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Digital media landscape

Diversified Media Holding Companies..........................................................8


Bertelsmann...............................................................................................................8
Hearst Corporation....................................................................................................8
NBC Universal..........................................................................................................8
News Corporation......................................................................................................9
Time Warner............................................................................................................10
Viacom....................................................................................................................10
Vivendi....................................................................................................................10
The Walt Disney Company.....................................................................................10
Terrestrial Broadcasters........................................................................................ 12
BBC.........................................................................................................................12
Channel Five............................................................................................................17
Channel Four plc.....................................................................................................18
ITV plc.....................................................................................................................21
Satellite and Cable..................................................................................................... 27
AETN International.................................................................................................27
BSkyB......................................................................................................................27
Canal+.....................................................................................................................31
CNN.........................................................................................................................31
Discovery Networks Europe....................................................................................32
HBO.........................................................................................................................33
MTV Europe............................................................................................................34
Paramount Comedy Channel...................................................................................38
Turner Broadcasting Europe....................................................................................38
UKTV......................................................................................................................39
Virgin Media...........................................................................................................40
IPTV....................................................................................................................................... 43
Babelgum.................................................................................................................43
Blinkbox..................................................................................................................43
Brightcove...............................................................................................................43
Jalipo........................................................................................................................46
Joost.........................................................................................................................47
Jump........................................................................................................................49
Narrowstep..............................................................................................................50
Video On Demand....................................................................................................... 52
Aggregator TV.........................................................................................................52
Arts Alliance Media................................................................................................53
BT Vision................................................................................................................54
Studios and Production Companies.............................................................55
Buena Vista International........................................................................................55
FreemantleMedia.....................................................................................................56
Granada International..............................................................................................59
Headshift..................................................................................................................60
Illumina Digital Ltd.................................................................................................60
Magic Lantern Productions.....................................................................................61
SMG........................................................................................................................62
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Sony Pictures Television.........................................................................................63


Super Indies.................................................................................................................66
All3Media................................................................................................................66
DCD Media.............................................................................................................67
Endemol UK............................................................................................................67
IMG.........................................................................................................................70
RDF Media Group...................................................................................................72
Shed Productions.....................................................................................................74
Shine........................................................................................................................74
Southern Star...........................................................................................................75
Ten Alps..................................................................................................................76
Tinopolis..................................................................................................................76
Indies...........................................................................................................................77
Aardman Animation................................................................................................77
At It productions......................................................................................................77
Avalon Television...................................................................................................78
Baby Cow Group.....................................................................................................78
Betty TV..................................................................................................................79
Brook Lapping Productions.....................................................................................79
Cactus TV................................................................................................................80
Carnival Films.........................................................................................................80
Celador (Two Way Traffic).....................................................................................82
Company Pictures....................................................................................................84
Darlow Smithson Productions.................................................................................85
Ecosse Films............................................................................................................86
Entertainment Rights...............................................................................................87
Firefly Productions..................................................................................................87
Fleming Media.........................................................................................................87
Hat Trick Productions..............................................................................................88
Hit Entertainment....................................................................................................89
Impossible Pictures..................................................................................................89
Keo Films................................................................................................................90
Kudos Film & Television........................................................................................90
Liberty Bell Productions..........................................................................................92
Lion Television........................................................................................................93
Maverick Television................................................................................................94
Mentorn...................................................................................................................95
North One Television..............................................................................................96
Objective Productions.............................................................................................96
Optomen Television................................................................................................97
Pioneer Productions.................................................................................................98
Princess Productions................................................................................................99
Prospect Pictures...................................................................................................100
Ricochet.................................................................................................................100
September Films....................................................................................................101
Silver River............................................................................................................101
So Television.........................................................................................................102
Splash....................................................................................................................102
Talkback Thames...................................................................................................102
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Tern Television......................................................................................................103
Twenty Twenty Television....................................................................................103
TWI........................................................................................................................104
Two Four Productions Ltd.....................................................................................104
Tiger Aspects Production......................................................................................106
Tigress Productions...............................................................................................107
Wall to Wall..........................................................................................................108
World Productions.................................................................................................109
Radio.................................................................................................................................. 111
BBC Radio.............................................................................................................111
Chrysalis................................................................................................................119
Emap Radio...........................................................................................................120
GCAP....................................................................................................................122
GMG Radio...........................................................................................................123
Virgin Radio (SMG)..............................................................................................125
UTV Radio............................................................................................................126
On-line............................................................................................................................... 127
AOL.......................................................................................................................127
Ask.com.................................................................................................................128
Bebo.com...............................................................................................................128
CNET Networks UK.............................................................................................129
Ebay.......................................................................................................................130
Facebook................................................................................................................130
Google...................................................................................................................131
iVillage.com..........................................................................................................134
MSN (Microsoft)...................................................................................................135
Mydeo....................................................................................................................138
MySpace................................................................................................................138
osoyou.com............................................................................................................140
Real Networks.......................................................................................................140
Reuters Media........................................................................................................141
Sportingindex.com.................................................................................................141
Sulake....................................................................................................................142
VideoEgg...............................................................................................................143
The Walt Disney Internet Group...........................................................................144
Yahoo! UK............................................................................................................146
Games and Gaming................................................................................................. 150
Mind Candy...........................................................................................................150
Two Way TV.........................................................................................................150
Vivendi Games......................................................................................................151
Telecoms......................................................................................................................... 153
3.............................................................................................................................153
BT..........................................................................................................................154
Buongiorno............................................................................................................154
Cable & Wireless...................................................................................................155
Incentivated Ltd.....................................................................................................155
MobiTV.................................................................................................................156
O2..........................................................................................................................157
Orange...................................................................................................................158
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Sony Ericsson........................................................................................................159
T-Mobile................................................................................................................159
Vodafone...............................................................................................................161
Publishing...................................................................................................................... 162
Newspapers...............................................................................................................162
Associated Northcliffe Digital...............................................................................162
Guardian Newspapers Limited (GNL)..................................................................163
News International Ltd..........................................................................................163
Telegraph Media Group........................................................................................164
Times Media..........................................................................................................165
Trinity Mirror........................................................................................................165
Magazines.................................................................................................................166
Conde Nast Interactive..........................................................................................166
Emap plc................................................................................................................168
Gruner and Jahr.....................................................................................................169
Hearst Digital Media.............................................................................................171
Hearst Interactive media........................................................................................172
IPC Southbank.......................................................................................................174
Time Inc.................................................................................................................175
Books.........................................................................................................................176
Harper Collins.......................................................................................................176
Random House......................................................................................................177
Business to Business..................................................................................................178
Datamonitor...........................................................................................................178
Haymarket.............................................................................................................179
United Business Media..........................................................................................180
Technology and Platforms.................................................................................182
Arqiva Ltd (formerly NTL Broadcast)..................................................................182
BestBefore Media Ltd...........................................................................................183
Dovetail Services...................................................................................................183
Kontiki...................................................................................................................184
MIG.......................................................................................................................184
Octoshape..............................................................................................................185
Open TV................................................................................................................185
Picsel Technologies...............................................................................................186
Tandberg Television..............................................................................................187
Digital strategy consultancies and media corporate finance
boutiques......................................................................................................................... 189
Accenture...............................................................................................................189
Cap Gemini............................................................................................................189
Circus Street Communications..............................................................................189
Deloitte..................................................................................................................190
Fathom Partners.....................................................................................................190
Generator Consultancy..........................................................................................191
Human Capital.......................................................................................................192
IconZest.................................................................................................................192
Longacre................................................................................................................193
Mediatique.............................................................................................................194
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OC&C....................................................................................................................195
Spectrum Strategy Consultants..............................................................................195
Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Firms ...................197
Accel Partners........................................................................................................197
Advent International..............................................................................................197
Apax Partners........................................................................................................198
Ariadne Capital......................................................................................................199
Balderton Capital / Benchmark Capital.................................................................200
Esprit Capital Partners...........................................................................................201
Index Ventures.......................................................................................................203
NewMedia Spark Investors...................................................................................203
Providence Equity Partners...................................................................................204
Quadrangle Group.................................................................................................205
Digital Marketing Agencies and Inhouse Departments .................206
3T Productions Ltd................................................................................................206
Agency.com...........................................................................................................206
AKQA....................................................................................................................206
Amaze Digital........................................................................................................207
AtticMedia.............................................................................................................208
BDP Media Ltd......................................................................................................208
Broadview Communications Ltd...........................................................................208
BYG Systems Ltd..................................................................................................209
Chemistry Communications..................................................................................209
Dare Digital...........................................................................................................209
Delib Ltd................................................................................................................210
Dialogue DLKW Ltd.............................................................................................211
Digit.......................................................................................................................211
Digital Outlook Communications Ltd...................................................................211
Digital TMW.........................................................................................................211
DNA Consulting Ltd.............................................................................................211
Draft London Ltd...................................................................................................211
E3 Media...............................................................................................................212
Enteraction TV Ltd................................................................................................212
Euro RSCG............................................................................................................212
Glue London Ltd...................................................................................................213
Good Technology..................................................................................................213
Grand Union..........................................................................................................213
Hall Moore CHI.....................................................................................................213
Hildbrand...............................................................................................................213
I-Level...................................................................................................................214
Imaginet.................................................................................................................214
IMG New Media....................................................................................................214
Inferno...................................................................................................................215
Ingram Partnership................................................................................................215
Ioko........................................................................................................................215
LBI.........................................................................................................................216
Lean Mean Fighting Machine...............................................................................216
Light Maker Group Ltd.........................................................................................216
Marvellous.............................................................................................................216
Maverick Media Ltd..............................................................................................217
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Modem Media.......................................................................................................217
Mook......................................................................................................................217
MRM Partners UK Ltd..........................................................................................218
Nestlé.....................................................................................................................218
New Media Collective Ltd....................................................................................218
New Media Maze..................................................................................................218
Ogilvy Interactive..................................................................................................218
Oyster Partners......................................................................................................219
Panlogic.................................................................................................................219
Pavillion Communications Ltd..............................................................................219
PhD IQ...................................................................................................................219
Play........................................................................................................................219
Poke London Ltd...................................................................................................219
Precedent Communications...................................................................................220
Profero...................................................................................................................220
Publicis Dialog......................................................................................................220
Rainey Kelley Campbell Rolf...............................................................................220
Reading Room.......................................................................................................220
Red Bee Media......................................................................................................220
Red Nomad............................................................................................................221
RPM.......................................................................................................................221
Rufus Leonard.......................................................................................................221
S8080 Ltd..............................................................................................................222
Saatchi & Saatchi..................................................................................................222
Sapient...................................................................................................................222
Soup Ltd................................................................................................................222
Sponge...................................................................................................................222
Start Creative Ltd..................................................................................................222
Storm.....................................................................................................................222
Tequila...................................................................................................................223
Tribal DBB............................................................................................................223
True Digital...........................................................................................................223
Twentysix London.................................................................................................224
Unilever.................................................................................................................224
Unit 9 Ltd..............................................................................................................224
The Viral Factory..................................................................................................224
Walker Media........................................................................................................224
WDMP...................................................................................................................225
Weapon 7 Ltd........................................................................................................225
Wheel.....................................................................................................................225
Worth Media..........................................................................................................225
Music.................................................................................................................................. 226
Last.fm...................................................................................................................226
Music Choice Europe............................................................................................226
Recording companies................................................................................................227
EMI........................................................................................................................227
Sony BMG.............................................................................................................229
Universal Music UK..............................................................................................231
Warner Music Group.............................................................................................231
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Free Agents, Consultants and Corporate Advisors .........................235


Other................................................................................................................................... 238
Cachelogic.............................................................................................................238
CMGI.....................................................................................................................238
The Glass House....................................................................................................239
Interactive Rights Management Ltd......................................................................239
I-Rights Ltd...........................................................................................................240
MCPS....................................................................................................................240
Ofcom....................................................................................................................242
TV Guide Mobile Entertainment...........................................................................242
Visit London..........................................................................................................243
CHI Partners..........................................................................................................250
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Diversified Media Holding Companies

Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann is a global media corporation based in Germany. In 2005 its sales were €18 billion,
net income €1 billion, over 75,000 employees. Its main assets are in broadcasting, publishing,
music and media editing. It consists of six corporate divisions; RTL Group, Gruner + Jahr, BMG,
Random House, Direct Group and Arvato.
RTL Group is Europe's largest TV, radio and production company, and is majority-owned by
Bertelsmann. It has 34 television and 33 radio stations in 12 countries. This Luxembourg-based
media group operates TV channels and radio stations in Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the
Netherlands, UK, Luxembourg, Spain, Hungary, Portugal and Croatia, and production
companies in the United States. RTL Group’s media content and production division Fremantle
is on the forefront of digital in the UK television production industry.

Johannes Mohn Executive Vice President of Corporate Media Technology


Work History:
Johannes Mohn, Executive Vice President, Bertelsmann AG, heads
the Corporate Media Technology Department at the Bertelsmann
headquarters.
His team is responsible for monitoring new developments on the
market in media technologies, reporting key strategic developments
to the Executive Board and coordinating information exchange of
these developments across Bertelsmann's divisions: RTL (TV and
Radio), BMG (Music), Random House (Book Publisher), Gruner +
Jahr (Magazine Publisher), Direct Group (Clubs business), and
Arvato (Media Services).
Since 1982, Mr Mohn has held various positions in Bertelsmann: He
previously was Vice President, Technology Management at
DirectGroup Bertelsmann Germany, Managing Director of
Bertelsmann Kalender GmbH, Managing Director of Mohndruck
GmbH in charge of the book printing business, Chairman and CEO
of Sonopress USA. Mr Mohn holds degrees in Business
Administration and Engineering from the Technical University,
Berlin.

Hearst Corporation
Its chief businesses are in magazines, newspapers, broadcasting, entertainment, interactive
media and business media. Hearst magazines launched a subsidiary Hearst Digital Media in
March 2006 (see below).

NBC Universal
NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the
development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global
audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal
Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and
entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production
operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC
Universal is 80% owned by General Electric and 20% owned by Vivendi.
It was announced in April 2007 that NBC Universal would launch 20 additional local television
channels in 23 new countries across Europe, Asia and Latin America in a drive to more than
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double revenues from its Global Networks Division. The Global Networks plan is expected to
see channels launched across Europe, Asia and Latin America over 2007 and 2008, including
key new markets such as Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Russia and
India. NBC Universal has other divisions comprising of Universal Pictures International, NBC
Universal Digital Media that incorporates iVillage.com.

Peter Smith President, NBC Universal International


Work History:
Peter Smith was named president, NBC Universal International, in
September 2006.
Based in London, Smith is responsible for spearheading
international business growth opportunities for NBC Universal in
partnership with key leaders in each business. His role is focused
on better leveraging NBCU's existing international business by
coordinating efforts across all of the company's divisions to build
growth, scale and synergies.
Smith has direct operational responsibility for International TV
Distribution, which is led by Belinda Menendez, and for NBCU
Global Networks under Olivier Gerolami (Europe), Reed Manville
(Asia) and Steve Patscheck (Latin America). In addition, Smith
works closely with other key executives with international
responsibilities.
Previous to his appointment in October 2006, Smith served as
president, Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE),
since its inception in 2000, managing the operations of the home
entertainment division worldwide, excluding North America. He
oversaw international sales, distribution and marketing for all
video and DVD product under the Universal banner. He controlled
UPIE's international acquisitions, legal and business affairs, as
well as commercial development and strategic planning on an
international basis. UPIE has wholly-owned operating companies
in 24 countries around the world and licenses product to over 30
additional international territories.
* Recommended.

Greg Madsen/Mattson xxx


Work History:
Lawyer.

Adam Jones CFO, NBC News


Work History:
* Recommended.

News Corporation
News Corp. is a vertically integrated media company with properties in film, broadcasting,
publishing, magazines and newspapers, sports and websites, controlled by Rupert Murdoch.
Market cap $73.2 billion; 30,000 staff. Its assets include Harper Collins, BskyB (38% stake),
Music Choice Europe (49%), News International Ltd., News Digital Systems and SiVenture.
There are digital divisions within the traditional newspaper business News International, within
BSkyB and also within News Corp’s growing Internet businesses, notably MySpace (see below).

Address: 1 Virginia Street


London E98 1XY
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7895 902
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Time Warner
World’s largest entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in NYC, with operations in TV,
publishing, telecoms, Internet and film. Market Cap: US$80.5 billion, 88,000 employees. There
is no straightforward representation of European business at board level. TW’s presence in
Europe is managed by subsidiaries such as AOL and is also achieved through penetration of
regional news editions such as CNN Europe, selected magazine titles published by Time, Inc. or
films produced by Warner Bros. Other companies owned by Time Warner includes; AOL, HBO,
New Line Cinema, Time Inc, Turner Broadcasting System and Warner Bros Entertainment (see
below).

Address Time Warner House


44 Great Marlborough Street
London W1F 7Jl
Telephone +44 20 7693 0974

Viacom
American media conglomerate with interests in satellite and cable TV networks (MTV Networks
and BET), and film production and distribution (Paramount and DreamWorks studios). The
company’s subsidiary, Viacom International Inc., owns the copyrights associated with its
corporate website and cable networks and also does production for its in-house networks.
Viacom also owns MTV Networks International which comprises of three channels; Kids,
Comedy and Music.

Address: 4th Floor


UK House
180 Oxford Street
London W1D 1DS
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7478 5240

Vivendi
Vivendi is a French entertainment group with activities in music, TV, cinema, mobile, Internet,
and games. 2006 sales: €20 million, EBITDA: €4.37 million. Vivendi is present in 77 countries
and contains around 34,000 staff.
Vivendi has a 100 % stake in Universal Music Group. This is the world’s number one recording
music company, selling more than one out of every four albums worldwide, which holds
significant positions in the digital music market. Group Canal (100%) is the French leader in
premium and theme channel distribution and programming is also a major player in the
financing, acquisition and distribution of motion pictures in France and in Europe. SFR (56%) is
rated the second mobile telecommunications operator in France and also owns 40.5% of Neuf
Cegetel, France’s second fixed-line telecommunications operator. Further to this, Vivendi owns
Vivendi Games (100%).

The Walt Disney Company


One of the largest media and entertainment corporations, WD owns some of the largest
Hollywood production studios, eleven theme parks, several media networks, and a sizeable
consumer products division.
Buena Vista International distributes WD’s content worldwide and has a London-based digital
media team (see below). WD Internet Group coordinates WD’s online presence (see below).

Address: 3 Queen Caroline Street


London W6 9PE
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Telephone: +44 (0)20 8222 1000

Andy Bird President, WD International and Executive Board Member


Work History:
Andy Bird assumed his position as president, Walt Disney
International, in January 2004. Working in conjunction with business
unit leaders around the world, Bird is responsible for coordinating
and overseeing growth opportunities for Disney outside the United
States, and for targeting new businesses, growing and increasing
penetration of existing businesses, and leading the development of
business and operations in emerging markets.
Prior to joining Disney, Bird, a senior entertainment industry
executive with extensive experience in development and operation
of television and radio businesses internationally, was president of
Time Warner's TBS International. Bird had been with Time Warner
for nearly a decade, joining in 1994 as senior vice president and
general manager of Turner Entertainment Networks Limited, the
TBS Europe arm that produced Cartoon Network, which he helped
grow to 13 channels across Europe from one. He rose to president
of TBS International in 2000, and became responsible for all TBS
broadcasting outside of the continental U.S.
Bird started his career with Piccadilly Radio in Manchester, England,
as breakfast show producer. After that, Bird moved to London to join
the Virgin Broadcasting Company working at Music Box, a Pan-
European music channel. Later, Virgin asked Bird to help launch and
program a satellite-delivered national radio service called Radio
Radio. Bird became Head of Programming for the service producing
radio shows for leading comedians and television presenters.
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Terrestrial Broadcasters

BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting
corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United
Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB £4 billion (US$7.9 billion).

Address: Television Centre


Wood Lane
London W12 7RJ
Telephone: Tel: +44 (0)20 8743 8000

Senior Management

Mark Thompson Director General


Work History:
Mark Thompson was appointed Director-General of the BBC on 21
May 2004, after being Chief Executive of Channel 4 since December
2001. He took up his appointment on 22 June 2004.
He had previously worked at the BBC for more than 20 years,
becoming Director of Television in April 2000, responsible for the
management and running of all BBC network television channels.
Mark Thompson was previously Director of National and Regional
Broadcasting, a post he had held since January 1999.
In this role he had overall responsibility for all broadcasting activities
in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and for local and regional
broadcasting in England.
He was born in London on 31 July 1957 and was educated at
Stonyhurst College and Merton College, Oxford.

Caroline Thomas COO


Work History:
Caroline Thomson is Chief Operating Officer for the BBC. She is a
member of the BBC's Executive Board and reports to the Director-
General. She has responsibility for the BBC's policy, strategic
analysis and planning and for the distribution of BBC services and is
particularly involved in the development of the BBC's digital strategy.
She was previously Director of Policy and Legal and then Strategy,
from July 2000, and before that Deputy Director of BBC World
Service, a post she had held since 1996.
Caroline has worked in broadcasting for 30 years, joining the BBC
as a journalist trainee and going on to produce a range of BBC radio
and television series including Analysis and Panorama. She also
worked as political assistant to Roy Jenkins, then leader of the SDP,
during the 1983 General Election campaign. She joined Channel 4
as Commissioning Editor, Science Finance and Industry in 1984 and
went on to start Business Daily and the Equinox series.
In 1990 she was appointed Head of Corporate Affairs, reporting to
the then Chief Executive, Michael Grade.

John Smith CEO, BBC Worldwide


Work History:
John Smith is CEO of BBC Worldwide, the BBC's commercial arm.
He is also a member of the BBC's Executive Board. Mr Smith joined
the BBC in 1989, becoming its Finance Director in 1996. Later he
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added Property, Procurement and Programme Rights to his portfolio


and in June 2004 became the BBC's COO.
In 2004 he undertook a strategic review of all the BBC's commercial
activities and was responsible for the sale of BBC Technology to
Siemens Business Services, and then led the sale of BBC Broadcast
to Creative Broadcast Services Ltd, a Macquarie Company.
In July 2004, Mr Smith took the helm at BBC Worldwide and was
confirmed as CEO in March 2005. He set a target to refocus BBC
Worldwide on profits and to double PBIT within two years, which
was achieved on target. He is responsible for the strategic
leadership of BBC Worldwide's varied media activities around the
world..

Digital media

Ashley Highfield Director of New Media and Technology


Work History:
Ashley Highfield joined the BBC in October 2000. He is now the
Director of Future Media and Technology and a member of the
BBC's Executive Board. He is responsible for the BBC's output on
the internet and interactive TV, as well as new and emerging
platforms and services such as mobile, online video distribution and
IPTV. Under Ashley's leadership, the number of UK adults visiting
bbc.co.uk has more than trebled from 4.6 million to 14 million every
month and page impressions have increased tenfold to just over 3
billion a month.
In 2003 Ashley was awarded the Digital Innovator internet award by
The Sunday Times. In 2004 he was named "most influential
individual in technology" by online technology news site Silicon.com.
Prior to joining the BBC, Ashley worked at Flextech TV, the pay-TV
channel provider that later merged with Telewest.  Whilst there, he
created the new media organisation Flextech Interactive and
became its Managing Director.  Ashley invested in, and was
appointed non-executive director to, a number of dot.coms during
this time including the highly successful online mapping company
MultiMap.com and the UK's largest online ticketing company,
WayAheadGroup. After the merger with Telewest, he was given the
additional responsibility for Telewest's broadband content service,
Blueyonder.
Before Flextech, Ashley was Head of IT and New Media for the
European arm of the American broadcaster NBC, and prior to that
spent six years as a management consultant with PwC where,
among other projects, he spent a year with the ANC and worked on
the launch of Vodacom in South Africa.

