CSA Group Announces Executive Appointments and Modernized Business Model to Optimize Global Service Offerings

TORONTO, March 23, 2010 - CSA Group President and CEO Ash Sahi today announces strategic
enhancements across the organization's structure, service offerings and
processes to provide stakeholders and clients with more efficient, innovative
and timely sustainable service solutions.

"In this rapidly changing international business environment, for any
global organization it is prudent to periodically review its business and
evolve as necessary in order to continuously deliver fast, flexible and
exceptional service to its clients and stakeholders," Sahi says. "With nearly
a century of business experience, CSA Group, as a knowledge-based
organization, is looking forward at the next 100 years as we strive to become
one of the best performing organizations worldwide, delivering societal
benefits to help improve the lives of all people."

The senior leadership team, in consultation with the Board of Directors,
is undertaking a number of business initiatives to enhance CSA Group's
operating structure while modernizing processes and positioning its global
service offerings in emerging technologies, innovation areas and
environmental services.

To strengthen its position in the marketplace, the organization is also
moving towards a single brand, under which it will continue to develop
innovative standards, offer new services in testing and certification
programs and product performance, and expand e-commerce business and
eLearning solutions.

As part of its strategic enhancement, CSA Group will make the following
appointments, effective April 1, 2010:

Bonnie Rose is appointed as President, CSA Standards. Ms. Rose most
recently held the position of Vice President, Service Delivery, CSA
International in which she was responsible for ensuring that operational and
financial targets are met for CSA International's North American locations,
as well as ensuring that the delivery of services are consistent with, and in
support of, corporate and divisional policies and objectives. Combining more
than 20 years of engineering and business expertise, coupled with thorough
international experience, Ms. Rose will be responsible for the leadership and
strategic development of the standards division of CSA Group.

Suzanne Kiraly is appointed as Executive Vice-President, Government
Relations, CSA Group. Most recently, Ms. Kiraly served as President, CSA
Standards. In this role she was responsible for the leadership and strategic
development of the standards division of CSA Group. With more than 23 years
of in-depth business knowledge combined with extensive management experience
across CSA Group's business divisions, Ms. Kiraly will now be responsible for
furthering one of the organization's Five-Year Strategic Plan objectives to
develop strong relationships with key stakeholders in governments globally
and develop opportunities in the emerging areas such as climate change.

Glenn Tubrett is appointed as Vice-President, Service Delivery, CSA
International. Mr. Tubrett was Director, Built Environment at CSA Standards
with responsibility for the development and delivery of standards solutions
in the energy, construction and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Tubrett's
nationwide expertise in the energy, construction and infrastructure sectors
will assist CSA International to help implement new procedures and
technologies in testing and certification. Mr. Tubrett will be responsible
for ensuring that operational and financial targets are met for the testing
and certification organization's North American locations, as well as
ensuring that the delivery of services are consistent with, and in support
of, corporate policies and objectives.

Helene Vaillancourt is appointed as Chief Science & Engineering Officer,
CSA Group. Most recently, Ms. Vaillancourt was the Operations Manager for
Montreal office. She has been involved in numerous projects that have been
instrumental at improving consistency and service offerings in testing and
certification for CSA International for more than 10 years. In this new role
Ms. Vaillancourt will be responsible for developing and evaluating the total
landscape of science and engineering capabilities and resources across the
organization, capitalizing on new emerging technologies, with a focus on
modernizing and maximizing the capacity of CSA laboratories globally.

For a full biography of each new appointment, please visit
www.csagroup.org

About CSA Group

CSA Group is an independent, not-for-profit membership association
serving business, industry, government and consumers. CSA Group consists of
three divisions: CSA Standards, a leading standards-based solutions
organization, providing standards development, application products, training
and advisory services; CSA International, which provides testing and
certification services for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, gas and a
variety of other products; and OnSpeX, a provider of consumer product
evaluation, inspection and advisory services for retailers and manufacturers.
For more, visit www.csagroup.org

For further information: Marco A. Ouji, Media Relations Officer, CSA
Group, T: +1(416)747-2615, E: marco.ouji@csagroup.org

For further information: Marco A. Ouji, Media Relations Officer, CSA Group, T: +1(416)747-2615, E: marco.ouji at csagroup.org