Canadian citizen and is based at Adecco's global
headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Nicole Burth Tschudi (36), the
former Head of Investor Relations, continues her career within the
Adecco Group and joins the management team of Adecco Germany.

Contacts:

Adecco Corporate Press Office

press.office@adecco.com ; Tel. +41 (0) 44 878 87 87

Adecco Corporate Investor Relations
Investor.relations@adecco.com ; Tel. +41 (0) 44 878 89 25

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information available to Adecco S.A. as of the date of this release,
and we assume no duty to update any such forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this release are not guarantees of
future performance and actual results could differ materially from
our current expectations. Numerous factors could cause or contribute
to such differences. Factors that could affect Adecco's
forward-looking statements include, among other things: global GDP
trends and the demand for temporary work; changes in regulation of
temporary work; intense competition in the markets in which Adecco
competes; changes in Adecco's ability to attract and retain qualified
temporary personnel; the resolution of the French anti-trust
procedure and any adverse developments in existing commercial
relationships, disputes or legal and tax proceedings.

About Adecco
Adecco S.A. is a Fortune Global 500 company and the global leader in
HR services. The Adecco Group network connects over 700,000
associates with clients each day through its network of over 36,500
employees (FTEs) and over 6,700 offices in over 60 countries and
territories around the world. Registered in Switzerland, and managed
by a multinational team with expertise in markets spanning the globe,
the Adecco Group delivers an unparalleled range of flexible staffing
and career resources to clients and associates.

Adecco S.A. is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) and
listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange with trading on SWX Europe (SWX:
ADEN) and the Euronext Paris (EURONEXT: ADE).
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