David Bainbridge Digital and New Media Marketing Director


Work History:
The BBC has hired David Bainbridge, YooMedia’s business
manager, to market its range of digital and new media services.
Among the responsibilities of the newly-created, 'high level' post –
part of the BBC’s restructure of its Marketing, Communications and
Audiences division – are driving take-up of digital TV, DAB, on-
demand TV, broadband services and widening the reach of
bbc.co.uk. David will also play a key role in Freeview, Digital UK and
FreeSat.
David became Managing Director of YooMedia Mobile in August
2004. David was a co-founder and Managing Director of Whoosh, an
agency providing mobile phone based solutions for broadcasters,
brands and retailers, which was acquired by YooMedia in 2004.
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Prior to Whoosh, David rose through the ranks at Channel 5 to


become Deputy Marketing Director, helping build the channel’s
market share from 5.8% to 6.4% and driving turnover past £200m
pa.
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Tom Loosemore Senior Manager New Media


Work History:
Tom has been at the forefront of much of the BBC’s new media
strategy since joining in 2001 as Head of Broadband and Emerging
Platforms. Over the past 3 years he played a key role in developing
a wide range of new media proposals, many of which featured in
Building Public Value, the BBC’s vision for the next ten years. He is
currently leading a review of the BBC’s activities on the Web.
Prior to joining the BBC, Tom was Director of Internet Applications at
UPC, Europe`s largest cable company. Previously, he has been web
editor of London’s largest radio station, Capital Radio. He was
responsible for developing the multiple award-winning local
information website UpMyStreet.com.
From 1995 until 1997 he was a Section Editor on the UK edition of
Wired Magazine.

Richard Halton BBC Controller of Business Strategy


Work History:
Halton is BBC Television's controller of strategy and played a major
role in developing the BBC's digital TV portfolio and interactive
strategy.
* Recommended.

Sophie Walpole Head of Content, New Media


Work History:
Sophie Walpole serves as the Head of Content BBC New Media.
She has strong editorial, creative and managerial experience in old
and new media, including a broad grasp on Internet, digital television
and emerging broadband technologies.
Her career includes a wide variety of roles at Channel Four
television including being Managing Editor, Interactive Media and
Head of Interactive Services, and Website Editor.
Walpole also previously served as Editorial Director at Intelfax
Limited and has written freelance articles for numerous media
organizations.
* Recommended.

Jamie Cason Interactive Senior Executive


Work History:
Senior executive with 10 years experience in new media and arts,
marketing & advertising and broadcasting context. He is a member
of the senior management team providing strategic and editorial
leadership for an interactive entertainment portfolio. Furthermore, he
is responsible for a budget of £1.5 million.

James Cridland Head of Future Media and Technology, Audio and Music
Work History:
James Cridland will take up the position of BBC Head of Future
Media and Technology, Audio & Music on 9 July. He will contribute
to the development of pan-BBC non-linear/new media strategy and
provide strategic focus for new media technology within BBC Audio
& Music and prioritise investment and resource relating to new
media technology in that group as well as across the BBC's portfolio.
James is currently Digital Media Director at Virgin Radio, responsible
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for Virgin's strategy development, technology planning and content


direction of the Virgin Radio digital media portfolio. James's earlier
career included working as a copywriter for Pennine Radio and
Viking FM before becoming a drive time/ evening presenter for The
Pulse radio station. In 1998 he became Head of Creative for Hallam
FM and founded his own company, Mediauk.com, in 1994, which
continues to trade today.

Simon Nelson Controller of Music and Radio Interactive


Work History:
In 1997, Simon became Senior Strategy Manager for BBC Radio,
working with the then Director of Radio, Matthew Bannister. He was
promoted to the Head of Strategy, Radio, under the current Director
of Radio & Music, Jenny Abramsky, he worked on the development
of the BBC’s digital radio and new services strategy. He then took on
the new post of Head of New Services Development, Radio in 1999,
building BBC Radio’s internet presence, which won a prestigious
Prix Europa award for convergence of the media in 2001. Other
recognition includes several Webbys and Promax awards and an
Interactive Bafta.
Simon Nelson was appointed Controller of New Media, BBC Radio &
Music in December 2000. The department was renamed Radio &
Music Interactive in June 2003, with Simon becoming Controller,
BBC Radio & Music Interactive.
He is responsible for the development of BBC radio and music
brands and content on digital platforms and devices, including DAB
digital radio, the internet, digital television and mobiles. He also
leads the BBC’s DAB Digital Radio activity and is a board member of
the Digital Radio Development Bureau. In 2002 his department
launched BBC Radio Player, offering hundreds of BBC radio
programmes to listen to online at listeners’ convenience for up to
seven days after broadcast. In the same year, the department
created a multi-platform proposition for the BBC Proms, with what is
thought to be the world’s first interactive television application for
classical music complemented by the website and DAB digital radio
text service.

Danny Cohen Controller, BBC Three


Work History:
Danny took up his position as Controller, BBC Three on 14 May
2007.
During 2006, he was Head of E4 and Head of Channel 4 Factual
Entertainment and during his time at Channel 4 commissioned:
Skins; Supernanny; The Trial Of Tony Blair and Cutting Edge.
Prior to this, he worked in Documentaries at Channel 4 for five
years, both as Commissioning Editor and then as Head, overseeing
the team of editors responsible for landmark contemporary
documentary, documentary formats and docu-drama.
Between 2000 and 2001, Danny was Factual Commissioning Editor
for the launch of E4. His career began at Diverse Production where
he became Head of Development after a period in production.

Janice Hadlow Controller, BBC Four


Work History:
Janice Hadlow was appointed Controller of BBC Four in June 2004
and took up her post the following month. Previously, Janice was
Head of Specialist Factual at Channel 4 Television – one of the
broadcaster's largest commissioning departments.
She commissioned highly successful and award-winning
programmes from most factual genres including history, science,
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arts and religion.


Before Channel 4, Janice worked for the BBC joining as a
production trainee in 1986. From 1987 to 1989 she was a Radio 4
producer and worked on programmes such as Woman's Hour, Start
The Week and The World Tonight. In 1989 Janice moved to
television where she was producer and executive producer for
influential arts strand The Late Show, and was appointed Editor in
1992. From 1993 to 1995 she was Deputy Head of the BBC's Music
and Arts department as well as Head of Late Show Productions.
In 1995 Janice was appointed Joint Head of the BBC's History
department where she devised the enormously successful A History
of Britain. In 1999 Janice was appointed Head of History, Art and
Religion at Channel 4. She was appointed Head of Specialist
Factual in 2002.

David Moody Head of Digital Media Strategy, BBC Worldwide


Work History:
David Moody joined the BBC Worldwide Board as Director of
Strategy and Business Development (now called Digital Media) in
December 2004.
His responsibilities include the ongoing development of BBC
Worldwide's strategic direction, as well as the operating businesses
within the New Media division - which includes Broadcast Data
Services, Audiocall, our new media activities including VOD and
broadband, as well as BBC Music.
David joined the BBC in May 2002 as Commercial Director for the
BBC Ventures Group (the former umbrella name for the BBC's
commercial media services division, which included BBC Broadcast,
BBC Resources, BBC Technology and Kingswood Warren
Ventures).
David led for the BBC the sale of BBC Technology part of the recent
outsourcing deal with Siemens.
More recently, David managed the BBC's Commercial Review,
under the overall leadership of John Smith.
Before joining the BBC, David was co-founder and Finance Director
of Dataroam, a wireless application service provider specialising in
providing Mobile workforce solutions.
Prior to this David held roles as Group Development Manager at
United News and Media Plc, working for the Chief Executive, Clive
Hollick, and Director Business Planning at Singapore Telecom
International Europe working in the UK and European cable and
telecoms industries.
David started his career at the LEK Partnership, the strategy-
consulting firm.

Simon Danker Director of Digital Media, BBC Worldwide


Work History:
The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, has appointed Simon
Danker as director of digital media. Danker, who will report to David
Moody, BBC Worldwide`s managing director of digital media and
director of strategy, will lead a team tasked with looking at widening
the availability of BBC programming on new platforms, such as the
Internet and mobile phones. The team will also be responsible for
developing a commercial version of the BBC`s iPlayer, which will
allow the downloading of BBC TV and radio programs via the
Internet. In addition, Danker`s responsibilities will include finding
new commercial opportunities for BBC Worldwide`s music rights,
and developing partnerships with music and new media industry
players both in the UK and internationally.
Danker, who joined BBC Worldwide in 2000, was previously director
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of UK and Ireland TV within the unit`s Global TV Sales division.


Among other things, he managed and expanded program sales to
VOD platforms, such as BT Vision and HomeChoice.
* Recommended.

Darren Childs Head of International Channels, BBC Worldwide


Work History:
Darren Childs is Managing Director, Global Channels, the UK's
number one international channel operator in terms of reach.
Darren sits on BBC Worldwide's Board of Directors and is
responsible for BBC Worldwide's various commercial channel
interests both domestically and internationally.
BBC Worldwide operates a diverse portfolio of 19 channels,
including a new suite of BBC-branded thematic channels,
announced by Darren in 2006 – BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle,
BBC Knowledge, CBeebies and BBC HD.
Prior to joining BBC Worldwide, Darren was Senior Vice President,
International Networks for Sony Pictures Television International
(SPTI), where he was responsible for International Networks in
Europe, Middle East and Africa.
He oversaw the company's six wholly owned channels, including
AXN, and numerous joint-venture movie channels, including HBO,
and was also responsible for initiating and developing new channel
investments.
Before joining Sony Pictures Television, Darren spent several years
in Asia, firstly as Director of Programming for MTV Asia and then as
Director of Business Development at Channel V (part of STAR TV
platform).
* Recommended.

Jamie Cason Executive Producer, BBC Comedy


Work History:
Jamie Cason is an Executive Producer for BBC Comedy, providing
strategic direction and editorial leadership for interactive and digital
Comedy. Jamie joined the BBC in 2000 as Editor of the drama and
comedy categories of bbc.co.uk.
He was promoted to Interactive Executive in 2002 with responsibility
for developing services on interactive TV and mobile platforms in
addition to the internet. In 2006 he joined the Comedy department in
order to develop cross-platform activity in the light of the BBC
Creative Future strategy.
Jamie’s achievements include developing, writing and executive
producing the iBAFTA-nominated Spooks website as well as being
executive producer of iBAFTA award-winning Celebdaq. In 2004 he
created Taggerz, an online animated series about graffiti artists for
1Xtra. He is the executive producer of the interactive drama,
Wannabes, due for launch on bbc.co.uk in September 2006.
Prior to joining the BBC, five years ago, Jamie worked for a variety
of theatre companies and productions as a marketing and press
agent, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the London
International Festival of Theatre and numerous West End shows.
He wrote for Wired UK as a freelance journalist and has performed
as a stand-up comedian. Jamie holds a degree in Modern History
from Oxford University.
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Channel Five
Five, launched in 1997, is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to
launch in the United Kingdom. Originally called Channel 5, the channel rebranded to Five in
2002.
In 2005 the RTL Group acquired the stake of United Business Media PLC to become the sole
shareholder of Channel Five.

Address: 22 Long Acre


London WC2E 9LY
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7421 7270

Jane Lighting Chief Executive


Work History:
Jane joined Five from Flextech, the pay TV business, whose portfolio
includes the Living TV and Bravo channels. She began her career in
1976 with distribution business Crown Cassette Communications and
subsequently worked at training film company Video Arts before
creating marketing and sales company Minotaur International in 1995,
helping to establish it as one of the most successful distribution
companies in the UK. Minotaur was bought by Flextech, part of UK
cable group Telewest, in 1999.

Lisa Opie Managing Director, Content.


Work History:
Prior to joining Channel Five, Lisa was Managing Director at Flextech,
the content arm of Virgin Media. Lisa joined Flextech in September
1993 as a Promotions Producer for TCC. She launched Trouble in
1997 and was made Director of Programming for Flextech in 1998.
Before joining Flextech, Lisa worked for BSB, BBC Radio and in the
theatre.

Charles Constable Director of Strategy


Work History:
Five appointed Charles Constable as the channel’s new Director of
Strategy in Spring 2005. Charles joined from the BBC where he was
Project Director for the Content Supply Review, one of four pan-BBC
reviews launched in July 2004 to define the corporation’s vision for its
charter renewal. He was also made Acting Controller of Distribution at
the beginning of 2005. Before joining the BBC, Charles worked on
Strategic Project Support at Granada Media following the company’s
acquisition of United Broadcasting and Entertainment (previously MAI
Media) where he had been Director of Strategy from June 1995 until
August 2000.
* Recommended.

Channel Four plc


Channel 4 is a public service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United
Kingdom, which began transmissions in 1982. Though entirely commercially self-funded, it is
ultimately publicly owned: Originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority
(IBA), the station is now owned and operated by the Channel Four Television Corporation, a
public body established in 1990 for this purpose and which came into operation in 1993,
following the abolition of the IBA.

Address: 124 Horseferry Rd


London SW1P 2TX
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7396 4444
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Senior management

Luke Johnson Chairman


Work History:
Luke Johnson studied medicine at Oxford and subsequently joined
investment bank Kleinwort Benson as an analyst. In 1992 he
organised the acquisition of PizzaExpress and floated the business
on the stock market at 40p. He was chairman of this business until
1999, at which time the share price was over 800p and the business
had a market capitalisation of over £500m.
He sits on the board of Interquest, Superbrands, Giraffe, GRA,
Seafood Holdings, Patisserie Valerie and APT Controls. Previously
he was Chairman of Signature Restaurants and a Director of IDH.

Andy Duncan CEO


Work History:
Andy Duncan was appointed Chief Executive of Channel 4 in June
2004. Prior to this he was the Director of Marketing,
Communications and Audiences at the BBC from 2001. The first
professional marketer to sit on the BBC's Executive Board, Andy
was also a Director on both the BBC's Commercial and Creative
Boards. He also led the project to launch Freeview and was
Chairman of the joint venture with BBC, Sky and Crown Castle for its
first two years.
Andy began his career at Unilever where he worked for more than
16 years. He had a variety of roles and experience in marketing and
general management, in the UK and internationally in both Foods
and Personal Care Businesses.

Digital media

Andy Taylor Managing Director Channel 4 New Media


Work History:
Andy Taylor was a corporate and media lawyer. Now managing
director of new media at Channel 4, Adam Woods finds him
enthusing over the station's new video-on-demand launch, 4oD.
The speed at which 4oD, Channel 4's video-on-demand service that
launched last week, has come to market is a source of great pride to
Andy Taylor, Channel 4's managing director of new media.
Channel 4's list of firsts in this area makes impressive reading. It
previewed The IT Crowd online in January, generated 500,000 PC
views of promotional episodes of Lost and Desperate Housewives
and launched its own simulcast in June.

Ron Henwood New Business Director


Work History:
Ron Henwood was appointed New Business Director of Channel 4 in
June 2005. He is responsible for the rights, new media and corporate
development activities under the 4 Ventures banner, as one of five
executive directors on the main board of the company.
His previous experience encompasses new media, pay-TV,
broadcasting, production and distribution platform experience. From
2003 to 2005, he was the turnaround CEO of Premium TV (PTV), a
broadband and mobile content distribution platform. He joined PTV
from NTL where he was Director of Television from 2001. From 1999-
2001, he was a founder director of Prism Entertainment, a TV and
Internet production company specialising in children's content. From
1996-1999, he was MD of Fox Kids UK, responsible for UK-based
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services targeting the UK, Scandinavia and Central/Eastern Europe.


He started his television career at Central TV, which he joined as a
management trainee in 1985, rising to MD under Carlton ownership
from 1994-1996.
* Recommended.

Andy Grumbridge Managing Editor, C4 Interactive


Work History:
In 1995 Grunbridge was appointed Editor of The Children's Channel
website, soon to become Trouble. There he commissioned Flash
Boyfriend - "the future of entertainment" according to Michael Grade
in a kind email. No one remembers it now. On the strength of this,
Grumbridge was handed the stewardship of Bravo's website. Bravo
Girlcam was born, resulting in more than £10m pounds-worth of free
publicity and page impressions growth of one million percent.
In 2000 Grunbridge moved on to Channel 4 as On-line Executive
Producer for Big Brother. Grumbridge was promoted to Editor of
channel4.com later that year. Subsequently asked to take charge of
FilmFour.com, e4.com and 4Car.co.uk, he collapsed them all into
the channel4.com superbrand.
Now Managing Editor of Channel 4 New Media, Grumbridge has
continued to oversee the editorial development of channel4.com as
well as launching the channel's mobile site and FourDocs, a
broadband documentary online channel.
* Recommended

Sarah Rose Head of Channel and VOD Department


Work History:
UK terrestrial broadcaster, Channel 4, appointed Sarah Rose to the
newly created position of head of channel and VOD development.
She joined the company from the UK's largest commercial
broadcaster, the Independent Television Network (generally referred
to by the acronym, "ITV"), where she was general manager of digital
channels, and where she, among other things, oversaw the launch
of the broadcaster's ITV3 and ITV4 channels.

Nathalie Schwarz Director of Radio


Work history:
As Director of Radio, Nathalie is responsible for all radio and DAB
multi-media at Channel 4. In this position, she has overseen the
establishment of Channel 4 Radio and led the formation of the 4
Digital Group consortium. She is also Chair of Oneword Radio,
jointly owned by Channel 4 and UBC Media.
As Capital Radio’s Strategy and Development Director (1998 to
2005), Nathalie played a leading role in Capital’s £710m merger with
GWR to form Gcap Media in 2005.
Prior to the merger, as a main Board Director of Capital Radio plc,
she played an instrumental role in the expansion of the business
through a series of acquisitions including the Century Radio network,
Beat FM in Scotland and Choice FM in London. She also had
management responsibility for the company’s digital media strategy
alongside business and commercial development, regulatory and
public affairs and market research and the company’s charity and
community functions.
She has been a Board Director on several digital radio multiplex
groups including MXR and CE Digital and has represented Capital
Radio at the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB).
Nathalie started her career with global law firm Clifford Chance,
qualifying as a corporate finance lawyer in 1995.
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Søren Krun? New Business


Work History:
Reports into Henwood.
* Recommended

Paul Whitehouse New Business


Work History:
Reports into Henwood.
* Recommended

Matt Locke Commissioning Editor


Work History:
Matt Locke was the Head of Innovation for BBC New Media &
Technology. Within this role, he was responsible for developing
and running research programmes within the BBC and with
external partners, including developing academic and industry
partnerships, and developing open innovation initiatives like
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk and http://open.bbc.co.uk/labs/. Before
that, he was Head of Creative Research & Development within
the same division. Creative R&D worked with New Media
production teams across the BBC on mid to long term innovation
development, helping analyse trends and develop product and
service ideas for 3-5 years
* Recommended.

ITV plc
ITV plc is the British media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters
that make up the ITV Network, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in
the United Kingdom. The network, which is currently branded ITV1 by ITV plc, and the
independent Channel Television, has vied with the British Broadcasting Corporation's BBC One
for the status of the UK's most watched channel since the 1950s.

Address: 200 Grays Inn Rd


London WC1X 8HF
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7843 8000

Senior management

Michael Grade Executive Chairman


Work history:
Chairman of the BBC (2004 – 2006). Non-executive chairman of
Hemsott plc (2000 – 2006). Non-executive director of SMG plc (2003
– 2004), Camelot Group plc (2000 – 2004) and Leisure & Media
VCT plc (2001 – 2004). Chief Executive of Channel 4 (1988 – 1997),
Director of Programmes then Managing Director, Television
(Designate) BBC (1986 – 1988), Controller of BBC1 (1984 – 1986).
President of Embassy Television, USA (1981 – 1984). Director of
programming, London Weekend Television (1973 – 1981).

John Cresswell Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director


Work history:
Finance Director Meridian Broadcasting Limited (1993 – 1995),
Finance Director United Broadcasting and Entertainment Limited
(1996 – 1998) and Chief Operating Officer (1998 – 2000). Director of
Operations Granada Content (2000 – 2001), Chief Operating Officer
and FD Granada Content (2001 – 2004) and Chief Operating
Officer, Granada and ITV (2004 – 2006)
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Qualifications: BSc, ACA

Ian McColloch Commercial Director


Work history:
McCulloch was appointed ITV’s Commercial Director, as part of the
new senior management line-up announced in September 2005.
With overall responsibility for all revenue acquisition, relationships
with advertisers, agencies and intermediaries, Ian’s broad remit also
includes responsibility for ITV Marketing, ITV innovation centre and
ITV owned cinema sales house Screen Vision.
In 2003 Ian was made Managing Director and subsequently Chief
Operating Officer for ITV Broadcasting, the broadcasting arm of the
newly merged ITV Plc. During this period Ian was responsible for
key tasks to help create and deliver ITV’s multi-channel business
plan, commercial impacts and cost targets. During his time in this
role Ian also worked to ensure a comprehensive return on
investment analyses for programming, investment decisions and
acquisitions of sports rights.
Prior to this Ian had spent 9 years working for Granada in various
positions from Commercial Director in Granada Broadband to
Granada Broadcasting’s Operations Director.
Before joining Granada, Ian spent 14 years at London Weekend
Television where he worked his way up through the ranks from
Sales Assistant to Agency Sales Director.

Carolyn Fairbairn Director of Corporate Development and Strategy


Work history:
Carolyn Fairbairn is director of corporate development and strategy
at ITV and is the BBC's former Director of Strategy & Distribution.
Before her job at the BBC, Fairbairn had a varied career. She
worked for seven years as a management consultant for McKinsey
and Company. She also held a job with the Downing Street Policy
Unit, developing policy for health and social services. She had
worked as a financial journalist for The Economist, and as an
economist at the World Bank.
Fairbairn came to work for the BBC as Director of Strategy for BBC
Worldwide. It was after this that she was promoted to Director of
Strategy & Distribution, and also became a member of the BBC's
Executive Board. She helped to develop the BBC's digital strategy
and renewal of their charter, and was instrumental in creating One
BBC and Freeview.
Carolyn briefly rejoined McKinsey and Company in 2006, before
becoming director of corporate development and strategy at ITV in
March 2007.

Simon Shaps ITV Director of Television


Work history:
In his role, Simon oversees all areas of ITV channels broadcasting.
He is responsible for several thousand hours of television each year.
Prior to his appointment, Simon was the Chief Executive of
Granada, the production division of ITV plc, with additional
responsibility for Granada's distribution business and production
operations in the LA, New York, Berlin and Sydney.

