Westaff Names Sean Wong VP, Controller

  
    
  
  
    
      Westaff, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTF), a leading provider of staffing services, 
      announces the addition of Sean Wong as Vice President, Controller. Sean 
      assumes this role immediately and is responsible for financial and 
      accounting functions of the company, including internal and SEC 
      financial reporting, as well as ensuring compliance with company 
      financial and accounting policies and procedures, and creating and 
      maintaining effective internal controls in a public environment.
    
    
      Sean, a CPA, has over 19 years of experience in the accounting arena and 
      over a decade of experience as a Controller. He most recently served the 
      Controller for Tiburon, Inc. where he served for more than three years 
      prior to joining Westaff. He holds a BA in Business Economics from the 
      University of California, Santa Barbara.
    
    
      Sean commented, “I am extremely excited to be 
      able to join the Westaff team. There have been an impressive number of 
      very strong new hires and I feel privileged to be among them. I have 
      very high expectations for Westaff and for the role I will play there.”
    
    
      “Sean is an established and proven accounting 
      professional and will certainly fit in with the strong management team 
      that has been assembled here in recent months,” 
      noted Westaff CFO Christa Leonard. “I am 
      confident that Sean’s experience coupled with 
      his reputation and his can-do attitude will make him an integral part of 
      our Accounting team.”
    
    
      About Westaff
    
    
      Westaff provides staffing services and employment opportunities for 
      businesses in global markets. Westaff annually employs in excess of 
      125,000 people and services more than 20,000 client accounts from 204 
      offices located throughout the United States, Australia and New Zealand. 
      For more information, please visit the company Web site at www.westaff.com.
    
    
      This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in 
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbors 
      created by law. Forward-looking statements contained herein include, but 
      are not limited to, statements regarding the Company's future growth, 
      profitability, expansion in key markets and new business segments and 
      the Company's ability to achieve any of these goals.
    
    
      Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions 
      of the Company's management and on currently available information. The 
      Company undertakes no responsibility to publicly update or revise any 
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      consider, is contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and 
      Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recent Form 10-K, Form 
      10-Q, Form 8-K and other filings.