LexisNexis (New York) has launched ExecRelate (execrelate.com), a
subscription-based information service that provides intelligence on
directors, executives and their relationships. Described as an online
relationship management tool, the service offers "insights"
into approximately 50,000 board
members, including biographical data,
cross-linking maps and a social networking module. Targeted to legal
researchers, executive recruiters and business development
professionals, the service is designed to highlight connections to
executives, including board memberships, corporate family structures,
and executive-to-executive relationships. It includes over 700,000
personal names and titles, 65,000 parent companies and 118,000 linked
subsidiaries, almost 200,000 U.S. and international public and private
companies, and nearly 50,000 board members from all NYSE, NASDAQ and
AMEX traded companies.