Dawn Airey Director of Global Content, ITV


Work history:
Dawn Airey began her broadcasting career as a management
trainee for Central TV in 1985. In 1989 she became Director of
Programme Planning at Central and was appointed to the Central
broadcasting board. In 1993 she moved to the ITV Network Centre
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as Controller of Children's and Daytime Programmes and in 1994


moved to Channel 4 to become Controller of Arts and Entertainment.
In 1996 she was appointed Director of Programmes for Channel
Five and was promoted to Chief Executive in 2000. In 2003 she was
appointed Managing
Director Sky Networks and was responsible for all Sky wholly owned
channels (excluding sport). In 2006 she was made Managing
Director Channels and Services with responsibility for all third party
channels, joint ventures and networked media.
Dawn Airey was born in Lancashire in 1960 and was educated at
Kelly College and Girton College, Cambridge.

Digital media

Jeff Henry Director of ITV Consumer


Work history:
ITV has established ITV Consumer (ITVC) to build businesses which
create and monetise direct consumer relationships for ITV. Led by
Jeff Henry, its businesses now include Friends Reunited, SDN, ITV
Mobile, ITV.com, ITV Interactive and ITV Play.
* Recommended.

Tom Betts COO, ITV Consumer


Work history:
Tom joined ITV in December 2003 as Director of Business
Development from Granada, where he was holding an identical role.
Previously Tom was a business strategist at Carlton focusing on
sponsorship and brand issues, rising to Commercial Director. He
was responsible for negotiating the broadcasting rights for Premier
league, the FA Cup, Champions league and Formula 1. He was a
board member of Carlton and On Digital.
* Recommended.

Annelies Van den Belt Managing Director, ITV Digital


Work history:
Annelies joined ITV from Telegraph Media Group, where she was
Director of New Media. Prior to this, Annelies spent over five years
working for News International, where she launched Times Online.
She has also worked extensively in sales and publishing roles
across the globe from bases in Russia, Japan and The Netherlands.
 ITV’s broadband portal will carry all of ITV’s best content, available
for viewers to access at any time. It will feature simulcasts of ITV’s
broadcast channel output, catch-ups, previews and downloads of
key programmes and exclusive online content.
* Recommended.

Ann Cook Controller of ITV Interactive and ITV.com


Work history:
Ann is responsible for growing revenue through interactive TV and
the Web, for raising the profile of the division and developing its
partnerships and launching commercially focused interactive content
that complements ITV's linear programming.
Cook was previously director of international client relations at the
Associated Press, where she managed 2,000 client relationships
outside of North America. Prior to that, she was managing director of
the international division of the US media research and consultancy
company, Frank N. Magid Associates. She also spent six years at
Granada Sky Broadcasting in the late 1990's, where, according to
ITV, she launched seven cable and satellite channels, and managed
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each one's marketing and communications strategy. Prior to that,


she spent 11 years at Flextech.

Jane Marshall Commercial Development Director


Work history:
Jane assumed her current position in August 2005. She was
appointed Controller of the newly-created ITV Interactive in April
2003 alter ITV reached agreement with Sky in February to launch
interactivity across its channels. The new division emerged following
the closure in March 2003 of Carlton Active, the iTV arm of Carlton
set up by Marshall in 1999, of which she was CEO. Prior to Carlton
Active, Marshall worked for various Internet ventures, including
Poptel, Webmedia and Webpromote.

Simon Fell Controller of Emerging Technologies, ITV Consumer


Work history:
Simon Fell is the Controller Emerging Technologies and acting
Director of Technology for ITV's newly formed Consumer Division.
He has been with ITV since 1991.
Simon has been immersed in digital television in the UK since before
the start. Having helped establish ON/ITV Digital he setup Carlton's
Digital Channels and managed post-production and engineering
operations in London. Following the merger of Carlton and Granada
he now runs a team focused on building new technology initiatives
that will drive growth and development within ITV especially through
the Consumer Division.
He has been involved in the rollout of ITV's services and interactive
systems for DTT and Digital Satellite. He is a member of the DTG
Council and the chairman of the DTG's UK High Definition Forum.
He is also a Fellow of the Royal Television Society.
He has had twenty-nine years experience as an Engineer in the
Television Industry; previous jobs include Director of Engineering for
Rushes, Chief Engineer of 625 and Electronic Engineering at
Channel Four. He has also worked in America with Rank Cintel USA
and in Leeds with Yorkshire Television.

Zai Bennett Controller of ITV2


Work History:
Zai has been in his current role since 2006. He is responsible for the
commissioning, acquiring and scheduling of ITV’s 16-34 focused
entertainment channel ITV2.

Melissa Goodwin Head of Mobile ITV


Work history:
Melissa Goodwin joined ITV in September 2006 from her previous
role as Vice President Interactive and Telephony FremantleMedia
Enterprises. As Head of Mobile, Melissa leads ITV’s mobile strategy
and is responsible for growing new revenues from this platform for
ITV. Within FremantleMedia, Goodwin was responsible for
managing the telephony and interactive businesses in the UK and
remit included maximising the portfolio of rights and the exploitation
of new commercial opportunities. She moved into this role after 2
years as Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa for
FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide. Melissa started at
FremantleMedia as the Sales & Marketing Manager, Interactive and
spent 4 months on secondment as Sales & Marketing Manager,
Asia, FLW, where she was responsible for setting up ancillary rights
activity in Asia.
Prior to joining FLW, Goodwin was National Sales Executive at
TVNZ, a public television broadcaster in New Zealand, for four years
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where she managed airtime sales, sponsorship, above and below


the line campaigns and online activity.
* Recommended.

Ben McOwen Wilson Strategy Director


Work history:
Ben McOwen Wilson has more than 10 years experience in strategic
consultancy in the TMT sector. He joined ITV in January 2006 from
Spectrum Strategy Consultants, where he spent seven years, latterly
as a Partner.
Previously McOwenWilson was a Senior Manager with New Media
and Internet Strategy Group at Renaissance Worldwide (now
Adventis), and before that he was a Consultant with Andersen
Consulting (now Accenture).
In the last five years, McOwen Wilson has undertaken a very
extensive range of assignments for broadcasters, platform
operators, rights owners, production companies, regulators,
investors and technology manufacturers. He has led projects in
Africa, Asia, South America and Australasia in addition to mainland
Europe. In the UK he has worked with each of the terrestrial
broadcasters, a wide range of digital channels and all of the UK’s
major pay-TV platform operators.

Steve White Head of Technology, ITV Digital


Work history:
Steve White joined ITV from Gamesys Ltd, where he was
development manager for the web gaming specialist. Prior to this he
worked within Carlton Interactive as head of development.

Tanya Lidstone Head of Customer Experience, ITV Digital


Work history:
Tanya Lidstone comes to ITV with a wealth of experience in online
consumer sites, most recently at Opodo but also in roles at Thomas
Cook and Travelstore.com. She will be responsible for overall
content strategy, the online customer proposition and ITV.com’s
relationships with its customers. 

Fiona Robertson Head of Interactive Commissioning


Work history:
Fiona is Head of Commissioning for Online, Mobile and Interactive
at ITV. Prior to joining ITV in 2004, Fiona worked briefly as part of
the DCMS’s Culture Online project and was Head of Interactive at
Granada for three years before that.
* Recommended.

Pete Mossman Interactive Commissioning


Work History:
Peter started at ITV in 2004 as lead producer for their interactive
department, managing the production of all interactive content
across the channels. Promoted to head of production for the
Interactive and Online team, he works as part of the core
management team delivering substantial interactive revenues into
the recently formed ITV Consumer.
Prior to his appointment at ITV, Peter was executive producer at
Go Play TV, Sony's venture into the interactive games business,
which later became owned by Yoomedia. His interactive TV
career started when he joined Static 2358 as part of the games
design team that launched PLAYJAM. He later became part of the
management team at Static, as the executive producer.
* Recommended.
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William Van Rest Controller of ITV Play


Work history:
William is responsible for ITV Play's programming, delivery and
financial performance. ITV poached William in early 2007 from
Optimistic Entertainment – a company which he co-founded and
where he served first as channel head, then as director of networks,
and finally as director of strategic and corporate development.

Tanya Carus Commissioning Editor, ITV Play


Work history:
In March 2007 Tanya was promoted from interactive producer to
commissioning editor for ITV Play. She has been employed at ITV
since 2001 and has extensive experience in participation TV on
multiple platforms.
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Satellite and Cable

AETN International

Launched in November 1995, AETN International markets the quality programming and proven
success of A&E Network and The History Channel overseas. The History Channel is now
available in 58 countries worldwide through partners and affiliates in Latin America (including
Brazil), the UK, France and French-speaking territories, the Scandinavian region, Japan, Spain,
Portugal, Australia, the Middle East and Israel.

Address: 6 Sloane Square


London SW1W 8EE
Telephone:

Simon Pollock VP and Managing Director, Europe and Asia


Work History:
Pollock oversees sales and marketing for European and Asian
territories for The History Channel and The Biography Channel,
responsible for the strategic development of the networks
throughout both regions.
He joined AETN International in 2000 as Managing Director of
Europe. Based in London, he is charged with territory
management of affiliates and joint ventures, development of
branded blocks into full channels, and positioning of The History
Channel and The Biography Channel throughout Europe. Pollock
also coordinates marketing, advertising and publicity activities
between AETN headquarters in New York and the region.
Prior to joining AETN International, Mr. Pollock served as Vice
President Content Development, Europe, for OpenTV, the world’s
leading interactive television middleware company. From 1992-
1998, Pollock served as Vice President Sales at Columbia TriStar
International Television in London, responsible for the
international sales office which licensed all programming to UK,
Northern Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and
Africa. He was also responsible for starting a worldwide barter
division for the company.
From 1989 to 1991, Pollock served as Director of Sales for The
Walt Disney Co./Buena Vista International. He was responsible
for all barter and sponsorship activities of Disney Programming
worldwide, creating innovative new revenue sources.
In January 2006, Pollock became a member of the CTAM Europe
Board of Directors.

BSkyB

The UK's number one pay-TV provider. BSkyB distributes entertainment, news, and sports
programming that reach more than 16 million homes in the UK and Ireland, including the more
than 8 million subscribers to its digital direct-to-home (DTH) satellite service. Responding to the
success of Freeview in the UK, BSkyB quietly introduced its own free-to-air TV service, in hopes
of capturing some of that growing market. The company also has rolled out Sky Broadband, a
broadband Internet access services offered free to existing customers.

Address: British Sky Broadcasting Group


Grant Way
Isleworth, TW7 5QD
Telephone: Tel: +44 (0)20 7705 3000
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James Murdoch CEO


Work History:
James Murdoch was appointed as a Director of the Company in
February 2003 and CEO from the 4th November 2003. Until Mr
Murdoch's appointment as CEO, he was Chairman and CEO of
Star from May 2000. Prior to this, Mr Murdoch was Executive Vice
President of News Corporation and a member of News
Corporation's Board of Directors and Executive Committee and
served on the Board of NDS. Mr Murdoch serves on the Board of
YankeeNets and the Board of Trustees of the Harvard Lampoon.
Mr Murdoch attended Harvard University. James Murdoch is the
son of Rupert Murdoch.

Mike Darcy Ex COO


Work history:
BSKYB promoted Mike Darcy to COO in November 2006.
Darcy was responsible for the group’s third-party relations, with
other broadcasters and key rights-holders, such as the FA
Premier League.
Prior to this role, Mike was the commercial and strategy director, a
position with similar responsibilities.

Jeremy Darroch CFO


Work History:
Jeremy Darroch was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and a
Director of the Company on 16 August 2004. Mr Darroch joined
Dixons Group plc in January 2000 as Retail Finance Director,
rising to the position of Group Finance Director in February 2002.
Prior to Dixons, Mr Darroch spent 12 years at Procter & Gamble
in a variety of roles in the UK and Europe, latterly as European
Finance Director for its Health Care businesses. In February 2006
Mr Darroch was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Marks &
Spencer Group plc. Mr Darroch is a member of the 100 Group of
Finance Directors.

Justin Fielder Business Development Director


Work History:
He was previously at Easynet.

Delia Bushell Head of Broadband


Work History:
Delia has been at Sky for seven years. She has expertise in
customer services and marketing. She worked under Dawn Airey,
Sky Venture team, and was commercial director in Ireland.
* Recommended.

Julian Gorniok Deputy Head of Strategy Sky Digital Properties


Work History:
Julian Gorniok, was a former group strategy and development
director at GCap Media,

William Mellis Direct Customer Acquisitions Director


Work History:
William joined BSkyB towards the end of 2004 and has been
responsible for spear-heading the company’s highly successful
new approach to customer acquisition. He has worked towards
ambitious growth targets; effective use of customer intelligence
has been central to the strategy.
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William’s extensive knowledge of CRM best practice comes from


a career in the business, notably setting up the Ernst & Young
CRM practice following a stint as the head of CapGemini’s UK
CRM service. In these roles, William has consulted across a
number of sectors, showing the immense adaptability of his
approach. Clients over the years have included Shell, Unilever,
Barclays, and Centrica amongst many others.

David Rey Sky Ventures


Work history:
David Rey is the Director of Joint Ventures and Cable at BSkyB
and is responsible for the development of Sky's Joint Ventures
and Cable company relationships. He joined the company in 1996
as the Financial Controller in Commercial Finance, before
progressing to the Head of Finance in Marketing and Distribution.
He then completed three years as Head of Finance in Sky
Interactive before becoming Head of Programming Finance.
Prior to joining BSkyB, David held a variety of finance and
strategy roles at International Distillers & Vintners, which is now
part of Diageo PLC, working at the company's London
headquarters and across continental Europe.

Nicola Bamford Head of Channels


Work History:
Nicola Bamford joined Sky in August 2004. She is responsible for
managing the platform’s third party channel relationships across
both retailed and non-retailed channels. Her team is also
responsible for managing Sky’s transponder bandwidth, the
organisation of the EPG and the ongoing implementation of Sky’s
EPG listings policy. She joined Sky from Walt Disney Television
International where she was VP, Ventures and Business
Development.
Previously, Nicola spent five years with News Corp in the US
where she worked in corporate finance/investor relations before
managing its Latin American DTH interests on a day-to-day basis
and heading up Sky Global Networks’ corporate development.
* Recommended.

David Smyth Head of Acquisitions Sky 1, 2, 3


Work History:

Chris Stylianou Finance Director


Work history:
Chris Stylianou is the Director of Commercial Finance for Sky and
heads up the team responsible for all aspects of internal finance
and investment appraisal across Sky's core functions. He joined
the company in 1996 as the Group Reporting Accountant before
progressing through a number of senior finance positions within
Sky to his current role. Prior to joining Sky, Chris worked at KPMG
as a Manager in the Music and Entertainment Division.

Sophie Turner Lang Head of Films and Acquisitions


Work History:
Sophie Turner Laing, was the BBC’s controller of programme
acquisitions where she concluded major deals such as the pre-
acquisition of Chicken Run, Titanic and Harry Potter from Warner,
a package of Walt Disney Classics including Toy Story 1 and TS
2. Laing also renewed key output deals with DreamWorks and
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New Regency. A veteran TV executive, Laing was a co-founder in


1989 of HIT Entertainment, the inventors of Bob The Builder.
Her appointment is one of the first by Sky Networks’ new MD
Dawn Airey to whom Laing will report.
* Recommended.

Richard Woolfe Controller, Sky One


Work history:
The Living TV head is noted for turning around the fortunes of
Flextech's flagship station with a string of clever US acquisitions
including Will & Grace, Charmed and Grey's Anatomy, as well as
commissioning a host of pink and paranormal-themed original
content. He has also overseen reality-based spinoff channel
Living TV 2 and Ftn, Flextech's entertainment station on
Freeview.
Since winning the prestigious 'Industry player of the year' award at
2005's Edinburgh International TV Festival, Woolfe has been
linked with top positions at Five and BBC Three.
Reporting to Sky Networks MD Dawn Airey, Woolfe will now be
charged with turning around Sky One's audience decline. He will
also manage the accompanying spinoff channels, Sky Two and
Sky Three.

Paul Wright Director of Sales, Online Business Unit


Work history:
Paul has unrivalled experience in online sports advertising and
sponsorship. With over 18 years in the media market with both
BSkyB and Sports.com.
As one of the first members of the Sky sales team, Paul was one
of the core sales people in the early days of multi channel TV,
gaining a great insight into selling highly targeted media.
After 7 years of TV trading at Sky, Paul became Commercial
Manager and was instrumental in helping to build a team that
encompassed broadcast sponsorship, text sales, promotion and
the Internet.
Despite a promotion to Head of Interactive Sales at Sky in 1999,
Paul was lured away to become Director of Sales at Sports.com
and was rapidly promoted to Group Sales and Marketing Director,
driving not only revenues, but marketing strategy, trade PR and
research initiatives.

Andy Jonesco Sky Digital


Work History:
Andy Jonesco, was previously Senior Vice President of Audience
for AOL UK and was then promoted to the UK Managing Director.
This role included responsibility for running AOL UK business
operations and the aol.co.uk portal, as well as the UK portal
partnership with Carphone Warehouse.
Jonesco also became head of Pan-European Sales & IM
Commercial Alliances for AOL Europe. He reported directly to
Carlo d'Asaro Biondo, President of AOL Europe.
Andy Jonesco's new digital role at BSkyB is broader than reported
and includes the monetisation of Sky's online audiences, including
search and advertising, as well as digital sales for third-party
clients, prev-iously managed by sales house Sky Media.
* Recommended.

Andrew Hawking Sky News website


Work history:
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Previously with MSN and BBC.


* Recommended.

Steve Nutall
Work History:
* Recommended.

Neil Martin
Work History:
* Recommended.

Chloe Wilkinson
Work History:
* Recommended.

Canal+

tbc

CNN
The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded
in 1980 by Ted Turner. It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner.
CNN introduced the idea of 24-hour television news coverage, and celebrated its 25th anniversary
on June 1, 2005.In terms of cumulative (Cume) Nielsen ratings or "unique viewers", CNN rates as
America's number 1 cable news network. CNN broadcasts primarily from its headquarters at the
CNN Center in Atlanta, Time Warner Center in New York City, and studios in Washington, DC. As
of December 2004, it is available in 88.2 million U.S. households and more than 890,000
American hotel rooms. The U.S version of CNN is also shown in Canada. Globally, the network
airs through CNN International and has combined branded networks and services that are
available to more than 1.5 billion people in over 212 countries and territories.

Address: 19-22 Rathbone Place


London W1T 1HY
Telephone: +44 (0)207 693 1000

Senior management

Rena Golden Senior Vice President


Work History:
Rena Golden is senior vice president of CNN International. In this
role, she oversees the editorial production, program development,
talent and day-to-day operations of CNN International. Through
Golden's guidance, CNN International has successfully integrated
the networks' trademark world news and global business news with
double-anchored regional programs from London and Hong Kong. In
the fall of 2002, she led the development of Your World Today, the
four-hour globally comprehensive news program anchored from
CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta.
In her current role, Golden has also served as executive producer
for major live events and breaking news including the ongoing war in
Iraq, Israel-Lebanon conflict, death of Pope John Paul II, Tsunami
disaster in South Asia, the September 11th attacks on the World
Trade Center and Pentagon, the beginning of air-strikes in the war in
Afghanistan, the 100-hour Millennium 2000 programming and Great
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Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997. She began her


career as a writer for CNN/U.S. in 1985.
Golden has also worked as a documentary producer for Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc. And, she co-produced National
Geographic's first live special: In Search of the Hamilton and the
Scourge, hosted by renowned oceanographer Bob Ballard.

Chris Cramer Managing Director


Cramer is responsible for overseeing CNN International's worldwide
newsgathering operation outside the U.S., as well as the network's
editorial content and programming, including the five flagship CNN
International services in English, CNN en Espanol, CNNj (Japan)
and joint ventures such as n-tv, CNN+ and CNN Turk.
In September 1997, he launched "regionalisation", an initiative that
led to the creation of five separately scheduled English language
international CNN channels that serve Europe/Middle East/Africa,
Asia Pacific, South Asia, Latin America, and North America.
Before joining CNN in 1996, Cramer was head of Newsgathering for
the BBC and sat on the BBC's News and Current Affairs
Management Board. He was with the BBC for 25 years, working his
way up from regional reporter.
Cramer is also honorary president of the International News Safety
Institute. He is a fellow of the Royal Television Society, a member of
the British Association of Film and Television Arts, and a member of
the Board of Councillors for the Jimmy Carter Center in Atlanta.
Cramer is the author of the book, Hostage, a first-hand account of
the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London.

Discovery Networks Europe

Discovery Channel is a cable and satellite TV channel distributed by Discovery Communications


that provides non-fiction variety programming focused primarily on the themes of popular science,
history, and knowledge about the world. Discovery Channel is the most widely distributed cable
network in the United States, reaching more than 92 million households, part of its global
audience of 431 million homes in 170 countries and territories . Versions of the channel are seen in
the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, India and other countries.

Address: Discovery House, Chiswick Park, Building 2, London W4 5YB


Telephone: +44 (0)20 7462 3600

Melanie Honnor VP New Media UK and EMEA Discovery Networks Europe


Work History:
Melanie Honnor has been appointed Vice President of new
ventures for the Discovery Network's new media group, based in
London. Among other responsibilities, she will oversee the new
media revenue generation and new distribution partnerships in
Europe. Honnor was previously with Capital Radio Group.
* Recommended

Arthur Bastings SVP and General Manager EMEA


Work history:
Discovery Networks Europe appointed Arthur Bastings as senior
vice president and general manager for continental Europe, Africa
and the Middle East.
Prior to this, Bastings worked at Turner Broadcasting Systems
Europe, where he held the post of managing director for Northern
and Central Europe since 2001.
* Recommended.
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Dan Brooke General Manager UK


Work History:
Discovery Networks Europe named Dan Brooke to run its portfolio
of UK channels in July 2005. Brooke was a long-serving exec at
Channel 4, where he helped shape the web's digital strategy via
launching and establishing niche nets FilmFour and E4. Brooke
replaced David Abraham, poached in April to run TLC in the U.S.
Dan oversees all programming, production, development and
operations for Discovery's nine U.K. TV brands including
Discovery Channel, Discovery Travel & Living and Discovery Real
Time.
* Recommended.

Alison Mordue New Media Executive


Work history:
Alison is covering Melanie Honnor’s maternity leave.

HBO
Home Box Office, Inc. is the premium television-programming subsidiary of Time Warner Inc.
providing two 24-hour premium television services, HBO and Cinemax. Together, both networks
reach approximately 40 million subscribers in the United States via cable and satellite delivery.
Home Box Office's international joint ventures bring HBO branded services to more than 50
countries around the globe. (R)HBO and DEADWOOD are registered service marks of Home Box
Office, Inc. HBO is launching a UK video on demand subscription service in 2007 with BT vision,
Tiscali TV and Virgin Media.

Address: The London Television Centre


Upper Ground
London SE1 9LT
Telephone:

Michael Fuchs Chairman and CEO


Work History:
Michael was named Chairman and CEO of HBO in October of
1984. During his tenure, he pioneered HBO's original
programming, which was the first of such programming for the
fledgling cable industry. Under his leadership, HBO became the
largest and most successful pay-television company in the world.
In May of 1995, Michael was named Chairman of Warner Music
Group and was responsible for the overall management of HBO
and Warner Music Group for the world's leading entertainment
conglomerate, Time Warner, Inc. In addition to ICS, Michael
serves on many different boards, including Autobytel.com, The
American Foundation of AIDS Research, IMAX Corporation, both
NASDAQ corporations, Lumina Americas, Inc. and American
Friends of the Israel Museum.

