MARKHAM, ON, May 5 - CNW/AsiaNet - Current Chief Technology Officer and Previous Multi-national Company Executive to Drive Sales, Operations and Development for Geac's European, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific Region - Geac (TSX: GAC, NASDAQ: GEAC), a global enterprise software company for Business Performance Management, today announced the appointment of Timothy J. Wright to Chief Executive of EMEA and Asia Pacific. Mr. Wright, a British national, has been a member of Geac's executive management team since his appointment in January 2003. During this time, he has worked closely with President and CEO Charles S. Jones to oversee the Company's product direction and development initiatives, to manage operations and to identify key acquisition targets worldwide. Mr. Wright has contributed extensively to the selling process and is responsible in this past year for the identification and acquisition of some of Geac's largest new accounts. "I was an active participant in the search for Tim Wright in late 2002," said Mr. Jones. "Tim has been a critical contributor to the management team over the last six quarters. He has redesigned the majority of our product offerings to retain customers and reinvigorate our ability to sell to new and existing customers. He has identified and assessed a range of acquisition targets -- including our most recent extension into the Business Performance Management arena. And, he has assisted me in managing key operational components of the worldwide business." "Tim has proven his capacity to manage successfully in a change-drivenenvironment," Mr. Jones continued. "Geac will benefit significantly from thisnew appointment." Mr. Wright is a featured speaker at Geac's Alliance Users' Conference,which commences May 10th in Chicago, where he will share the keynote addresswith Mr. Jones. Their presentation will focus on the Company's global businessstrategy, new product introductions and vision. Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Wright stated, "We have seentremendous success in EMEA in the last several quarters with strong organicgrowth across three important product lines, traction of our newestPerformance Management product family, impressive new customer acquisitionsand meaningful revenue contributions. I look forward to tapping more newproduct opportunities throughout EMEA and am delighted to expand mycontribution to Charles' team." Mr. Wright will continue in his role as Chief Technology Officer. AndrewM. Smith, currently Director of Information Technology for Geac, who managedthe Company's global information technology staff and systems for the pastyear, will be promoted to assume the Chief Information Officer portion of Mr.Wright's previous responsibility in his new role as CIO. Mr. Smith brings 20years of information technology experience in the high technology industry andhas worked with Mr. Wright for several years at Geac and previously at TerraLycos. Prior to joining Geac, Mr. Wright served for more than three years asboth Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer at Terra Lycos, aleading global Internet provider comprised of the third largest network ofwebsites in the world with several million subscribers in 42 countries. (Thecompany was created in 2000 when Terra Networks S.A. acquired Lycos, Inc. for$12.5 billion). At Terra Lycos, he was responsible for all global operations,technology and engineering functions, managing nearly 800 employees across allinternational business lines. Before joining Terra Lycos, Mr. Wright wasSenior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of The Learning Company,the number one provider of consumer educational and home productivity software(sold to Mattel in May of 1999 for $3.8 billion). During his seven-year tenureat The Learning Company, he was responsible for research and development aswell as for information technology, and helped grow the company's revenue from$25 million to $800 million, identifying and successfully integrating 35acquisitions. Mr. Wright has recently served as an advisor to the White House's Officeof Homeland Security and is a member of the U.S. Secret Service Task Force onElectronic Crimes. He received a Bachelor of Science with honors from CityUniversity in London, where he was also a PhD candidate, and he is widelypublished in Europe, Asia and the U.S. Mr. Wright began his career with arange of management appointments throughout the UK and the Commonwealth. Mr. Wright, who continues to report directly to Mr. Jones, will be basedin Geac's Chelsea, England office and will spend the next several monthstraveling across the territories within his new region to meet with customers,prospects and partners. Following a brief transition period, Bertrand Sciard, Senior VicePresident, Europe and Asia Pacific for Geac, will be departing the Company tobecome the Chief Executive Officer of another public company. "Bertrand hasbeen with Geac through some challenging times. He has been a good leader inbuilding a solid management team. We all wish him every success," concludedMr. Jones.About Geac Geac (TSX: GAC) is a global enterprise software company for BusinessPerformance Management, providing customers worldwide with the core financialand operational solutions and services to improve their business performancein real time. Further information is available at http://www.geac.com orthrough e-mail at [email protected]. This press release may contain forward-looking statements based oncurrent expectations. Important factors that could cause a material differencebetween these forward-looking statements and actual events include those setforth under the heading "Risk Factors" in Geac's annual report on Form 20-F,No. 333-103019, for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, filed on October 31, 2003 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commissionavailable through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov, and filedon November 3, 2003 with the Canadian Securities Administrators and availablethrough the website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators andthe Canadian Depository for Securities Limited at www.sedar.com. Geac is aregistered trademark of Geac Computer Corporation Limited. All other marks aretrademarks of their respective owners. SOURCE: Geac Computer Corporation Limited CONTACT: Investor Contact: Melody Firth, Geac, (905) 475-0525 Ext. 3325, [email protected]; Media Contact: Alys Scott, Geac, (508) 871-5854, alys.scott(at)geac.com/ --Distributed by AsiaNet (www.asianetnews.net)--