Carolyn Strauss President of Entertainment


Work History:
Strauss is responsible for overseeing the development and
production of miniseries, series, specials and late-night fare. In
her career at HBO, she has supervised the development and
production of HBO's acclaimed and award-winning series
programming, including "The Sopranos," "Sex and the City," "Six
Feet Under," "The Wire," "Carnivale," "Curb Your Enthusiasm,"
"The Chris Rock Show," "Oz," "The Larry Sanders Show," "Tracey
Takes On," and in late night "Dennis Miller Live," "Def Comedy
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Jam," "Def Poetry," "Ali G," "The Kids in the Hall" and "Mr. Show."
Strauss' former title was executive vice president, original
programming. She joined HBO in 1986.

Simon Sutton Programming Distribution and International


Work History:
Mr. Sutton most recently served as Senior Vice President ,
International Pay and Free Television. He began his tenure with
MGM in 1996 as Director , Business Development for the
International Television Group, advancing to Vice President -
Worldwide Pay Television the following year. During his tenure,
he successfully negotiated agreements with Telepiu in Italy, Movie
Television in Japan, Via Digital in Spain, ARD Degeto in
Germany, Star TV in Asia, Orbit in the Middle East, and a
branded-programming alliance with France's TPS, among many
others.
Additionally, Mr. Sutton was a key executive in the recent
negotiations with NBC that lead to MGM's international
distribution of the network's programming. He also successfully
restructured MGM's international offices, opening a new Latin
America office and hiring key international sales staff.
He came to MGM from United International Holdings (UIH) in
London, where he spent two years as Finance and New Business
Executive. In that position, he was a key member of the Television
Programming Group and was responsible for new channel
development. He represented UIH to potential investors and was
involved in the assessment and recommendation of potential
acquisitions. Before joining UIH, Mr. Sutton worked for McKinsey
& Co.
He holds a MBA degree from Stanford University and a degree
from Oxford University.

Shelia Nevins Development and Production of documentaries and family


programmes
Work History:
Nevins is responsible for overseeing the development and
production of all documentaries and family programming for HBO
and Cinemax and their multiplex channels. During her tenure,
HBO's critically acclaimed documentary and family programs
have won numerous awards including eighteen Prime Time
Emmy Awards, thirty-two News and Documentary Emmys,
eighteen George Foster Peabody Awards, including a Personal
Peabody for her outstanding work in Documentary and Family
Programming. She has also executive produced twelve Academy
Award winning documentaries, including most recently "Murder on
a Sunday Morning" (2001), "Big Mama" (2000), "King Gimp"
(1999), and "The Personals" (1998). Nevins' former title was
executive vice president, original programming. She has been
with HBO since 1979.

MTV Europe

MTV Networks Europe is one of the largest cable television networks in the old country, reaching
more than 130 million households in almost 50 nations and territories. It broadcasts a variety of
music videos and documentaries, as well as original programs. In addition to MTV branded
channels and related Internet properties, the company also operates European versions of MTV
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sister networks such as VH1 and Nickelodeon. Launched in 1987, MTV Europe's reach extends
through multiple distribution outlets including cable, satellite TV, and broadband Internet.
MTV Networks UK and Ireland operates 3 channel groups – Comedy, Kids and Music plus
extensive studio facilities utilised by both internal and external clients. Based in Camden the MTV
Networks nine branded music channels comprise of MTV, VH1, MTV Hits, MTV Base, MTV
Dance, MTV2, VH2, VH1 Classic and TMF. MTV Network’s music channels are available on Sky,
Cable (through virgin media) and Freeview, reaching larger audiences than at any time in UK
history, with an average of over 17 million viewers each month according to BARB research.

Address: United Kingdom House


180 Oxford Street
London W1D 1DS
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7478 6000

Bob Bakish President, MTV Networks International


Work history:
Mr. Bakish has had responsibility for MTV Networks overall
strategy and business development. In this role, Mr. Bakish
worked closely with the executive management team of MTVN on
a broad range of strategy and business development issues,
ranging from business priority setting, deal execution, integration
planning and general management. In this capacity, Mr. Bakish
led the integration of CBS Cable, Comedy Central and College
Television Network into MTV Networks.
Prior to joining MTV Networks, Mr. Bakish was Senior Vice
President, Planning, Development and Technology at Viacom Inc.
In this capacity, he worked with senior management on advancing
the company's overall strategy, evaluated new business
opportunities, supported major acquisition and divestiture
initiatives, oversaw Viacom's global satellite portfolio and its U.S.
Network Operations Center, as well as activities focused on the
evaluation of emerging media technologies, such as digital
television, DVD and digital cable.

Alec Hendry Interactive Operations Manager


Work History:
Alec Hendry has had 8 years experience in New Media and
Television in the UK. He joined MTV Networks UK & Ireland in
2001 and oversaw their launch on Interactive TV. MTV's iTV
services are now widely considered as some of the most
groundbreaking and creative, earning them numerous awards
including a BAFTA. In 2003 he was promoted to the role of
Interactive Operations Manager, for Web, iTV, and Mobile, as well
as consulting across MTV Europe, MTV Technology and
Broadcast. Prior to MTV, Alec was Technical Manager at New
Media agency Deepend, working with a wide range of companies.

Ben Lister Commercial Manager


Work History:
Ben is a Creative business manager with over 8 years
professional digital media industry experience.
He focuses on commercial development of entertainment services
on the Internet, Mobile phones and Digital TV platforms.
He currently holds a challenging business development role with
responsibility to drive growth through development of commercial,
marketing, new technology strategies & focused customer
relationship management.
He is a Business developer for the music and entertainment
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industries with experience growing revenues across online,


mobile and interactive TV distribution through business
partnerships and directly to consumers. He is also an experienced
line manager and excels in nurturing internal & external
relationships. He has a proven track record growing digital sales
with targets met and pioneers digital media convergence & cross
platform integration through innovative projects.

Simon Guild Chief Executive


Work History:
Simon Guild was appointed Chief Executive, MTV Networks
Europe (MTVNE) in February 2005. In this position, Guild is
responsible for the day-to-day management of MTV Networks
Europe, the number one cable and satellite broadcasting group in
Europe in terms of distribution and revenue. MTVNE
encompasses a portfolio of 47 TV channels and 41 Web sites that
includes the MTV, VH1, TMF, VIVA, Paramount Comedy,
Nickelodeon and Game One.
Guild has been instrumental in shaping the company’s European
business development over the past 12 years. He has
spearheaded a number of key strategic initiatives for MTVNE,
including acquisitions of VIVA, TMF and Game One, expanding
MTV’s portfolio of niche TV channel and Web site offerings across
Europe. Most recently, Guild has overseen further Nickelodeon
expansion in Europe and will continue to champion the
development of the Nickelodeon brand to create the biggest kids’
network across the region. In addition, Guild will help advance the
network’s digital media strategy to personalise the company’s
relationships with audiences in compelling ways.
* Recommended.

David Lynn EVP and MD, MTV Networks UK and Ireland


Work History:
On Thursday the 8th March 2007 David Lynn was appointed as
the Executive Vice President and Managing Director, MTV
Networks UK & Ireland.
Prior to this, Lynn oversaw the operations at Nickelodeon UK.
During his tenure at Nickelodeon UK, Lynn strengthened the
network’s #1 UK market position in one of the UK’s most
competitive broadcast markets. In addition he instigated
Nicktrition, Nickelodeon’s groundbreaking healthy eating
campaign for young children, steered the company through its
HFSS negotiations with Ofcom and launched Nick Jr as well the
brand’s first broadband channels in the UK Turbonick and Nick Jr
Video, kickstarting its digital strategy. The brands achievements
under his leadership were recognised in 2006 when Nickelodeon
UK was awarded Channel of the Year at the Children’s Baftas

David Booth Head of Programming


Work History:

Heather Jones EVP, Content and Creative, MTV Networks UK and Ireland
Work History:
Heather was promoted to the Managing Director of Paramount
Comedy at the level of Vice President in January 2005, Heather
has successfully reinvigorated the brand. Firstly re-structuring the
company and then launching a total re-brand to reflect the
channel’s personality and unique position as the only UK channel
dedicated to comedy. In addition Heather oversaw the launch of a
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third channel, Paramount Comedy 1+, in August 2005.


During the first six months of her tenure, between January –
August 2005, Heather was responsible for a 16% year-on-year
increase in the channel’s 16-34 profile while the ABC 1 profile
rose by 31%. This greatly increased the desirability of the channel
to on-air sponsorship opportunities.
Heather’s next step was to successfully increase ratings, reach
and share. From September 2005, Paramount Comedy’s ratings
and share grew by 23% (Adults), 22% (ABC1s) and 33% (16-34s)
while reach has increased by 14% in Peaktime for Pay TV Adults
(Sep-Feb 06 vs. Sep-Feb 05).
In recognition of Heather’s achievements she was created Senior
Vice President in December 2005.
In April 2006, to reflect her additional responsibilities for content
and strategy across the music and comedy portfolio for Viacom in
the UK, Heather was promoted again - with her title including
Director of Television for MTV Networks UK.
2006 saw the successful launch of Paramount Comedy on mobile
TV networks Vodaphone and 3; a platform, which is consistently
ranked among the top channels.
More recently, in June 2006 the channel won two prestigious
industry awards – Best General Entertainment Channel and Best
Channel Marketing – at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards.
Going forward, Heather will be focusing on further increasing
ratings for the channel, launching a new interactive chanel.
* Recommended.

Nick Bampton MD, Viacom Brand Solutions, MTV Networks UK sales House
Work History:
Nick is responsible for generating all broadcast commercial
revenue across the channel portfolio.
Since 2004 when he was promoted from Sales Director to
become Managing Director Nick has pioneered the development
of VBS into a full service sales house. The creation of the division
AMP (Advertising and Marketing Partnerships) within the existing
VBS structure has shifted the company’s focus to embrace the
idea of building bespoke, creative solutions for advertisers. Nick
strongly believes that any company can and should advertise on
television and that looking beyond the traditional 30-second spot
is the future.
2006 will see VBS continuing to grow and develop the ideas of
environment and congruency around advertising as well as
pioneering a neurological revolution in the measurement of
advertising response.
Nick’s media sales career began in 1990 at Thames TV where he
remained for three years before moving on to UK Gold and Y&R,
until 1997 when he joined fledgling terrestrial outfit Channel 5 as
Business Director and then Sales Director for C5 interactive in
2000.

Brennan Yan Commercial Director, MTV Digital


Work History:
MBA from Columbia University.
* Recommended.

Jeremiah Sing Head of Mobile Product Development


Work History:
* Recommended.
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Paramount Comedy Channel

Paramount UK Partnership owns and operates the Paramount Comedy Channel. The network
provides UK viewers with a collection of programming including shows produced by sister firm
Paramount Television (US hits Frasier and Two and a Half Men), as well as UK productions (Drop
The Dead Donkey) and Canadian fare (Trailer Park Boys). The Paramount Comedy Channel also
broadcasts stand-up comedy and movies. US media giant Viacom's MTV Networks subsidiary
owns 75% of the company; British Sky Broadcasting owns the rest.

Address: United Kingdom House


180 Oxford St
London, W1D 1DS
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7478 5300

Tony Orsten Managing Director


Work history:
Tony started his career with the British Forces Broadcasting Service
in the UK, Germany and Gibraltar. In 1982 he joined TV-am as a
controller presentation and later became a programme director.
Following this, in 1984, he became the Director, LWT, then took the
senior management job overseeing production facilities. In 1990 he
was the Creative Communications Associate, then deputy managing
director Chrysalis TV. In 1993 he was a Freelance consultant. In
1995 he helped to launch Live TV. He then became the director of
programming for Paramount.

Matt Tombs Director of Programming


Work History:
Before his current position Matt was Head of Entertainment & Drama
at UKTV. Before that he was Launch Director of UK History at UKTV
and previously Producer of Holby City at BBC Drama.
Matt holds a degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Turner Broadcasting Europe

Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe delivers some of the world's most successful and well-
known news and entertainment brands - CNN, Cartoon Network, TCM (Turner Classic Movies),
Toonami and Boomerang - across almost 100 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Alongside its TV channels TBS is at the forefront of developing its brands through the Internet,
broadband, wireless, DVD, E-commerce, merchandising, cinema, publishing and every other
available platform. Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited is a Time Warner Company.

Casey Harwood VP, Commercial Director


Work History:
Casey Harwood is vice president and commercial director for the UK
for Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) Europe.
Based in London, Harwood is responsible for channel distribution
issues across all TBS networks and their associated digital
properties in the UK (CNN, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TCM and
Toonami).
Harwood has been with TBS Europe for eight years in a variety of
commercial roles, from advertising sales to licensing, covering both
the UK and Europe.
He is an active member of the Royal Television Society (RTS) and
sits on the RTS Future TV Committee. Before he began his career at
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TBS Europe, Casey worked for a variety of broadcasters at ITV,


including Carlton Television where he worked in both sales and
business development.
* Recommended.

UKTV
UKTV is a joint venture between the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and Virgin Media
owned Virgin Media Television, formerly Flextech Television. UKTV is one of the United
Kingdom's largest television companies.

UKTV's channels are available via satellite and cable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. In the
UK, on digital terrestrial television, UKTV History and UKTV Bright Ideas are available on the
Freeview platform, and selected parts of UKTV Gold, UKTV Style and UKTV Food are available
through Top Up TV.

Address: 160 Great Portland St


London W1W 5QA
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7299 6200

David Abraham Chief Executive


Work History:
David, joined UKTV from Discovery Networks USA, where as
EVP and General Manager TLC and Discovery Home he was
responsible for overseeing all content investment strategy and
execution.
Reporting to the UKTV Board, David is responsible for driving the
profitable growth and development of UKTV, building a strong,
motivated, commercially focused, and effective team capable of
meeting the challenges associated with the company's growth
strategy. He also creates and enhances shareholder values,
defining and agreeing a clear strategic path for the business and
determining opportunities for the further expansion of UKTV and
leads the execution of such initiatives.
During his time at TLC, David led a rapid turnaround project that
re-launched the channel, resulting to date in eleven consecutive
months of year-on-year share gains.
Reporting to the President, Discovery Networks US, David led a
multi-disciplinary senior management team - directly selling the
network to leading US advertisers, managing the development
pipeline of over 700 original hours of content per year, guiding all
budget, marketing, new media and communication activities and
preparing the brand for the emerging multi-platform world.
TLC is a leading client of the BBC's production unit in New York,
producing hit shows such as What Not To Wear, Honey We're
Killing The Kids and Moving Up.
Prior to joining TLC David was Head of Networks and Marketing
at Discovery Europe, a role he held for a year. When Discovery's
operation in Europe was split in two he was appointed UK
General Manager, with full P&L management responsibility; he
supervised Sky Media on ad-sales representation and oversaw all
affiliate sales activities. This involved maintaining and renewing
close relationships with Sky, NTL, Telewest and emerging
platforms such as Top-Up TV.

Laurence Dawkin(s)- Executive Director


Jones
Work History:
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Laurence Dawkin-Jones, commercial director, has been promoted


to the new role of executive director, commercial, with overall
responsibility for the management of UKTV platform relationships,
business development, program supply, rights management and
legal affairs.

Andrew Watt Head of New Media


Work History:
* Recommended

Virgin Media

Virgin Media Inc. (formerly known as NTL:Telewest, comprising a merger of NTL Incorporated
with Telewest Global, Inc.), an Anglo-American company based mainly in the UK, became the first
"quadruple-play" media-company in Britain, bringing together a so-called "Quad Play" service
consisting of television, Internet, mobile phone and fixed-line telephone services. While the
company has its headquarters in New York City, its activities focus heavily on the United
Kingdom, with operational headquarters in Hook, North Hampshire.

Address: 160 Great Portland Street


London W1W 5QA
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7299 5000

Malcolm Wall Head of Content


Work History:
Malcolm Wall joined the company on 1st February 2006. Malcolm
is responsible for the day to day running of Virgin Media's content
business, driving its development and ensuring a smooth
integration following the merger of ntl and Telewest.
Prior to joining the company, Malcolm was Chief Operating Officer
at United Business Media where he was responsible for managing
the company's business publishing, news distribution and market
research businesses as well as being on the board of Channel
Five.
Prior to this he was Chief Executive Officer of United
Broadcasting and Entertainment Ltd, the division of United
Business Media responsible for the management of television and
consumer internet businesses.
Before joining United Broadcasting and Entertainment Ltd,
Malcolm held a variety of senior management positions at
broadcasters including Granada Television, Anglia Television, and
Southern Television.
* Recommended.

Howard Watson Head of Technology


Work History:
Howard is now the Head of Technology for Virgin Media.
Previously Howard was the managing director of networks,
technology and IT for Telewest. In this role he was responsible for
technical strategy as well as the design, implementation and
operation of all of Telewest`s network and IT infrastructure.
Howard was with Telewest for eleven years where he was
instrumental in the development of the segmented broadband
cable network which now passes 4.9 million homes. Prior to
joining Telewest, Howard spent 12 years at GEC/Plessey
Telecommunications (now Marconi) developing optical fibre
transmission systems.
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* Recommended.

Steve Burch TV Chief Executive


Work history:
Prior to joining NTL Incorporated, Mr. Burch spent his entire 26-
year career in the cable sector, working for the past 17 years at
Comcast Corporation. During his tenure at Comcast, Mr. Burch
held positions ranging from general manager to, President -
Atlantic Division, a post he held for five years. Mr. Burch was
instrumental in the integration of Comcast's acquisition of AT&T
Broadband.
In his previous role at Comcast, Mr Burch was responsible for 3.9
million subscribers, and held full responsibility for his Division's
operations, including finance, customer service, human
resources, marketing, legal, technical operations and engineering.

Kevin Brown Head of Digital


Work History:
* Recommended.

Katherine Burns- MD Content Acquisition, Virgin Media TV


Rivington
Work History:

Jonathan Webb Director of Interactive Programming, Flextech


Work History:
* Recommended.

Gidon Katz Director Content Acquisition


Work History:
Gidon’s last appointment was Director of Content Acquisition at
NTL Telewest where he handled all 3rd party cable content
relationships including On Demand, Linear and Broadband
content. Previously Gidon was the Director for the development,
implementation and profitability of NTL’s on demand products.
Under his direction NTL launched on demand and currently NTL
has over 2m VOD enabled subscribers generating over 6 millions
streams per month. Prior to this Gidon worked in strategy
consulting specialising in media and telecomms.
*Recommended.

Steve Nam TV’s Head of Rights


Work History:

James Kydd Managing Director of Marketing


Work history:
James Kydd was previously responsible for ad campaigns at
Virgin Mobile that featured everyone from Kate Moss, Christine
Aguilera and Busta Rhymes to Pamela Anderson.

Jon James Strategy


Work history:
Formerly Jon was Commercial Director at Flextech. Currently
involved in the Sky lawsuit.
* Recommended.
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Peter Chapman Head of VOD


Work History:
* Recommended.

Humphrey Black Commercial Director of Broadband


Work History:
* Recommended.
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IPTV

Babelgum
Babelgum is software developed by Babel Networks, a venture of Silvio Scaglia) started in 2005
with the aim to develop interactive software for distributing TV shows and other forms of videos
over the internet using peer-to-peer TV technology. The service was launched in London in
March 2007.

Address
Telephone

Silvio Scaglia Founder


Work History:
Silvio Scaglia is the Chairman and financial backer of Babel
Networks, the company behind Babelgum, the next-generation TV
over the Internet. Mr Scaglia is also founder, Chairman and
largest shareholder of Fastweb, today the second Wireline
Telecommunication Company in Italy. Fastweb was founded in
September 1999 and has invested about 4 billion Euros to create
the first fully IP optical based access and backbone network in the
world.
Prior to founding Fastweb, Mr Scaglia was CEO of Omnitel, now
Vodafone Italy, the second wireless TelCo in Italy. Early in his
career Mr Scaglia spent several years consulting with McKinsey
and Bain & Co. He holds a telecommunication engineering degree
from the Politecnico di Torino.

Blinkbox

MTV Networks' global digital media president Mika Salmi and the new CEO of Scottish Media
Group Rob Woodward have joined the board of a new venture being set up by Michael Comish,
former Europe MD of AtomFilms and Channel 4 Services.

Address
Telephone +44 (0)20 7706 1046

Michael Comish Founder


Work History:
Michael Comish managed AtomShockwave's international
operations in Europe and Asia. Prior to joining AtomShockwave,
Comish spent eight years in consulting, most recently as a partner
in London with Mercer Management Consulting, one of the
world's premier corporate strategy firms. At Mercer, he developed
strategies for a number of leading technology and media
companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Phillips, and Sprint, as
well as branded-good companies such as Campbell's soups.
Comish graduated with an honors degree in Business
Administration from the University of Western Ontario, Canada,
and earned his MBA from INSEAD in Fountainebleau, France.

Brightcove
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Brightcove provides two options for distribution and monetization. Media owners can pay to use
the "Brightcove Platform" service, sell their own pre-roll ads, and keep 100 percent of the
revenue. Or, media owners can use the service free of charge, but the video content becomes
part of the "Brightcove Network." Brightcove places pre-roll and post-roll advertising in network
video and splits 50 percent of any revenue generated from the ads back to the content owner.
Brightcove customers include British Sky Broadcasting, CBS Corporation, MTV Networks,
Discovery Communications, Sony BMG, and Time Inc.. Brightcove also claims to have over
3,000 media companies using the Brightcove Network.

Address: Brightcove, Inc.


One Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142
Telephone: 617 500-4947

Jeremy Allaire CEO and Founder


Work History:
Jeremy founded Brightcove in early 2004 with a vision for the
transformation of television with the Internet. As President of
Brightcove, Jeremy leads the company's technology, marketing
and business development strategy. Prior to founding Brightcove,
Jeremy worked as a technologist and entrepreneur-in-residence
for Cambridge, MA-based venture capital firm General Catalyst,
where he worked on companies and investments in broadband
media, mobile content, e-commerce software and digital identity.
Before General Catalyst, Jeremy was Chief Technology Officer of
Macromedia, where he helped define and launch the Macromedia
MX platform for Rich Internet Applications, helping to evolve
Macromedia Flash into a dominant platform for rich media
applications on the Internet. Jeremy joined Macromedia with its
merger with Allaire Corporation, where Jeremy was a co-founder
and Chief Technology Officer. Founded in 1995, Allaire
Corporation was a pioneer in using the web as an application
platform, and its industry leading and award winning products
power millions of websites, online services and business
applications on the Internet.

Scott Rosenblum CFO


Work History:
Scot is responsible for Brightcove's financial management and
operations, human relations, and overall business administration.
He has more than 20 years of experience as a financial executive
and joins Brightcove from WordWave where he was CFO. As part
of his CFO responsibilities, Scot helped WordWave refinance the
company, grow revenues and profits through internal product
launches and acquisitions and sell the company to a strategic
buyer. Prior to joining WordWave, Scot served as the Senior Vice
President of Global Mergers and Acquisitions and Strategic
Planning at Lycos and was responsible for the strategic planning,
acquisitions and minority investments. Before joining Lycos, Scot
co-founded and served as the Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Individual Investor Group. During this time, he
guided the company through its initial public offering, oversaw
operations, sales and marketing and launched the company's
website. Scot holds a BSE from The Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania.
* Recommended.

Bob Mason Chief Technology Officer


Work History:
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Bob co-founded Brightcove with Jeremy Allaire, and provides


leadership for Brightcove's vision, design and architecture.
Bob Mason joins Brightcove from Art Technology Group (ATG)
where he was a founding member of the product development
team, having joined in 1994 as the 10th employee. During his 10-
year tenure at ATG, Bob provided technology leadership in
formulating the company's growth and strategic positioning and as
a Senior Software Architect was the technical leader for software
architecture and development through over 6 major product
release cycles, including ATG's Java-based Dynamo Application
Server, Personalization, eCommerce, Portal and eService
solutions. He was also the technical leader for ATG's pioneering
services projects including MovieFone's initial online ticket system
and Sony's online gaming and entertainment portal, The Station
@ Sony. Bob holds a BS in Computer Science from Worcester
Polytechnic Institute.

Andrew Feinburg Vice President, Corporate Development, Business Affairs and


General Counsel
Work History:
Andy's responsibilities include Brightcove's strategic relationships,
corporate development, and all of Brightcove's legal matters.
Andy also supports the establishment and maintenance of
Brightcove's relationships with its commercial partners,
publishers, and consumers. Andy joins Brightcove after 5 1/2
years at Lycos, Inc., where he was Vice President and General
Counsel. While at Lycos, in addition to heading a team
responsible for all of Lycos' legal affairs, Andy also played a
leading role in negotiating and establishing many of Lycos' key
US and international relationships, including with companies such
as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Bell Canada, AT&T, and Fox. Andy
has written and lectured extensively on various ecommerce and
Internet issues. Before joining Lycos, Andy was in private practice
with Choate, Hall & Stewart in Boston, and Shearman & Sterling
in New York. Before that, Andy served as a law clerk for the
former Chief Judge for the United States District Court for
Connecticut. Andy received his JD from Cornell Law School,
where he was an Editor of the Cornell Law Review, and his BA
from Tufts University

Elisabeth Bentel VP Business Development and Strategy


Carpenter
Work History:
Elisabeth is responsible for defining and executing Brightcove’s
go-to-market strategy, including working with major publishers,
marketing and distribution partners.
Elisabeth joined Brightcove from News Corporation’s BSkyB in
London. Over nearly a decade at News Corporation and Sky,
Elisabeth held a variety of senior management roles, including
directing Sky’s broadband and new technologies strategy and
operations, its new media division, corporate development and
strategic planning roels. Elisabeth was also instrumental in the
initial launch of Sky Digital, Sky’s digital satellite video distribution
platform. Elisabeth also worked directly in the CEO’s office,
helping to launch global joint ventures as well as leading Sky’s
sports rights acquisition deals.
Elisabeth was a Fulbright scholar, a graduate of Harvard
University and has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a
JD from Columbia School of Law.
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Adam Berrey Vice President, Marketing and Strategy


Work History:
Adam Berrey is responsible for developing and implementing
Brightcove's marketing and business strategies. Adam brings
more than 10 years of operational, business, and marketing
management experience to the Brightcove management team.
Adam joins Brightcove from Onfolio where he was President and
part of the founding team responsible for launching the company
in 2004. Prior to Onfolio, Adam was the VP, Marketing at
Macromedia where he led the launch of the Macromedia MX
platform for Rich Internet Applications. Adam joined Macromedia
when they merged with Allaire in 2001. He was part of the
founding team at Allaire, and during his five-year tenure, he held
a variety of positions leading strategic marketing and business
efforts in product management, product marketing, marketing
communications, and business strategy helping to grow the
company from $500,000 to more than $100 million in annual
revenue.

Jalipo

Jalipo is the first online marketplace for TV and video. It lets content owners use the Internet to
offer their channels, video-on-demand and live events direct to viewers around the world.

Address: Jalipo   
39-45 Shaftesbury Avenue  
London  W1D 6LA
Telephone: + 44 (0) 207 100 8880   

Alex Taylor CEO


Work History:
Alex Taylor, co-founder of Jalipo, is an IT innovator with 10 years
experience in networking and Internet industries.
After walking out of a BSc in Computation at UMIST through
‘total boredom’ he started work in the Telecoms industry with
Nortel Networks in Maidenhead. 3 years later Alex established
Nordx/CDT in the UK, formed from the MBO of Nortel’s
structured cabling division. Drawn to the new networking
technologies being launched by CISCO and others Alex moved
to a network integrator, ML Integration, that was focused on voice
and data convergence solutions. After ML Integration was
acquired by Cable & Wireless, he developed a range of services
on niche markets that combined ML’s customer premises
solutions with C&W’s national and global connectivity and
Internet offerings. After the bubble burst Alex took a 12-month
sabbatical during which he moved to Paris. Intrigued by the
possibilities offered by streaming technologies combined with
new broadband services he established a European HQ for US
based streaming Company Eonstreams. In this role Alex got first
hand knowledge of the issues facing rights holders and
broadcasters in exploiting Internet broadcast technologies. He
founded Jalipo in 2004 with the aim of creating an Internet
broadcast network that bridged the gap between existing
streaming technologies and the commercial needs of rights
holders and broadcasters. Alex moved back to the UK in 2005
and now lives in Bayswater.

Chris Deering Non-Executive Chairman, Jalipo


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Work History:
Since retiring from the position of President- Sony Europe at the
end of 2005, Chris has been involved in advisory and
nonexecutive
board directorships of new start-up companies such as
HandheldLearning.co.uk and IngameadvertisingWorldwide
(IGAWW).
Chris is Chairman of Codemasters Group, the widely acclaimed
independent computer game publisher and volunteers as
Chairman of the Edinburgh Interactive Festival, which is the
longest running annual games event in Europe.
Chris holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and an
alumnus of McKinsey+Co.
Chris brings to Jalipo, where he will act as non-executive
Chairman, the experience of 35 years in global business pursuits,
including senior management positions at Gillette Corp, Warner
Communications (Atari) International, Columbia Pictures
International, and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
(PlayStation), over which he presided from its start-up phase in
1995
through 2005. Under Chris’s leadership, PlayStation 1 and 2 were
successfully marketed across Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa,
Middle East, Russia, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Chris is an active supporter of live music and fringe theatre in
London, and occasionally finds time for sailing or skiing. Chris is
a native of Boston Ma.

Lindsey Oliver Commercial Director


Work History:
Lindsey Oliver, Jalipo’s commercial director, joined the company
from Al Jazeera English. She was responsible for negotiating
International carriage deals that meant the new channel reached
80 million cable and satellite homes at launch in November
2006 – doubling her original target - and was available to 200
million broadband homes by live streaming on the net.
Before Al Jazeera English, Lindsey was Senior Vice President
and Director of Network and Distribution at CNBC Europe where
she was General Counsel. The distribution of CNBC Europe
grew by 11 million households in the year following Lindsey’s
appointment. She combines her qualifications and experience as
legal counsel with the commercial imperative of revenue and
distribution growth and brings these twin skills to Jalipo.

Joost

Joost is a system for distributing TV shows and other forms of video over the Web using peer-
to-peer TV technology, created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis (founders of Skype and
Kazaa). The teams are currently in negotiations with FOX networks. It has signed up with
Warner Music, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions (Indianapolis 500, IndyCar Series)
and production company Endemol for the beta. In February 2007, Viacom entered into a deal
with the company to distribute content from its media properties, including MTV Networks, BET
and film studio Paramount Pictures.

Address 151 Shaftesbury Ave.


3rd Floor
London WC2H 8AL
Telephone
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Michelangelo Volpi CEO


Work History:
As head of Cisco’s mergers and acquisitions team for seven
years, he was responsible for the company’s first 70 acquisitions.
Before he left Cisco this year, he was frequently mentioned as a
possible successor to the chief executive, John Chambers.
His border-crossing résumé is appropriate for Joost, a service
that aspires to weave together programs from around the globe.
Joost carries shows from incongruous sources like the Bollywood
network Saavn; the Brazilian Music Channel; Fútbol de
Nicaragua, and the National Hockey League, and it lets users
personalize their channel listings.

Fredik De Wahl Former CEO


Work History:
Fredik has had various product/ project management and
development positions in Europe, the US and Asia. Between 2002
and 2005, he was CEO of P2P netwokring technology firm Joltid.
Between 2005 and 2007 he was the CEO of The Venice Project.
Fredrik has a Masters degree in electrical engineering from the
Royal Insitute of Technology and also has a Masters in
Economics and Business from the Stocholm School of
Economics.

Henrik Werdelin Chief Creative Officer


Work History:
Henrik Werdelin has worked with strategy and product
development for large media groups like MTV, BBC, Disney &
Egmont.
He was at MTV from 1997 until 1999/2000 when he joined
TripleDash to work on a startup. Then Henrik got involved in
gaming and helped set up GameOne, which was a dedicated
gaming TV channel.
* Recommended

Janus Friis Co-Founder, Executive Vice President of Innovation


Work History:
Janus Friis is co-founder of Skype alongside Niklas Zennström
and currently serves as its Executive Vice President of
Innovation, overseeing Skype’s business strategy and product
development. Mr Friis is an active member on Skype’s Board and
works closely with the engineering and product teams to further
Skype’s vision of enabling the world’s conversations and its
leading role in internet communications.
Mr Friis is a self-made man and holds no formal education. He
grew up in Denmark. After acquiring ‘shop floor’ experience and
hands-on insights through various positions in the internet
industry, he discovered his entrepreneurial streak while at Tele2,
a pan-European telecom operator. At Tele2, he was hired by
Niklas Zennström and the two of them joined forces launching,
among other projects, the portal everyday.com.
Prior to launching Skype in 2003, the duo co-founded KaZaA, the
world’s most downloaded software, responsible for the most
popular software that underpins the FastTrack file sharing
network protocol.
They also founded Joltid, a software company that developed
and marketed traffic optimization technologies. And to date, Mr
Friis is the co-founder of Altnet, the world's first secure, peer to
peer wholesale network.
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David Orman Vice President UK Advertising Sales


Work History:
Orman worked for over eight years at Eurosport Television.
Orman's key roles included running a London-based sales team
with pan-European clients, managing the Pan-Nordic sales team
based in Stockholm, and heading up the US market and
recruiting sales agent teams on both the East and West Coasts.
Orman also led pan-European forecasting, budgeting,
recruitment, personnel and trade marketing. Orman was a
member of the Eurosport Commercial Board and instrumental in
the development and implementation of a sales strategy for
international advertising campaigns across three channels,
Internet and mobile platforms, including Eurosport, Eurosport 2,
Eurosportnews (outside of Europe), Eurosport.com and
Eurosport Mobile.
Orman began his sales career at EMAP Communications.

Stacey Seltzer Head of Content Acquisition


Work History:
In his role at Joost, Stacey has played a key role in content
strategy and negotiation. In the last month, Joost has announced
content deals with major content owners from around the world.
Today, Joost features more than 150 channels with programming
across all genres, including: cartoons and animation; film and
entertainment; sports; comedy; lifestyle, documentaries and sci-
fi.

Jump

JumpTV Inc. is the world's leading broadcaster of television over the Internet. With nearly 300
channels from 70+ countries, JumpTV delivers its subscribers news, sports and entertainment
content on a real-time basis from all corners of the globe. JumpTV has subscribers in over 100
countries that watch channels on JumpTV.com via ordinary Internet connections on their home
computers, laptops, Internet-enabled television sets, and select mobile phones and video game
consoles.

Address:
Email:

G. Scott Paterson Chairman and CEO


Work History:
Scott has been the Chairman of JumpTV since January 2002 and
the CEO since May 2005. Scott was the former Chairman and
CEO of Yorkton Securities, which was Canada's largest
technology and media investment bank from 1995 to 2001 (2000
revenues of $244 million and profit of $56 million).
Today, Scott is the Director of Lionsgate Entertainment
(NYSE:LGF) and chair of its audit committee. He is also a
Director of Rand A Technologies (TSX:RND) and Chairman of
Automa Benefits (TSXV:AUT). Scott has served the investment
industry as both the Vice-Chairman of the Toronto Stock
Exchange and the Chairman of the Toronto Venture Exchange.

Kaleil Isaza Tuzman President


Work History:
As the President of JumpTV International, Kaleil is responsible
for content development, subscriber acquisition and JumpTV's
international operations. Kaleil was the President & Managing
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Partner of Recognition Group, a New York-based merchant


banking firm focusing on emerging growth companies. Kaleil
previously ac as Chairman of KPE, Inc., a leading digital media
firm counting Sony Entertainment, Carnival Cruises and other
blue-chip firms as clients. Kaleil has also spent significant time in
the government-focused software field, having been Chairman
and CEO of transaction processing software company govWorks.
He graduated from Harvard University.

Kriss Bush CFO


Work History:
As the CFO of JumpTV, Kriss enjoys contributing to the success
of the JumpTV team on multiple levels. He especially enjoys the
numbers, saving money and helping the finance team develop
and grow professionally, as the future leaders of JumpTV. Kriss
is a certified public accountant (CPA) with 25 years of financial
experience, which he gained while being based in Washington
for three years, New York for ten years and in Europe for
approximately nine years. Kriss moved to Toronto in 2001. Kriss
was the CFO for Rand A Technology Corporation with CAD $125
million annual revenue.

Selia Celik COO


Work History:
Sila runs the European region and is therefore responsible for
subscriber and content acquisitions in more than 30 countries.
Sila has broad expertise in the establishment of new business for
the Turkish and German television markets. Prior to JumpTV,
Sila spent seven years with RTL Disney in Germany in several
positions including: Director of Subscriber Services and Member
of the Cross Media Board for Strategic Properties. Sila
established RTL Disney's subscriber-based educational online
platforms targeting families with children. In this role, Sila was
responsible for the growth of the subscriber base to over 100,000
annually billed subscribers breaking even in year one after
launch. Sila has a degree in banking and finance from the
University of Cologne in Germany.

Narrowstep

Narrowstep is the leading provider of TV on the Internet. They offer the flexibility to provide
video capabilities to companies wanting to broadcast to anyone, any place, any time, and
on any device. Narrowstep has both industry-leading expertise and the most powerful IP TV
platform, telvOS, which allows companies to monetize their content. TelvOS is the only
platform that can deliver to viewers long-form, full screen programming of the highest
quality-giving audiences a true TV-like viewing experience over the Internet. The company
was founded in 2002. Narrowstep has clients from all across the globe including Telefonica,
Virgin Media, HorseTV, and SCI FI.

Address: 80 Silverthorne Road


London SW8 3HE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7498 3377

David McCourt Executive Chairman, CEO and COO


Work History:
McCourt is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Granahan McCourt
Capital, LLC, a private investment firm focused on investments in
the telecommunications and media industries. Granahan McCourt
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was the lead investor in Narrowstep's February 2006 equity


financing.
For more than 25 years, Mr. McCourt has been an entrepreneur,
investor and business leader in the telecomm and media
industries. During his career, McCourt has founded or bought ten
companies in four countries in North America and Europe and has
spearheaded a variety of financial transactions exceeding $7
billion. McCourt is widely recognized as a transformational force in
the telecommunications business. The Economist described him
as having "incredible credentials as a telecom revolutionary."
Today Mr. McCourt sits on the boards of The National Advisory
Board of J.P. Morgan/Chase, the North American Advisory Board
of the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business at University
College, Dublin, the Board of Overseers of the Robert Wood
Johnson Medical School of the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey, American Irish Historical Society, and
the Societe de Louvre, Paris.

Michael ?
Work History:
* Recommended.
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Video On Demand

Aggregator TV

Aggregator has devised the UK’s first universally available, high quality video-on-demand
service containing a broad and deep range of content which complements free-to-air
broadcast digital TV. Aggregator sources, packages and delivers television programming
over broadband platforms internationally, delivering enhanced TV services to targeted
audiences/communities via a range of digital devices.

Address Studio 2.01


Perfume Factory
140 Wales Farm Road
London W3 6UG
Telephone +44 (0) 20 8992 9181

Martin Goswami CEO


Work History:
Martin Goswami joined Aggregator from BSkyB where he spent 4
years as Commercial Director. While at BSkyB, Martin maintained
the broadcaster’s relationships with other cable, satellite and DSL
platforms and took responsibility for the management of Sky’s
joint ventures with television channels, the internet portal
mykindaplace.com and the digital music provider MusicChoice
Europe. He also negotiated the deal through which Sky operates
on the Freeview platform.
Martin started his career at Metapraxis, a software development
and consultancy company, before joining Touche Ross
Management Consultants in 1990. In 1996 he was offered the
position of Head of Business Development at the independent
television production company Planet 24 by its founders Lord Alli,
Charlie Parsons and Bob Geldof. While at Planet 24 he also
worked as Managing Director of Atomic TV, the brand under
which Planet 24 established local language music services in
Eastern Europe.
Following the acquisition of Planet 24 by Carlton in 1999, Martin
joined At Entertainment as Director of Programming taking
responsibility for movies, sport and 3rd party channel licensing for
the company’s extensive Polish digital television interests.

Chris Griffin Director of Programming


Work History:
Chris Griffin spent five years as Director of Channels at Granada
Media PLC (ITV). While at Granada Chris was responsible for the
broadcaster’s channel portfolio including the ITV channel portfolio
plus its other channel investments in MANU TV, Granada SKY
Broadcasting and TV3 (FTA licence in Ireland). Following
Granada’s merger with Carlton in 2004 he became responsible for
buying out joint ventures on behalf of ITV; he was also heavily
involved in the development of the BBC / ITV Freesat service.
Between 1998 and 2000, Chris was Joint Owner of independent
media consultancy Griffin Lewis Ltd, developing new media
services for clients such as Universal Studios, MTV Europe,
Emap, Channel 4, and Finnish Telecom.
Prior to co-founding Griffin Lewis, Chris spent eight years as
Director of Distribution at MTV Europe managing the launch and
distribution of MTV’s channel portfolio to over sixty million
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households in the UK, Scandinavia, Benelux, Eastern Europe, the


Middle East and Israel.

Steve Scott Head of UI and Related Systems


Work History:
Steve Scott was founder and Managing Director of interactive
television company Mindhouse. With its flagship product Mindset,
a cross-platform iTV publishing system for broadcasters,
Mindhouse focussed on enabling broadcasters to deliver multiple
interactive applications across diverse platforms. Clients included
the BBC, Channel 4 and Turner. Prior to Mindhouse Steve was
Head of Interactive Channels at Entranet, working on multi-
platform projects for the likes of WilliamsF1 and Woolwich Bank.

Arts Alliance Media


Arts Alliance Media (AAM) is Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services,
dedicated to building a European digital network to deliver film to the cinema, to the home
and between industry players

Address 9-11 North End Rd.


London W14 8ST
Telephone +44 (0)20 7751 7500

Howard Kiedaisch CEO


Work History:
Howard joined Arts Alliance Media in April 2005 from Universal
Pictures International where he was CFO/SVP Business
Operations based in London and was instrumental in driving the
growth of that organisation from $300m to over $1.5 billion in
revenue. In addition to being involved with opening offices in
Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Korea and Russia, Howard initiated and
completed a 3-year business transformation project, which
reshaped the organisation in terms of people, process and
systems. Prior to Universal, Howard was SVP at PolyGram Video
in New York helping to grow that business from revenue of $40
million to $300 million over a 5-year period. Earlier in his career,
Howard worked at EMI Music Publishing and in the video and
theatrical divisions of Orion Pictures.
Howard has a B.S. in Applied Economics from Hofstra University
and an M.B.A. in Finance from Baruch College.

Mark Livingston President


Work History:
Mark has spent over 15 years in the Entertainment industry,
starting off in Marketing and Buying for Woolworths, where
latterly, he was Head of Buying for the Entertainment Division. In
1992, Mark founded Telstar Electronic Studios, which developed
and published games for Playstation, Nintendo and PCs. In
1996, Mark joined LEGO where he ran the Global Software and
Publishing businesses of LEGO, as well as running LEGOLand
Windsor. In 2003, he joined the Caudwell Group, where he was
a Group MD of the Discovery store; a chain of over 100 stores in
the UK. In March 2004, Mark joined LOVEFiLM as CEO and has
overseen the ten-fold growth of the company. In May 2006, after
the LOVEFiLM merger with Video Island, Mark stepped down as
CEO and has taken up the new position of President of Arts
Alliance Media Ltd, where he will head up the Video on Demand
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project, working with established businesses which continue to


power LOVEFiLM and AOL. Mark has an MBA in wholesale and
retail.

Patrick Foley CFO


Work History:
Pat joined Arts Alliance Media as CFO in January 2006 from
Universal Pictures International where he was responsible for the
successful implementation of a major 3-year business
transformation programme (process, people and technology).
The project delivered Supply Chain, Marketing and Finance
solutions globally to all international Home Video operations
generating benefits in excess of US$100m. Before undertaking
his project-based role, he was Finance Director for Universal
Pictures UK, a division with sales in excess of $400m annually.
Pat has over 13 years experience in the Film and Home
Entertainment industry and prior to Universal worked for
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment where he held several senior
Finance roles.
Pat is a Chartered Management Accountant

Fiona Deans Director, Digital Cinema


Work History:
Fiona joined Arts Alliance Media (AAM) in September 2002 and
is currently Director of Digital Cinema, responsible for the growth
and operations of the digital cinema business in the UK and
Europe. In particular she heads up the rollout and operation of
the UK Film Council’s Digital Screen Network, the world’s first 2K
digital cinema network. Fiona also works on a strategic level with
the Metropolitan Film School and was responsible for the UK
distribution of the Norwegian Film Elling.
Fiona joined AAM from AtomShockwave, where she was Director
of Business Development for Europe. Previously she held
strategy positions at BBC online and at Bertelsmann’s online
subsidiary, bol.com. Prior to that, she worked for Mercer
Management Consulting in their London and New York offices,
focusing on telecommunications projects. Fiona has a BA in
Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge.

BT Vision

BT Vision is a digital TV service in the UK, from BT, and launched on the 4 th December 2006. It
can be used on a subscription, or pay-as-you-go basis. Its set top box has a Freeview digital
decoder, and an 80 hour Personal Video Recorder (PVR). The set top box can access the BT
Vision video on demand (VoD) using an ADSL connection. BT Vision is planned to become
available first to all new and existing BT Broadband customers.

Address:
Telephone:

Dan Marks CEO


Work History:
Dan Marks has wide experience of broadcasting having run the
SCI FI channel in the UK and been Senior Vice President,
Business Development for Universal Studios' international TV
channels business. Previously, Dan worked at Video Networks
Limited where he was Head of Programming. In this role, he had
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responsibility for negotiating some of the world's first ever video-


on-demand deals with studios, film distributors, TV suppliers and
major music companies. Dan, who studied in California, was an
independent producer and director of films for seven years before
entering the world of television. During this time he produced and
directed a number of films including the Academy award-
nominated Gang Cops and the Sundance Special Jury Prize
winner, My Crazy Life.

Neville Manuel Director of Strategy and Business Development


Work history:
Neville has also been the VP, of Value Added Services
BT Openworld, a public Company with a 10,001 or more
employees. Neville has been with BT for 25 years.
Neville graduated from the University of Kent and IU, Indiana with
an B.A. and MBA, .
* Recommended.

Studios and Production Companies

Buena Vista International

Buena Vista International is a subsidiary of Buena Vista Distribution Inc, which is owned by the
Walt Disney Company. It is responsible for overseeing distribution of motion pictures content.

Address: 3 Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith, London, SW6 9PE


Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8222 1575

Julie Sneddon Senior VP and General Manager, BV International Ltd and BV


Home Entertainment UK
Work History:
Her responsibilities encompass overseeing all sales, marketing,
operations and finance aspects - including wholly owned
subsidiaries and licensee relationships - in Europe, Middle East
and Africa regions. Since 1998, she has held the position of
Managing Director of BVHE UK and Ireland and was central to
driving the company's DVD expansion strategy in the UK. In 2004
BVHE UK & Ireland was recognized as the number one retail and
rental distributor of home entertainment product in the UK.

Damian Newton VP Sales, Digital Media EMEA


Work History:
Damian Newton leads BVITV’s pay TV and on-demand activity,
and is responsible for strategy and implementation of digital
media agreements, including content to mobile and on-demand
platforms. Newton works across all territories in Europe, Middle
East and Africa, alongside BVITV’s local sales teams.
Damian Newton has over 5 years experience in new media sales
and strategy at The Walt Disney Company, and more than a
decade in the TV industry, previously running the barter TV
distribution business.
Prior to joining The Walt Disney Company, Newton worked in
advertising, as a media buyer.

Edward Humphrey Director of Sales, Digital Media


Work history:
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Edward Humphrey was head of interactive at Flextech Television,


where he was responsible for interactive strategy and digital
media across its five channels - LIVINGtv, Bravo, Trouble,
Challenge and FTN. During his time at Flextech, Edward
launched the network's digital on-demand service and mobile TV
versions of LIVINGtv and Bravo. He also oversaw the launch of
Trouble Homegrown - a cross-platform user-generated content
initiative for teen channel Trouble.
Previously Edward has worked for ITV Interactive and Granada
Productions, where he worked on properties such as I'm A
Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here, Pop Idol, UEFA Champions
League and This Morning.

Chas Ort Group Brand Manager, BV International


Work history:

Tom Tommasi Head of Sales


Work History:
* Recommended.

Sean Ratcliff Director of European Marketing and Games


Work History:
Sean Ratcliffe, joined Virgin Interactive Entertainment as Vice
President of Marketing. He is a marketing specialist and joins the
Titus Group after a stint in the electronic industry and more
notoriously after seven years at Electronic Arts, and EA Sports.

Helen Stratton VP Marketing, Europe


Work History:

Anthony Peet Sales Director


Work History:

FreemantleMedia

FremantleMedia is one of the largest international creators and producers of entertainment


brands in the world, with leading prime time drama, serial drama, entertainment and factual
entertainment programming in over 40 territories, including the UK, the US, Germany, Australia,
France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Scandinavia, Latin America and Asia. They have production
operations in over 25 countries worldwide, providing original local programming as well as local
versions of their international TV brands. The production operation comprises some of the most
recognised and creative labels from around the world including UFA, Blu, teamWorx,
talkbackThames, Grundy and Blue Circle. They maintain a significant creative development
network with teams in London, Berlin, Cologne, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Paris, Los Angeles
and Melbourne. Every year, their companies deliver over 8,500 hours of original programming to
broadcasters around the world.

Address: 1 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1AL


Telephone: Tel: +44 20 7691 6000
F: +44 20 7691 6100

Claire Tavernier Executive VP


Work History:
In her capacity as EVP, Claire Tavernier is responsible for the
operational and commercial aspects of FMX and identifies,
develops, produces and licenses applications and content.
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Claire joined FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide in 2001 as


Senior Vice President, Interactive and has been involved in a
number of new technology projects throughout the company in the
last five years. She has among others managed online and mobile
applications for a large number of Idols shown around the world,
as well as three series of The X Factor in the UK. In her role as
Senior Vice President, UK and Germany for FremantleMedia
Licensing Worldwide she has worked on developing new business
models to exploit some of FremantleMedia’s major brands on and
off-line.
Before joining FremantleMedia, Tavernier worked in various
positions within the Pearson Group, including Head of New Media
for Pearson Education Europe. Previously, Tavernier was a
strategy consultant at Monitor Company
* Recommended

Tony Cohen CEO


Work History:
As CEO, Tony Cohen oversees FremantleMedia’s international
production, format development, licensing and distribution
operations.
Prior to becoming the company's CEO, Cohen was co-chairman
of the North American division of FremantleMedia and the
president of its production operations based in Los Angeles. He
oversaw such diverse programs as The Price Is Right for CBS,
the action-adventure series Baywatch Hawaii, and the
entertainment shows Family Feud and To Tell the Truth for U.S.
syndication. Cohen originally joined FremantleMedia (then
Pearson Television) in 1995 as the managing director of the
broadcasting division. This proved to be valuable experience,
considering that today the RTL Group has interests in 23 TV
stations and 17 radio stations in 11 European countries

Gary Carter President of FremantleMedia Creative Networks & Chief


Creative
Work History:
As President of FremantleMedia Creative Networks, Carter
develops and builds on FremantleMedia’s creative success in
drama and entertainment programming. He is also responsible for
driving the company’s increasing emphasis on in-house
programme development, working with its global network of more
than 20 production companies, as well as coordinating with
FremantleMedia Enterprises, which comprises its ancillary
exploitation businesses, Fremantle International Distribution and
FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide.
As Chief Creative Officer for FremantleMedia New Platforms
(FMX) Carter oversees the creative development of entertainment
formats and brands for the increasingly important mobile,
broadband, games consoles and Internet Protocol Television
(IPTV) platforms.
Carter joined FremantleMedia Worldwide Entertainment in
January 2005, having been a consultant for the company since
August 2003. Prior to setting up his own consulting business, he
was Executive Director, Programme Affairs, at Endemol
Entertainment International for five years responsible for the roll
out of its key programme brands. Before joining Endemol, he was
International Business Manager for Planet 24 Productions and a
literary agent for Roger Hancock for almost 10 years.

David Ellender CEO, FremantleMedia Creative Networks & Chief Creative


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Officer, FremantleMedia New Platforms


Work History:
Ellender oversees both Fremantle International Distribution (FID)
and FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW) – the two
commercial divisions that report into FremantleMedia Enterprises.
He is a member of the FremantleMedia Operating Board.
Ellender joined FremantleMedia from Universal Studios Television
Distribution, where he was Managing Director, Europe. At
Universal, Ellender was responsible for developing the overall
long-term strategy for the business. He also oversaw the
successful transition of the integration process of PolyGram TV
International into Universal, to create a new European structure.
Ellender joined Universal from the role of President, PolyGram TV
International, where he worked from 1992 to 1999. At PolyGram
TV International, Ellender built and managed the company’s
international sales team, initiated and implemented PolyGram’s
Children’s TV Production and Distribution strategy and forged
strategic alliances with Pay-TV Services in Europe, the Middle
East and Africa.
Other positions with leading media companies that Ellender has
held include those of Head of Video and Television Sales for
Virgin Vision, Acquisition Consultant for the Flextech channel,
Bravo, and Commissioning Editor of British Satellite
Broadcasting’s music channel, The Power Station. He was also
previously Director of International Sales, Europe for Viacom
International, from 1986 to 1989, restructuring the sales and
administration functions of the company’s European operation to
deliver a significant growth in turnover.

Doug Gluck CEO, Europe, Latin America & The Middle East, Fremantle
Media
Work History:
As CEO, Gluck is responsible for driving the performance and
growth of FremantleMedia’s production operations in Continental
Europe (excluding Germany), Latin America and the Middle East.
He also works closely with national production heads in order to
drive the creation of new entertainment brands. Gluck is a
member of the FremantleMedia Operating Board.
Gluck was promoted to CEO, Europe, Latin America & the Middle
East in October 2003.
Gluck joined FremantleMedia (formerly Pearson Television) in
1997 as Regional CEO, Northern Europe. He was previously
Executive Vice President of All-American Fremantle International,
acquired by Pearson Television in 1997.
Prior to joining All-American Fremantle, Gluck was General
Manager and Board Director of E.C. Television, the television
production arm of The Interpublic Group, a company he co-
founded.

Christian Schneider- Director of Operations and Strategy, FremantleMedia


Sickert
Work History:
Christian is responsible for driving FremantleMedia’s group
strategy, investment policy and central operations. In addition, he
is responsible for FremantleMedia’s global participation television
operation and central business diversification activities. He is a
member of the FremantleMedia Operating Board.
Prior to his joining the Board in early 2006, Schneider-Sickert was
Director of Strategy for FremantleMedia. He joined the company
from arvato, part of Bertelsmann AG, in 2004 where he was Head
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of Strategy and responsible for overall corporate strategy as well


as mergers and acquisitions. He previously worked in the mergers
and acquisitions group of Bertelsmann AG and in the Principal
Investment Area at Goldman Sachs in London. Prior to this,
Schneider-Sickert co-founded the Oxford Business Group, a
business publishing and consulting firm based in London and
Istanbul.

Oliver Gers General Manager of FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide


Work History:
Gers new responsibilities include overseeing the exploitation of
FremantleMedia’s brands worldwide and developing product and
promotional associations that enhance and extend consumer’s
experience of each property, including brand licensing, music
publishing, online and interactive, sponsorship, live events and
telephony.
Prior to joining FremantleMedia, Gers founded and led
Odaddy.com, a website about parenting, and set up Fulcrum
Group, a consultancy to oversea companies looking to increase
their presence in North America.
From 1995 until 2000, Gers served as VP, strategic planning and
business manager for the Internet, entertainment and novelty
divisions of Golden Books family Entertainment.

Granada International

Part of ITV Worldwide, Granada International is one of the largest and most successful
commercial television distributors in Europe. From Australia to Zambia, every hour of every day
someone in the world is watching great entertainment from Granada International. Made by the
talented teams at ITV Productions and leading independent producers, they distribute
programmes to over 3,000 broadcasters and home entertainment partners in more than 200
countries worldwide.

Address: The London Television Centre


Upper Ground
London SE1 9LT
Telephone: Tel: +44 (0) 20 7491 1441
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7493 7677

Martin Blakstad Head of New Media


Work History:
He is responsible for the company’s New Media strategy and has
spearheaded the businesses drive in to New Media, advising on
industry and regulatory issues and establishing major content
supply deals with broadcasters, telcos, ISP’s and other New
Media clients. Before joining Granada International, Martin held
senior positions at both traditional media companies and in New
Media, with experience of running a number of internet based
companies. After 10 years at Columbia Tri-Star as Director of
Operations EMEA and VP at Sony Music, Martin was eCommerce
Director EMEA for AltaVista, CEO of easyValue, an online
shopping comparison site and also founded an advanced
eCommerce marketplace and a mobile content developer and
aggregator. Martin has also recently consulted for several New
Media companies including work for France Telecom.

Nadine Nohr Managing Director


Work History:
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Nadine Nohr is Managing Director of Granada International,


Europe's largest commercial TV distributor and part of ITV plc.
Nadine is responsible for all areas of the company, which spans
international sales, investment in independent productions and
the securing of overseas funding through co-production deals.
With more than 15 years' experience in international television
distribution, Nadine began her career at the BBC. She joined the
EveryChild Board of Trustees in March 2005.

Headshift
Headshift is a specialist social software consulting and development company that works with
corporate and non-commercial organisations to create healthier, more effective online networks.
They have strong partnerships and a highly successful process for understanding and re-
interpreting business needs, and then building the coalitions for action that are needed to fulfil
them.

Address: Headshift Ltd, 49 Lafone Street,


London SE1 2LX
Telephone: 0207 357 7358

Lee Bryant Managing Director


Work History:
Lee Bryant is an on-line social communication specialist with a
focus on knowledge development, and has a strong belief in the
empowering potential of the Internet. He has been playing with
words and computers since the age of 10, and published his first
code aged 11. Pre-Internet, he wrote and researched in the field
of International Relations, working as a media consultant for the
Bosnian government in London and Sarajevo during the war.
In 1996, he co-founded one of the first successful online agencies
to focus on building online knowledge communities, and also
helped establish the social enterprise Brixton Online, where he
remains a director; he is also on the Board of a new charity called
Involve that is exploring new forms of public participation.
In 2002, Lee and his team founded a new company, Headshift
Ltd, to focus on the emerging area of social software, and since
then he has become a leading writer and practitioner in the field of
augmented online social interaction, whilst working in close
partnership with Headshift's clients to create innovative online
applications.
* Recommended.

Illumina Digital Ltd


Illumina Digital is about developing concepts, content and experiences across the whole range
of digital distribution platforms. They make documentaries and lifestyle programming for digital
and terrestrial TV, websites for commercial and public sector clients and services and
applications for interactive TV and broadband technologies.

Address: Illumina Digital


8 Canham Mews
Canham Road
London, W3 7SR
Telephone: 44 (0) 20 8600 9300

Andrew Chitty Managing Director


Work History:
His previous positions include working for Wall to Wall TV for
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various production roles. Between 1990-92 he was the Producer


fot educational TV and software for Granada TV. In 1993, he was
a Producer and Director. Following this, in 1996, he was the
Editor and series producer for Illuminations TV. Since 1998 he
has been the MD of Illumina Digital. He is also the Vice Chair
(interative) for PACT which he has been since 2006.
* Recommended.

Magic Lantern Productions

Magic Lantern Productions Ltd, founded in 1996, is a media company for the broadband age,
bridging the space between traditional media and the interactive, on-demand world. Working
with clients and partners including Channel 4, BBC, BT, 3, Entertainment Rights plc, Tiscali,
Kudos Productions, C21 Media, the UK Film Council, NESTA, the DTI, the DfES, Skillset, The
Tate Modern and PACT, Magic Lantern consults on, creates, produces and manages interactive
media strategy and product development including for TV, video, web and mobile.

Address: 125 Bolingbroke Grove, London, SW11 1DA


Telephone: Tel: +44 (0) 207 738 9911

Anthony Lilley CEO


Work History:
Anthony Lilley is Chief Executive of Magic Lantern Productions,
an award-winning interactive media production company
specialising in content for broadband and multi-platform media.
Anthony is Executive Producer and Co-Creator of Channel 4’s
multi-award winning broadband channel, FourDocs, and
consultant producer with ABC Australia on user-created content.  
Established in 1996, Magic Lantern’s clients include Channel 4,
BBC, BT, Google, Tiscali, Telewest, Entertainment Rights plc,
C21 Media, Discovery, the UK Film Council, NESTA, OFCOM, the
DTI, the DfES, Skillset, PACT, Tate Modern and many others.
Anthony is a member of the Content Board of OFCOM and of the
board of BECTA (the British Educational Communications
Technology Agency).  He is also a member of the Advisory
Council of the Broadband Stakeholders’ Group.  Anthony was
Vice-Chair of PACT and Chair of its Interactive Media Policy
Group from 2000-06. 
He has also been a working group chairman of the DCMS/DTI
Creative Industries IP Forum, a member of the Advisory Boards of
NESTA Futurelab and the IPPR Intellectual Property Project and
a director of iCommons Ltd.  In 2002-3 he was chair of the UK
Digital Content Forum. He has experience of television and
corporate video production and previously worked in theatre as a
lighting designer, producer and director
He advises the DTI on broadband content and innovation, the
DfES on the future of media, and has previously advised the
DCMS and the Cabinet Office and assisted OFCOM in its reviews
of Public Service Broadcasting and Television Production.  He
has given masterclasses and participated in numerous
conferences in the UK and internationally including chairing the
UK-China ICT Summit in Beijing in 2004. 
Anthony has a fortnightly new media column in The Guardian
newspaper, is contributing editor of FutureMedia Magazine and
has written for the Financial Times, Broadcast, Television
Magazine and Televisual. 
Anthony has a degree in law from Magdalen College, Oxford.
* Recommended
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SMG

SMG is a successful and ambitious media company providing information and entertainment
services across the UK. They operate in commercial television, radio, outdoor and cinema
advertising. They are committed in strengthening their national position through the ongoing
development of their strongly positioned businesses.

Address: 3 Waterhouse Square


138-142 Holborn
London EC1N 2NY
Telephone: Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 1010

Rob Woodward CEO


Work History:
Appointed to the Board as Chief Executive in 2007. Rob
Woodward was Commercial Director of Channel 4 and on the
main board. He was CEO of 4Ventures and achieved a dramatic
turnaround of legacy businesses, and built a set of successful
new media and digital businesses. Rob was previously an MD of
UBS Warburg and global COO of corporate finance in Media and
Communications. He was formerly Managing Partner of Deloitte’s
European TMT business and UK strategy consulting practice.

Donald Emslie Former Acting CEO


Work History:
Appointed to the Board as Acting Chief Executive after the loss of
Andrew Flanagan in 2006. Donald Emslie departed in April 2007
following a management reshuffle.
Donald has over 20 years of experience in the UK media sector,
including seven years as a board member while he was Chief
Executive of Television at SMG. Previously he served as ED,
Commercial and later ED, Broadcasting with Scottish Television.
Donald Emslie is an Honorary Chairman of BAFTA, Chairman of
the ITV Council and of the Royal Lyceum Theatre.

Richard Findlay Chairman


Work History:
Appointed to the Board as Chairman in 2007. Richard Findlay is
the former Chief Executive of Scottish Radio Holdings, which he
ran for 10 years, building it into a portfolio of 22 radio services and
45 regional newspapers, and consistently delivered shareholders
returns that outperformed peer companies. In August 2005, SRH
was sold to EMAP. Richard is a Scot and has strong links in the
Scottish arts and political establishments. He also chairs the new
National Theatre for Scotland, a growing life sciences company,
has served on various boards including that of a leading law firm,
a Scottish University and as chair of the Lothian NHS Board.

Anwar Kawash Group Director of Strategy and Planning


Work History:
Kawash, ex-managing director at 4 Ventures, the non-terrestrial
TV arm of Channel 4, was also previously group chief operating
officer of international media and entertainment business FBC
Group.

George Watt Group Finance Director


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Work History:
Joined the Company in 1998 as Group Financial Controller and
Treasurer and joined the Board as Group Finance Director in
2001. Prior to joining SMG, George worked with KPMG's audit
and assurance services practice in the UK and also in the US.
George has a BAcc from the University of Glasgow and is a
member of the ICAS.

Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American television production and distribution company. It
is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese
conglomerate Sony. SPT was previously known as Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures
Television, TriStar Television and Columbia TriStar Television. The name was changed to
reflect the Sony brand in 2002. The company also owns and distributes the shows from Tandem
Productions, ELP Communications (from TAT to ELP Communications), TeleVentures, Merv
Griffin Entertainment, Chuck Barris Productions, Barry & Enright Productions and Bob Stewart
Productions.

Address: 34, Fouberts Place, London, W1F 7PX


Telephone: Tel: 020 7534 7575

Andreas Brosjo Digital Initiatives, Sony Pictures Television International


Work History:
He was formerly a free-lance journalist working for a
number of different clients including CBS,
BBC, Channel 4, Sunday Times and Newsweek.
Prior of joining Kamera, he worked within
the New media branch of Swedish PDL. He was with Kamera
since September 1999 and his previous position was a Managing
Director at Kamera France.

John McMahon MD Europe, Sony Pictures Television International


Work History:
Since taking charge of SPTI's European activities in 1998,
McMahon has successfully expanded the core lines of business
for the company across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He
has built SPTI's licensing operation to continually achieve record-
breaking sales levels each year and under his leadership, the
studio has expanded its international networks opportunities
throughout Europe. McMahon has also been instrumental in the
strong growth of SPTI's international productions business in
Germany, Italy, France, Spain and the UK In addition, McMahon
is the liaison for coordinating all European television activities with
other Sony sister divisions including Sony Electronics and Sony
PlayStation.
McMahon stated: "Michael has built a team of top professionals
that, together, uniquely position SPTI as a market leader in the
international television industry. I'm happy to be part of that team
and to be recognised as someone who will help take the company
to that next level of success as we further grow and expand our
European and other international activities."
Since his relocation to London and his promotion to Executive
Vice President in 1998, and his assumption of the Managing
Director, Europe position in 1999, McMahon has guided SPTI's
three lines of international business -- licensing, local production
and international networks -- to tremendous growth and
expansion.
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A 12-year veteran of SPTI, McMahon joined SPE in 1990, serving


as Vice President, International Legal Affairs, Sony Pictures
Entertainment before being named Senior Vice President, Sales
Planning for the company's international television division. In this
position, McMahon oversaw the division's free television and
basic cable licensing activities worldwide. McMahon received a
joint JD/MBA degree from the University of Southern California
and earned his B.S. degree in Business from the University of
California at Berkeley.

Nina Pustilnik Former VP Digital Initiatives, Sony Pictures Television


International
Work History:
Nina Pustilnik was most recently the Vice President of Digital
Initiatives at Sony Pictures. During her tenure, the team's
mandate was to establish commercial ondemand business
models and grow the ondemand licensing business.
Previously, as the Vice President of Electronic Sell-Through and
Market Development at Warner Bros., Ms Pustilnik was
responsible for helping build in2movies, one of the first electronic
sell-through companies in Europe. Prior to that at Warner Bros.,
she held the position of Vice President of Corporate Strategy and
Business Development for the European markets, where she had
a broad strategic remit that included growth initiatives.
Before joining Warner Bros., Ms Pustilnik was the head of the
Internet equity research team at JP Morgan, based in London.
Her background in new media started in 1994, where as a
business analyst at McKinsey & Company, she contributed to the
acclaimed business book "Net Gain" (1996) and co-authored
several articles on the Internet sector published in The McKinsey
Quarterly and The Harvard Business Review.
Ms Pustilnik received her BA from Columbia University in New
York in International Relations and History of Art. She is currently
taking time out to recover from an injury.
* Recommended.

John McCann Vice President Channels and Sales, Sony Europe


Work History: .
* Recommended.

Naomi Climer Vice President, Sony Europe Professional Solutions


Work History:
Naomi Climer, a former Consultant, came into the broadcast
industry when she joined the BBC in 1987 as a broadcast
engineer. In 1990, she left the BBC to manage IT software
development projects. During this time, she became the
engineering consultant for two new independent local radio
stations where she designed and built the technical facilities.
Naomi went on to undertake a range of project management,
engineering and system design for Broadcasters and IT based
companies.
Naomi returned to the BBC in 1996 first at BBC World Service
and then at Television Centre where she became the Controller of
Technology for BBC News. Naomi was responsible for the long
term technology strategy within News across Radio, Television
and New Media.
Naomi moved to ITVdigital in Sept 2000 as Director of Technical
Operations. The new appointment brought operational staff
across IS and Engineering together in recognition of the
increasing convergence between these two areas. Naomi was
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responsible for the technical operation at ITV digital from


broadcasting through to billing, subscription management to office
based IT systems.
Naomi joined Sony Broadcast Europe in October 2002 as a
Director (designate), Professional Services. She has since been
appointed as Vice President of Sony Professional Solutions
Europe.

Danny Goldman Licensing, Sony UK


Work History:
Goldman joined SPTI in 2000 as vp, sales for the U.K. Prior to
SPTI, he worked at Initiative Media London where he was
managing partner, Initiative.com and director of Initiative Media,
running the company's digital arm. Goldman was instrumental in
developing new business and the marketing and branding of
Initiative.com to external and internal audiences through the
creation of the Initative.com Website and logo. Goldman was
frequently the company's spokesperson and liaison with the
marketing trade press.
Previously Goldman was manager, International Media with
Motive Communications Ltd., where he oversaw strategic media
planning on a worldwide basis for key global beverage and
personal accessory brands. Additionally, Goldman has extensive
experience in print, radio and television media planning and
buying with an added focus on television media.
* Recommended.
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Super Indies

All3Media

ALL3MEDIA was formed following the acquisition of Chrysalis Group's TV division in September
2003, led by Steve Morrison, David Liddiment, Jules Burns and John Pfeil. ALL3MEDIA is
comprised of a group of production companies from across the UK, The Netherlands, New
Zealand and the USA. It also includes an international distribution company, 'ALL3MEDIA
International', which represents third-party producers and broadcasters together with its own
production companies including Company Pictures, North One TV, Cactus TV, Lion TV, Lime
Pictures (was Mersey) and Bentley Productions. In 2006, they produced a turnover of £172
million.

Address 87-91 Newman Street


London W1T 3EY
Telephone +44 (0)20 7907 0177

Steve Morrison Chief Executive


Work History:
Steve Morrison is the former Chief Executive of Granada plc.
Steve's career began as a Radio producer with BBC Scotland. In
1974 he joined Granada where he founded Granada Film (1985)
and held a number of senior positions including director of
programmes Granada Television (1987), managing director
Granada Television (1993) and managing director LWT (1994).
He was pivotal to Granada's strategy of acquiring ITV's major
producer-broadcasters; LWT, Yorkshire and United.
In 1996, Steve was appointed Chief Executive of Granada Media
before becoming the Chief Executive in the IPO and finally the
Chief Executive of Granada plc in 2001.
Steve's credits include World in Action (RTS Award), 28-Up
(BAFTA), My Left Foot (2 Oscars), The Field (Oscar nominated)
and Jack and Sarah.

Jules Burns COO


Work History:
Jules Burns started his television career at Granada in 1976
where he worked until 2003. Following a range of management
and business affairs roles he was appointed Joint MD, with
Andrea Wonfor, of Granada Production in 1995. In this role he
oversaw the bringing together of Granada, LWT, Yorkshire and
United's production and distribution operations and the growth
and acquisition of Granada's international production and
education businesses. In 2000 he was appointed the MD,
Operations of Granada plc.
Alongside his work for ALL3MEDIA he is a non-executive of
Liverpool FC.
Email:
Telephone:

John Pfeil CFO


Work History:
After qualifying as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse,
John spent 4 years as Group Financial Controller at Reed
Elsevier. In 1995 he became Finance Director at Newsquest, a
management buyout of the regional newspaper interests of Reed
Elsevier backed by US Private Equity firm KKR. During this period
the business grew substantially through acquisition and organic
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growth, before floating and then being acquired by Gannett a US


media company. He joined ALL3MEDIA in August 2003 as
Finance Director and Company Secretary.
Email:
Telephone:

DCD Media

DCD Media plc is a UK based group specializing in the production, distribution, and exploitation
of TV programming. The Group comprises five operating companies.
They make and deliver programmes for their clients enabling them to achieve high audience
satisfaction and ratings. They deliver through the activities of their subsidiary companies each of
which is a recognisable and successful brand. Each of the subsidiaries is specialized but their
activities are complementary and enable maximization of current and future intellectual property
rights. Their companies include Done and Dusted, Imabic Productions and Box TV. In 2006,
they produced a turnover of 26 million.

Address 151 Wardour Street


London W1F 8WE
Telephone +44 (0)20 7297 8000

Chris Hunt Chief Executive


Work History:
Chris Hunt has been Chief Executive of DCD Media plc since its
inception in 1999, and supervised its transformation from dot-com
to a strongly based media powerhouse producing and trading
intellectual property rights in the audio-visual arts and
entertainment sector. He oversaw the acquisition of the blue
riband independent television production company Iambic
Productions Limited (over forty international awards, including four
Emmys). In 2001 he gained the exploitation rights to the large and
prestigious NVC programme catalogue as well as other smaller
libraries. In 2004 he was instrumental in the acquisition of the
market-leading arts distribution company RM Associates and
subsequently launched the Digital Classics DVD label.
In 2005 Chris led the Company to its next significant phase of
growth with the takeover of the 3 high-profile media businesses
Done & Dusted, Box TV, and NBD Television.

Michael Barton Finance Director


Work History:
Michael Barton BSc,FCA, MIoD, has over 20 years experience in
small and growing businesses and is most at home in an
entrepreneurial action environment. He specialises in fund raising,
business planning, business purchases and business sales. He is
a Past President of the North West Society of Chartered
Accountants and Deputy Chairman of the Audit Registration
Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales.

Endemol UK

Endemol UK is one of the largest independent producers of TV and digital media content, and is
responsible annually for more than 5,000 hours of programming. It incorporates a number of
production brands including Brighter Pictures, Cheetah, Initial, Zeppotron and the recently
launched Showrunner. These five specialise in a broad range of genres including factual
entertainment, reality series, drama series, specialist factual, arts, live events, music
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entertainment, documentaries, youth shows and comedy. In 2006, they had a turnover of £173
million.

Address Shepherds Studios – Central


Charecroft Way
Shepherds Bush
London W14 0EE
Telephone +44 (0)870 333 1700

Peter Bazalgette Chairman


Work History:
Peter specialises in innovative factual entertainment content. He
devised BBC Two’s Food and Drink, the UK’s longest running
food show, in the early eighties. During the 1990s he created
Ready Steady Cook, the daytime hit which also became a
primetime show as Celebrity Ready Steady Cook on BBC One.
This led to the creation of two of Britain’s most popular primetime
shows - the gardening challenge Ground Force and the
DIY/interiors show, Changing Rooms.
In 2000 Peter received The Indie-vidual Award for Outstanding
Personal Contribution to the Independent Sector at the Indies
2000, and was awarded The Fellowship by the British Academy of
Film and Television Arts. Peter gave the MacTaggart Lecture at
1998’s Edinburgh Television Festival and in 2001 delivered the
Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture at Royal Television Society’s
annual conference. Most recently, in March 2003 he was
presented with the Royal Television Society’s Judges Award
recognizing his outstanding contribution to UK television. He is a
regular commentator on media affairs via television, radio and the
press.
Peter was formerly creative director of Endemol UK and became
chairman of the group in 2002.

Tim Hincks Chief Creative Officer


Work History:
Tim Hincks is responsible for Endemol UK programmes, content
and its production brands – Initial, Cheetah Television, Zeppotron,
Brighter Pictures, Showrunner and Victoria Real. It’s a broad
range of programming covering reality, (Fame Academy,
Restoration, Big Brother, The Match, The Games), comedy (Eight
Out Of Ten Cats, Spoons, The Law of the Playground)
entertainment (Deal or no Deal, 1 VS 100) and now drama
through the Shrowrunner brand.
Tim began his television career in 1990 when he divided his time
between producing BBC Two’s Food and Drink programme for
Bazal (now Cheetah Television) and working on current affairs
programmes such as Newsnight and BBC Westminster.
In 1999 he became Deputy Creative Director of GMG Endemol
(now ENDEMOL UK) overseeing the creation and development of
new ideas and formats across the group. He was appointed
Creative Director of Endemol UK in 2002 and stepped up to
become Chief Creative Officer in January 2005.

Richard Osman Creative Director


Work History:
Richard Osman oversees the creation and development of
Endemol UK’s programmes and content through its production
brands – Initial, Cheetah Television, Zeppotron, Brighter Pictures,
Showrunner and Victoria Rea. It’s a broad range of programming
covering reality entertainment and now drama through the
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Showrunner brand.
Richard began his television career in the early 1990’s at Hat
Trick Productions where he worked on shows such as Have I got
news For You and Whose Line Is It Anyway. He also wrote the
sitcom Boyz Unlimited with David Walliams, and created the panel
show If I Ruled The World that is still a hit around the world.
He joined Endemol UK in 2000 and in 2002 he became Deputy
Creative Director overseeing the creation and development of
new ideas and formats across the group. He was appointed
Creative Director of Endemol UK in 2005.
He continues to write, having recently authored Channel 4
animation Bromwell High.

Peter Cowley Managing Director of Digital Media


Work History:
Peter’s role is to develop and implement Endemol’s digital media
strategy in the UK. The role is a UK board level position, reflecting
the significance of interactive media within Endemol's business.
Strategically, Endemol looks to exploit its TV brands on a multi-
platform basis and fund its activities via broadcasters; advertisers
or consumers. Increasingly Endemol is looking to develop
entertainment products on new media platforms such as mobile,
broadband and interactive TV.
Previous to Endemol, Peter has worked in the media, marketing
and advertising industries at Freeserve, Cable & Wireless,
Videotron and Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
* Recommended.

Clare Pickering Director of Production


Work History:
Clare has been with the Endemol Group for over 10 years. She is
now Director of Production for Endemol UK Production where,
(with Heads of Production Petrina Good and Richard Thomson)
she manages the division's output.

Petrina Good Head of Production


Work History:
Petrina joined Endemol UK in June 1997 as a freelance
Production Manager working on a 128 part series for BBC1
daytime – Change That.
She was then the Production Managed for the highly successful
programme Hampton Court Palace for Channel 4, moving on to
Unit Manage two series of Great Estates for Channel 4.
After Production Exec-ing Big Brother Two and the first series of
the highly successful Big Brothers Little Brother she moved onto
the challenge of starting Big Brother Three from scratch – new
location and new house. Since then she has overseen two series
of The Salon as well as Big Brother Five and Six.
Petrina became Head of Production with Richard Thomson in
September 2003.

Richard Thomson Head of Production


Work History:
Richard joined Endemol in September 2003 to work alongside
Petrina Good managing the ever-growing portfolio of programmes
made by Endemol UK Productions.
Prior to Endemol, Richard was Head of Production at Optomen
Television where for two and a half years he oversaw
programmes as diverse as It’s A Girl Thing, French Leave, Sex
BC, Wild Child and Jump London for Channel Four, Naked Chef
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3, Two Men In A Trench (1&2) for the BBC, Police Camera Action
6 for ITV, and in the US: Red Gold for PBS, Tyler’s Ultimate (1&2)
for The Food Network and Role Reversal for A&E.
From 1996 to early 2001, Richard was Head of Production, Arts
and Features at London Weekend Television where he oversaw
nearly 100 episodes of The South Bank Show, the major
millennial history of Christianity series Two Thousand Years, the
30th anniversary celebration of Coronation Street and the annual
South Bank Show Awards, all for ITV. He also oversaw the
production of The Booker Prize, innovative youth arts series
Fresh! And a year in the life of Damien Hirst for Channel Four as
well as single arts documentaries for five and two series for new
arts channel Artsworld. Whilst at LWT he was involved in the
setting up and running of the innovative low-cost programming
unit, The Lab.
In July 1993 Richard was a founding director of independent Café
Productions, set up by Andre Singer to produce multiple part
documentary series for the international market place. Through
collaborations with distributors, financiers and broadcasters Café
produced many successful series such as World of GEO, Divine
Magic, Great Adventurers, Hitler’s Death and Ancient Egyptians.
Richard was the Series Producer of Eyewitness2, the second
series of 13 multi-award winning programmes for BBC Worldwide
and publisher Dorling Kindersley.

Paul Murray Managing Director


Work History:
After graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 1990, Paul started
his career in television as a researcher with Gallus and went on to
work on Channel 4's car series Ride On & Nick Nairn's first foray
into TV, Wild Harvest. When the company became Ideal World,
he moved to London with them to produce a film for C4's Blue
Light Zone called The Witchhunters. He then produced The Italian
Kitchen, Deals on Wheels and Location, Location, Location all for
Channel 4.
In 2000, he became Head of Factual at Glasgow based indie
Wark Clements and was responsible for all factual output. He also
executive produced single documentaries like Inside the Mind of
Roy Keane and The Rod Hull and Emu story and series such as
The Bodyguards and BBC 4's Cast and Crew. Paul is now
managing director of Endemol in Scotland.

IMG

IMG is the world's premier and most diversified sports, entertainment and media company. They
partner with the world's leading marketers and media networks to help them grow their
businesses through IMG’s event properties, media production and distribution, talent brands,
sponsorship consulting, brand licensing, sponsorship sales and other services. Their companies
include, Tiger Aspect, TWI, Darlow Smithson and Tigress.

Address One Burlington Lane


Chiswick
London W4 2RW
Telephone +44 (0)20 8233 7800

Theodore Forstmann Chairman and CEO


Work History:
Since acquiring IMG in 2004, Mr. Forstmann has established a
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world-class management team at IMG and leads the company's


growth by expanding its global footprint, acquiring new
businesses and talent that complement its breadth of services,
creating and owning content, and streamlining the organization
and its cost structure. He has transitioned IMG from a company
known primarily for its sports businesses to one that is now taking
advantage of the strong synergies between sports, entertainment
and media.

Terri Santisi EVP, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer


Work History:
Terri Santisi is responsible for overseeing IMG's worldwide
operations in finance and accounting, information technology,
administration, human resources, corporate communications and
public relations, as well as risk management and legal affairs. She
is a recognized business leader in the media and entertainment
field, with an outstanding record of achievement in financial
management, strategic business development and business risk
assessment.
Ms. Santisi joined IMG from Interpublic Media, a division of the
Interpublic Group, where she served as CFO. Prior to Interpublic
Media, she was a partner and Industry Leader of KPMG’s Global
Media and Entertainment Practice, where she developed and
implemented strategies for growth and transformation in the
media and entertainment industry and provided strategic and
financial advice to senior executives of Fortune 500 companies.
Prior to KPMG, Ms. Santisi held senior positions with EMI Group
PLC, one of the world's largest music companies. As Executive
Vice President and General Manager of EMI-Capitol Music Group,
North America, she directed strategy and operations for nine
North American record labels with $800 million in revenues. She
led EMI's sales, marketing and distribution operations and
oversaw the company's manufacturing organization. Ms. Santisi
began her career at Ernst & Young. As partner and media
industry group leader, she provided strategic business and
financial advice to senior executives of Fortune 500 companies
and played a major role in the acquisition strategy of music and
print publishing companies.

Alastair Waddington COO


Work History:
Alastair Waddington is responsible for IMG Media's daily
international operations. He oversees IMG Media's content
production companies, namely TWI, Darlow Smithson
Productions, Tiger Aspect Productions and Tigress Productions.
Additionally, Mr. Waddington has oversight of media facilities and
archive operations.
Mr. Waddington was Chairman of DAGBS (Doha Asian Games
Broadcast Services), a member of the board for SNTV and ESPN
Classic Sport Europe, and led the Host Broadcaster operation for
the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Mr. Waddington joined IMG in 1994 and previously served as
Head of Production and Business Development where he
spearheaded IMG's growth outside of sports production including
the acquisitions of Darlow Smithson Productions and Tiger Aspect
Productions.
Prior to IMG, Mr. Waddington worked in various positions at
BSkyB, the BBC and the International Olympic Committee.
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RDF Media Group


The RDF Media Group is a group of companies that creates, acquires and distributes
compelling television content, mainly in the factual, entertainment, drama and children's
programming genres. The Group seeks to maximise the worldwide commercial value of this
intellectual property through its rights exploitation division. The companies include; IWC,
Touchpaper, Radar, Foundation TV Productions, Presentable and The Comedy Unit. Its
turnover in 2006 was £100 million.

Address The Gloucester Building


Kensington Village
London W14 8RF
Telephone +44 (0)20 7013 4000

David Frank Chief Executive


Work History:
David founded RDF in 1993. Before this he was a journalist and a
BBC business reporter on programmes such as Newsnight,
Panorama and the 6 O'Clock News. Before moving into the media
industry, David worked in the City as an investment banker at Hill
Samuel & Co, and Swiss Bank Corporation International.

Janice Price CFO


Work History:
Janice qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in
1990 after training in Scotland, going on to work in the US and
London. Janice joined RDF in 1996 from Overbury Group plc
where she was finance director.

Stephen Lambert Chief Creative Officer


Work History:
Stephen joined RDF in 1998 after 16 years at the BBC where he
worked as an executive producer and editor of various strands
and series including BBC2's principal documentary series,
Modern Times. He is one of the most high profile executives in
British television and has won numerous awards for his
programmes. At RDF he has created and executive produced
Faking It, Wife Swap and many other hit shows.

Joely Fether COO


Work History:
Joely joined RDF in 1997 as Head of Production after working as
a producer and production manager on numerous series for
Channel 4, BBC and MTV and various US companies. In 2003,
she became chief operating officer overseeing all operational
aspects of the company.

Richard Eyre Non Executive Chairman


Work History:
Richard joined RDF as non-executive chairman in 2001 having
held several chief executive positions in key media companies. In
2000 he became CEO at Pearson Television merging the
business into RTL where he was responsible for TV production
and strategy. Prior to this, Richard was chief executive of ITV from
1997 and Capital Radio from 1991, following 16 years in
advertising.

Debbie Manners Group Commercial Director


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Work History:
Debbie joined RDF as Group Commercial Director in 2006 from
Flextech Television where she was Director of Rights, overseeing
all content related business affairs and Minotaur, one of the UK’s
largest distributors of programming. Prior to this Debbie was
Director of Rights and Business Affairs for the BBC, responsible
for the management of all content deals throughout the BBC and
the BBC archive.

Zad Rogers Creative Director


Work History:
Zad Rogers, a founder of IWC Media, is taking up the newly
formed role of Creative Director, RDF Digital. Zad was the
originator of the Channel 4 hit Location Location Location which is
now in its eighth series, as well as a large number of other high
profile productions for UK terrestrial and satellite broadcasters.
Whilst at IWC Zad Rogers was also responsible for the production
of 4Car, the Channel 4 specialist automotive review and
information site. IWC Media was acquired by RDF Media Group in
December 2005.
* Recommended.

Jonny Slow Corporate Development Director


Work History:
Jonny Slow joined RDF in September 2005 as Corporate
Development Director to oversee acquisitions and new
investments. Prior to RDF Jonny spent five years at Sand Aire
Private Equity, a London based venture capital firm that
specialises in investing in small and medium sized UK companies.
He is a qualified chartered accountant

Charles Tremayne Group Creative Director


Work History:
Charles Tremayne joined RDF in 2007 as Executive Vice
President. He is based out of RDF USA's New York office.
Tremayne's responsibilities include expanding RDF's
development and production operations on the East Coast.
Tremayne also helps serve as an East Coast bridge to the eight
RDF Media Group content companies based in the U.K.
Formerly, Tremayne was the Executive Vice President of
Granada America, where from 2002 - 2006 he oversaw all
programming and production for Granada on the East Coast, in
addition to creating shows like The First 48 for A&E and Room
Raiders for MTV. At Granada, the New York production office has
been responsible for hundreds of hours of programming for
American cable channels, including series like The First 48 (A&E),
Room Raiders (MTV), Dallas SWAT (A&E), Sensing Murder
(Discovery), Airline (A&E), Taking Care of Business (TLC), House
of Dreams (A&E), Dinner Takes All (TLC), Decoding Disaster
(Discovery Times) and Bought and Sold (HGTV).
He was elected a Fellow of The Royal Television Society in 1999,
and as executive producer has won Emmys, BAFTA and Royal
Television Society Awards.
Tremayne moved to New York in 2000 to manage the new joint
venture between Granada and The New York Times. The joint
venture was responsible for programs and series for numerous
outlets, including Nova and Frontline on PBS.
Prior to that, Tremayne lived in the UK, where he worked for
Granada for over 15 years, including editing the award winning
series World in Action and launching Britain's first news magazine
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series Tonight with Trevor McDonald. He was also executive


producer of This Morning and Controller of Factual Programs
overseeing documentaries such as Disappearing World and
Savage Planet.

Shed Productions
Shed Productions is an independent UK television production company specialising in
contemporary, original drama programming and content and that aims to deliver consistently
high-rating drama at a price that is cost effective for broadcasters. Shed Productions was
established in 1998 by Eileen Gallagher, Brian Park, Ann McManus and Maureen Chadwick,
who all had previously worked together at Granada Television. Their first production proposal,
Bad Girls, was commissioned by ITV in the summer of 1998. Following the success of Bad
Girls, Shed won a major new commission in 2000 to produce Footballers' Wives for primetime
ITV. Its other major company is Ricochet Productions. In 2006, the company produced a
turnover of £43.5 million.

Address 2 Holford Yard


London WC1X 9HD
Telephone +44 (0)20 7313 8000

Eileen Gallagher CEO


Work History:
Prior to co-founding Shed, Eileen was Managing Director of LWT
(London Weekend Television) and deputy Managing Director of
Granada Broadcasting. She also co-created ‘Bad Girls’. Eileen’s
business experience and strong creative influence have been
instrumental in Shed’s success. As chair of the Independent
Producers’ Trade Association (PACT) for 2002 and 2003, she was
at the forefront of the successful campaign to introduce
amendments into the Communications Bill to strengthen the
position of the independent production sector in its dealings with
broadcasters. In 2002 and 2003 Eileen picked up two industry
awards for outstanding achievements for her work with Shed and
the independent production sector as a whole.

Jonathon Kemp Financial Director


Work History:
Jonathon Kemp joined Shed in 2002 from Capitol Films, a film
production and financing company, where he was Head of
Finance. Jon has had experience in a number of UK production
and broadcasting companies including Fox Kids, where he was
involved in the flotation of the channel. Before that Jon worked at
Nickelodeon UK. Jon's primary responsibility is the financial
management of Shed including overseeing the production finance
teams. He is an ACMA qualified accountant.

Shine

Shine is the UK's most exciting, up and coming media company with content and creativity at its
heart. They make a range of programmes for UK, US and International broadcasters including
drama, entertainment, factual, features and format entertainment programming.
They aspire to be the most dynamic, creative, and trustworthy suppliers of franchise television
to all buyers. They believe in creating and delivering innovative and compelling television that
will connect to the audience in multiple ways; be it through interactive communities, books,
music or DVDs. In order to deliver on their promise, they aim to be the most desirable home for
creative talent, and to recognize creative achievement in all their staff.
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The companies include Firefly, Kudos and Princes. In 2006, their turnover was £100 million.

Address 140 Kensington Church Street


Notting Hill
London W8 4BN
Telephone +44 (0)20 7985 7000

Elizabeth Murdoch Chairman and CEO


Work History:
Before setting up Shine, Elisabeth was MD of BSkyB Networks,
where she was responsible for all of the networks non-sport
output and the group's consumer marketing division. At BSkyB
Elisabeth oversaw record viewing figures for Sky One, launched
the UK's first Pay Per View service and multiplex film channels,
and re-launched the company's consumer brand. Prior to arriving
in the UK, Elisabeth owned and operated two NBC affiliate
stations in the United States.

David Surtees CFO


Work History:
David Surtees joined Shine as CFO in April 2002. He joined Shine
with a wealth of experience in the TV industry having spent two
years at Carlton and six years at the BBC. Prior to the BBC, David
qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Price Waterhouse.

Richard Bowron Head of Development, Entertainment


Work History:
Richard joined Shine in July 2006 from the BBC where he ran a
team developing factual entertainment and features projects. Prior
to that Richard developed and series produced for the BBC and
for various independent production companies, including RDF
Media, Darlow Smithson and Ideal World. As series producer
Richard's credits include Spending Other People's Money (BBC
One), The Nation's Favourite Food (BBC Two), Moving Day
(ITV1), Planted (ITV1), From House to Home (C4) and Driven
(C4).

Alex Mahon Managing Director


Work History:
Alex joined Shine in December 2006. Prior to joining Shine, she
was Chief Operational Officer at talkbackTHAMES. Previous to
that Alex was Director of Commercial Development and Strategy
at FremantleMedia, talkbackTHAMES' parent company working
on company strategy, mergers and acquisitions and joint
ventures. She has a Physics PhD and was a Medical Physicist in
a cancer hospital before becoming a management consultant and
joining the RTL Group in Luxembourg.

Southern Star

Southern Star is Australia's largest independent television production and distribution group.
The company is involved in film, television and video production; sales and distribution; and
licensing and merchandising. It has a substantial and growing production presence in the UK
and an office and animation studio in Singapore. 2005 was a record year for both the production
and distribution businesses and the company continues to look for opportunities for expansion.
Their companies consist of Oxford Scientific Films, Darrall Macqueen (75%) and Carnival Films
(majority share). In 2006, their turnover was £23.5 million.

Address 45-49 Mortimer Street


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London W1W 8HX


Telephone +44 (0)20 7636 9421

Hugh Marks Chief Executive


Work History:
Hugh Marks was appointed Chief Executive of the Southern Star
Group in September 2005 following the retirement of
founder/Executive Chairman Neil Balnaves. He had served as
Chief Executive of Southern Star Entertainment since February
2003 and was also Managing Director of Endemol Southern Star.
He has expanded and diversified Southern Star's production
businesses in Australia, the UK and Singapore. Prior to joining the
company, he spent seven years with the Nine Network in senior
roles including Director of Nine Films and Television.

Catherine Payne Chief Executive


Work History:
Appointed as Chief Executive of Southern Star International in
April 2000, Catherine has greatly expanded the division, which
now ranks as the eighth-largest distributor of English-language
programming outside the Hollywood studios. She has worked for
Southern Star for 16 years, having sold programming to all major
international markets and establishing an invaluable network of
global contacts.

Ten Alps
Ten Alps is a factual content company. Their 550 staff produce TV, online TV, specialist
publications and live events. They work a cross-platform, giving flexibility to both audiences and
advertisers in the digital age. Their companies are made up of Brook Lapping, Blakeway, Ten
Apls TB and 3BM, which in 2006 produced a turnover of £38 million.

Address 9 Savoy Street


London WC2E 7HR
Telephone +44 (0)20 7878 2311

Alex Connock Co founder and Chief executive


Work History:
A former Oxford graduate, Alex worked as a producer in a factual
entertainment programmes for Granada BBC and Planet 24
before co-founding Ten Alps in 1999. He’s been short listed for
Entrepreneur of the year award several times and is in demand as
a speaker and media commentator.
* Recommended.

Nitil Patel Finance Director


Work History:
A key member of the team from the very start, Nitil worked with
Sayers Butterworth before joining Planet 24. Alongside his role
as FD for Ten Alps PLC, Nitil has operational control of Ten Alps
Broadcasting across 5 production businesses.

Tinopolis
Tinopolis is one of the UK`s largest independent television companies producing over 2,500
hours of broadcast television per annum. They make all types of programmes from drama,
current affairs, factual to entertainment, magazine programmes and sport. Their companies
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include Mentorn, Sunset + Vine, Redback, Folio Productions, Daybreak Pictures and Music
Box. In 2006, their turnover was £47.33 million.

Address Tinopolis Centre


Park Street
Llanelli
Carmarthenshire
SA15 3YE
Telephone +44(0)1554 880 880

Arwel Rees Managing Director


Work History:
Arwel joined in 2004. Prior to that he worked for the US industrial
company Woodhead industries where he was a Corporate Vice
President and President of European Operations. The operations
he managed had sites in Wales, Italy, Holland and France and
employed 450 people. During his time at WI he oversaw a large
growth in the European business from 4 million Euros to 65 million
euros in sales and he led a Europe wide acquisitions programme.

Angharad Mair Managing Director


Work History:
Angharad is one of the best-known faces in Welsh broadcasting.
She is the lead presenter of Tinopolis’s nightly live programme,
Wedi 7, and the Editor of all Tinopolis’ daily programming. Apart
from a short spell at the BBC, she has worked for Tinopolis since
1990. Prior to that, she fronted sports and news programmes for
the BBC.

Indies

Aardman Animation

Aardman Animation was established in 1976, after creating plasticize characters such as Morph
which developed into the programme ‘The Amazing Adventures of Morph.’ Morph was joined by
other hugely successful programmes such as ‘Wallace and Gromit,’ ‘Creature Comforts’ and
‘Chicken Run.’ In 2006 the company made a turnover of £43.7 million.

Address: Gas Ferry Road


Bristol BS1 6UN
Telephone: +44 (0)117 9848 485

At It productions

At It Productions, formed in 1997, is committed to realising television in a fresh and distinctive


way. At It Productions has the proven ability to marshal key production talent, resources and
new technology, delivering demanding and highly innovative shows to tight deadlines and keen
budgets for a mainstream audience. At It is currently 14th in The Televisual Top 100 Production
Companies, producing Shows for C4, FIVE, BBC, ITV and Sky One in the U.K and TLC and
The Discovery Channel in the U.S - from primetime documentaries to daytime travel series,
irreverent pop to movie specials, quiz shows, children's formats and the UK's most successful
youth brand, T4. Leaders in the world of Ad Funding and with world wide Production and
Distribution partners At It has seen year on year growth of 40%, with emphasis on Global
Content Provision. In 2006, their turnover was £17 million.

Address: 68-70 Salusbury Road


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Queens Park
London NW6 6NU
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7644 0000

Mark Cunning Managing Director


Work History:

Rajesh Patel CFO


Work History:
Part of the senior management team that helps make great
programmes and ensures that At It Productions is a well run
Independent Production Company

Avalon Television

Avalon Television was founded in 1993 and is one of the leading producers of comedy and light
entertainment programmes in the UK. This BAFTA winning company supplies TV programming
to all the British terrestrial channels and the leading cable and satellite stations, as well as
content for radio broadcasters. It has recently become the only UK TV Company to supply
directly to a US network with the American version of the Sketch Show being produced for Fox.
It is now broadening its output to include drama, factual and formatted shows. In 2006, its
turnover was £22 million.

Address: 4a Exmoor Street


London W10 6BD
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7598 7280

Baby Cow Group


Baby Cow Productions is an independent film and TV production firm is all about cutting-edge
comedy. Founded in 1999 by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, Baby Cow co-produced the film
24 Hour Party People, the story behind Manchester's Factory Records. Recent projects include
the film Snow Cake (Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver) and the Coogan TV vehicle Monkey
Trousers. Subsidiary Baby Cow Manchester is an incubator for talent from the north of the UK.
Other units include Baby Cow Animation, Baby Cow Films, and Baby Cow Radio. Baby Cow's
productions air on the BBC, Channel Four, ITV, and other UK channels. In 2006 their turnover
was £7.88 million.

Address: 77 Oxford Street


London W1D 2ES
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7399 1262

Henry Normal Executive Producer


Work History:
Henry has been responsible for creating, writing, executive
producing and script-editing some of the best and award winning
television comedy of the last decade.
As a writer, he has worked with many of the UK’s top comedians
including Caroline Aherne, Dave Gorman, Craig Cash, John
Thompson, Johnny Vegas and of course Steve Coogan, before
setting up Baby Cow Productions in 1999 with Steve.
He co-created The Mrs Merton Show and The Royale Family with
Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, and the PAUL AND PAULINE
CALF characters with Steve.
Henry co-wrote Three Fights Two Weddings and a Funeral with
Steve, which won a BAFTA in 1994.
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He wrote for the Fast Show and other writing credits include
Coogan’s Run and The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon.
In both 1996 and 1997, The Mrs Merton Show, which Henry co-
wrote with Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash and Carmel Morgan, won
a BAFTA. The show also won a prize at the prestigious British
Comedy Awards in 1996.
The Man Who Thinks He’s It, which Henry co-created and co-
wrote with Steve, won a South Bank Award and was nominated
for an Olivier Award in 1998.
Since 1999 he has devoted the majority of his time to running and
building Baby Cow. He has executive produced all of Baby Cow’s
output and script edited many of the shows.

Betty TV

In 2006, Betty TV produced a turnover of £6.5 million.

Address: The Heals Building, 8 Alfred Mews, London, W1T 7AA


Email: http://www.bettytv.co.uk/

Andrew Conrad Managing Director


Work History:
Conrad previously worked at Jamie Oliver's indie Fresh One
Productions as the Managing Director. Andrew was behind Fresh
One shows starring the celebrity chef such as Jamie's School
Dinners, working alongside the company's founder and creative
director Liz Warner, formerly a C4 commissioning exec.

Brook Lapping Productions

In 2006, they produced a turnover of £20 million.

Address: 6 Anglers Lane


London NW5 3DG
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7428 3100

Brian Lapping Chief Executive


Work History:
Brian Lapping has won many major awards for his work on
television documentaries, including an Emmy, two duPont
Columbia Gold Baton awards, gold medals from the New York
International Television Festival and the San Francisco
International Film Festival, a Peabody, and many awards
throughout Europe. After beginning his career as a journalist, he
joined Granada Television in 1970, producing numerous
programs for ITV and BBC-2. In 1988, he formed his own
company, Brian Lapping Associates, where he produced a
number of award winning series and specials, including
Watergate, End of Empire, The Second Russian Revolution, The
Death of Yugoslavia, The 50 Years War, and Israel and the
Arabs.
In 1997, Brian Lapping Associates merged with Brook Associates
to form Brook Lapping Productions.

Cactus TV
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Cactus has enjoyed success producing large-scale TV events and musical spectaculars
including Sir Cliff Richard- The Hits I Missed and Songs of Bond for ITV. Cactus TV’s third
annual production of The British Soap Awards was the highest rated entertainment show of
2001 on any TV channel, with a massive 53% share. It’s also the highest rated independent
production for Entertainment on ITV. In 2006, their turnover was £19.16 million.

Address: 373 Kennington Road


London SE11 4PS
United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 (0)20 7091 4900

Amanda Ross Joint Managing Director


Work History:
Amanda was the brain behind the Richard and Judy book club.

Simon Ross Joint Managing Director


Work History:

Sinead Oldnall Head of Entertainment


Work History:

Carnival Films

Founded by Brian Eastman in 1978, originally as Picture Partnership Productions Ltd, the
company has produced over 350 hours of popular drama for television, cinema and theatre,
both in the UK and US and has attracted more than 70 national and international awards and
nominations, including Oscars, Emmys, BAFTAs, Royal Television Society, Oliviers and Tony
awards. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Carnival spearheaded independent drama production
in the UK. In January 2005 Southern Star acquired Carnival and Gareth Neame was appointed
as Managing Director. The company is now part of an integrated global production and
distribution group and continues to produce quality drama with popular and international appeal.
In 2006, their turnover was £17.1 million.

Address: 47 Marylebone Lane


London W1U 2NT
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7317 1370

Gareth Neame Managing Director


Work History:
Gareth was appointed Managing Director of Carnival in January
2005, following four years as Head of Drama Commissioning at
the BBC. While at the BBC, Gareth developed and supervised a
range of innovative and award-winning drama productions.
After graduating in 1988 Gareth joined BBC Drama and he has
worked extensively in both production and development and he
has previously worked as an independent producer in theatrical
and TV movies including John Duigan’s Paranoid for Sky
Pictures. His first producing credit was Truth or Dare directed by
John Madden (BAFTA winner and RTS nominated). Other credits
include All the King’s Men, selected for the opening ceremony of
the 2000 Monte Carlo Festival, The Woman in White (BAFTA
nominated serial 1997), The Missing Postman (winner of 1996
British Comedy Award), Station Jim, Getting Hurt, The Wyvern
Mystery, Lorna Doone, Peter Kosminsky’s multi award-winning
Warriors, Happy Birthday Shakespeare, Take a Girl Like You and
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (nominated for
Broadcast and South Bank Show awards 2005). Gareth served on
The Council of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts
from 2004-06.
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Since joining the company Gareth has Executive Produced series


one and two of Hotel Babylon and is currently Executive
Producing Carnival’s forthcoming productions of Empathy, Life
Line, Sea of Souls, Whistleblowers and The Old Curiosity Shop.

Sally Woodward Creative Director


Gentle
Work History:
Sally was appointed Creative Director in March 2007. Prior to that
she was Creative Director for BBC Drama Production and Acting
Head of BBC Drama Series and Serials. While at the BBC, Sally
also worked alongside Gareth Neame as his Head of
Development and later with Jane Tranter in Drama
Commissioning. At the BBC she developed and was the executive
producer for a range of drama output including: Hearts and
Bones, Tipping the Velvet, Cambridge Spies, The Hound of the
Baskervilles, Linda Green, the Legend of the Tamworth Two,
Waking the Dead, Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, Philip
Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North,
William Boyd’s A Waste of Shame and BAFTA nominated Fear of
Fanny. Sally was also responsible for the development of the
forthcoming HBO co-production, The House of Saddam.
After graduating from Goldsmith’s College having freelanced in
film production, Sally joined Limelight production company as
assistant to Steve Barron. Having worked as Director’s Assistant
on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles she then worked alongside
Alison Owen in their Film and Television division. Here she was
production co-ordinator on Hear My Song and was promoted to
Head of Television. In this role, among other shows, she
executive produced the award winning Channel 4 series Teenage
Health Freak and the world’s first networked 100% CGI animation
series ReBoot as well as the multi-award winning Channel 4
documentary Edward VIII: The Traitor King.
On leaving Limelight, Sally joined Kudos and as Managing
Director executive produced factual output as well as developing
and executive producing the BAFTA nominated Channel 4 drama
series Psychos and, alongside Stephen Garrett, Sally initiated the
development of Spooks.

Maxine Tate Head of Finance and Business Affairs


Work History:
Maxine joined Carnival in August 1998. She is the Head of
Finance and Business Affairs and Company Secretary for the
group. Her main responsibilities cover the negotiation and
contracting of rights, talent, production and development
agreements with broadcasters and distribution deals. She also
looks after all aspects of production and development finance,
and provides support to production management when required.
She has responsibility for the management of residuals and
royalties and ancillary rights exploitation for all of Carnival's back
catalogue.
Maxine is also responsible for the operational management of the
US branch of Carnival, and for the group companies Rosemary
and Thyme Enterprises, Blenheim Films and Depotsound.
Prior to joining Carnival, Maxine was a consultant for Arthur
Andersen, where she worked within the Communications and
Entertainment department, specialising in media. She has worked
on numerous projects for a number of media companies including
BBC Production, BBC Worldwide and BskyB. Maxine has also
worked for other departments within Arthur Andersen, including
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Litigation, Corporate Tax and the Fraud Services Unit.


Maxine is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has an
Economics degree from the London School of Economics.

Celador (Two Way Traffic)

At Celador Productions, which has now been re-launched as Two Way Traffic, they make a
wide range of programmes from situation comedy to quizzes, from high volume daytime game
shows to popular factual entertainment and big budget international co-productions. But while
the variety may be infinite, all of their shows share the common characteristics of innovative
thinking, intensive development and impeccable production. In 2006, their turnover was £ 37.46
million.

Address: 39 Long Acre


London WC2E 9LG
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7845 6999

Kees Abrahams CEO and Co-Founder of 2waytraffic


Work History:
Before founding 2waytraffic, Kees Abrahams was Executive
Director at Endemol International, overseeing the Endemol
Interactive activities in 23 countries worldwide. In this capacity, he
played an important role in the international roll out of Call TV and
the development and implementation of Endemol's "convergence
strategy". Additionally, Kees was responsible for several mergers
and acquisitions and the interactive aspects of blockbuster reality
format Big Brother.
In the mid nineties Kees started his Endemol career at ZiMoH TV
Productions (a subsidiary of Joop van den Ende TV Productions,
the former Endemol Netherlands) as a production assistant,
where he became Chief Editor in 1996.
In the following years, Kees held a number of positions in which
he played a key role in the development and success of the Call
TV business-case in Holland. His last post was Managing Director
of the Dutch Endemol affiliate Call909 B.V. At the end of 1998
Kees, jointly with Mr Ketelaar, took the initiative for an
international roll out of Call TV, starting up the vehicle Endemol
Call Entertainment.
Kees qualified as a lawyer after studying at the Utrecht University
in the Netherlands.

Unico Glorie COO and Co-founder


Work History:
Unico Glorie was co-founder of 2waytraffic and has over 20 years
experience in the International media and entertainment industry.
Unico is a highly respected media figure in Holland and worldwide
given his radio, television and interactive media experience.
In the late nineties, Unico was Director of Radio and Television at
broadcaster Veronica and was later a member of the board of the
RTL Group (formerly Holland Media Group). In this capacity, he
was the first ever to commission "Big Brother".
In 2000, he left the RTL Group to set up a number of companies
in the entertainment and media sector. He was involved as a
shareholder in The Entertainment Group: a media and
entertainment company specializing in music, television
production, organizing events, artist management and
consultancy.
In 2002 Unico entered the Executive Board of Endemol Holding.
In this position he was responsible for all Endemol activities in the
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field of interactive media and (mobile) telephony, overseeing more


than 23 countries worldwide.
Unico began his media career in the early eighties as a producer
and Managing Director at Veronica Radio and later as Managing
Director Radio and Television.

Jeroen Tielens CFO


Work History:
Jeroen Tielens has more than twelve years experience in the
financial and media field. After finishing high school Jeroen joined
Ernst & Young, where he combined his auditing work with an
accountancy study at Nivra/Nijenrode. For Ernst & Young Jeroen
performed audits in various types of companies (media, non-
profit, insurance, government). After 6 years at Ernst & Young,
where he was audit manager, Jeroen moved to Deloitte &
Touche.
In 1999 Jeroen was hired to work for Endemol International, one
of the world's biggest independent television producers. From
1999 on he worked for various Endemol business units, including
holding and operating companies. In the last two years at
Endemol International he focused on the financial control on all
international interactive related activities, including but not limited
to, call television, in program branded interactivity (voting,
merchandising), mobile gaming, R&D and narrowcasting.
Furthermore he acted as Finance Manager for the general
international licensing department of Endemol International.

Selma Turajlic Head of Interactive Media


Work History:
Within her role she focuses on building interactive media
extensions of the company's flagship format and brand, the quiz
show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" She is also responsible for
spearheading the company's strategy to become a leading
interactive rights agency by developing interactive extensions of
third parties' properties as well as Celador's own. According to
Celador, her division will seek to exploit rights across a range of
interactive platforms, including set-top boxes, mobiles and the
Web, by leveraging the company's existing commercial
relationships with broadcasters, mobile networks, ISP's and
licensees around the world.
Turajlic joined Celador in January, 2004 as senior commercial
manager for the interactive division, in which role she was
responsible for business development across all properties on
digital platforms. In June of that year, she was promoted to head
of commercial affairs for the company's interactive and licensing
divisions; in that role, according to Celador, she played an integral
part in negotiating both interactive and licensing agreements. Her
career also includes stints as a business development consultant
at Shazam Entertainment, working on technology licensing in the
UK and the US, and devising distribution strategies; as assistant
label manager at Bustin' Loose Recordings, where she was
responsible for the label's business strategy; and as a music
manager in business development at LastMinute.com.
* Recommended.

Richard Halleywell
Work History:
* Recommended.
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Company Pictures

Company Pictures was established in 1998. As well as producing various television


programmes, Company has made five feature films with some of the UK's leading directing
talent including films by Roger Michell, Stephen Hopkins, Penny Woolcock, Shane Meadows
and Lynne Ramsey. Amongst its numerous awards Company Pictures won Best Independent
Production Company at the 2005 Broadcast Awards and the European Producers of the Year
Award at the 2004 Monte Carlo Awards. Since October 2004 Company Pictures has been a part
of the All3 Media group. In 2006, their turnover was £18 million.

Address: Fifth Floor


87-91 Newman Street
London, W1T 3EY
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7380 3900

George Faber Managing Director


Work History:
George Faber joined the BBC as a production trainee in 1984 and
worked as a script editor, producer and executive producer in the
Drama Department before becoming Head of Single Drama from
1993 to 1997. In this capacity, Faber was responsible for the
entire BBC output of films and plays - some 35 productions each
year with an annual budget of £25 million. He was responsible for
13 feature films during that time, including award-winning Antonia
and Jane and Priest, TwentyFourSeven, My Son the Fanatic,
Persuasion, Cold Comfort Farm and Her Majesty Mrs Brown.
Over a four year period in the early 1990s Faber was Executive
Producer of Screenplay, an annual season of 12 original films for
the BBC. During his tenure, the Screenplay productions garnered
more than 25 awards at UK and international TV and film
festivals. They also helped launch the careers of many of Britain's
leading writers and directors, including Danny Boyle, Beeban
Kidron, Gillies MacKinnon, Michael Winterbottom and Lucy
Gannon.
In 1998 he set up Company Pictures with Charles Pattinson
where he has been executive producer on all TV output and
producer on the feature films Titanic Town, A Room for Romeo
Brass and Morvern Callar.

Charles Pattinson Managing Director


Work History:
An assistant director at the Royal Court Theatre in 1984, Charles
Pattinson joined the BBC as a production trainee in 1985 and was
rapidly promoted to producer in the Drama Department. From
1992 to 1997 he produced a variety of award-winning dramas and
single series.
As a producer for BBC Films, Pattinson made the films Bitter
Harvest (which he co-wrote with Winsome Pinnock), The Vision
Thing, starring Derek Jacobi and Sin Bin.
From 1994 to 1996, Pattinson produced the highly acclaimed epic
11-hour serial of Peter Flannery's Our Friends In The North.
Directed by Stuart Urban, Pedr James and Simon Cellan Jones,
the series won 12 major television awards; the Best Serial
BAFTA, Prix Europa and Writer's Guild awards.
In 1996 and 1997, Pattinson produced a five part series The
Lakes, written by Jimmy McGovern and was executive producer
for Saigon Baby starring John Hurt and Kerry Fox. He was
Executive Producer on Paul Pawlikowski's feature The Stringer
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starring Anna Friel, which was selected for the 1998 Director's
Fortnight at Cannes.
In 1998 he set up Company Pictures with George Faber where he
has been executive producer on all TV output and producer on
the feature films Titanic Town, A Room for Romeo Brass and
Morvern Callar.

Susan Harrison Executive Producer


Work History:
After working as a script editor at the BBC Suzan Harrison
became a Development Executive in Drama Serials and in 1996 a
Producer and subsequently Executive Producer. Award winning
BBC productions include The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, The Ice
House, The Dark Room and Spoonface Steinberg. Among
productions as Executive Producer for Company Pictures Suzan
has been responsible for the range of television drama from The
Lakes 2 through North Square to Nicholas Nickleby, Never Never
and White Teeth. She produced Sons and Lovers and Sparkling
Cyanide. Suzan has also produced Tom Brown's Schooldays and
Mansfield Park, and executive produced The Rotters Club.

Richard Nelson Finance Director


Work History:
Joined Company Pictures in 2000. A Chartered Accountant,
previous media employments have included SelecTV plc (Birds of
a Feather, Love Hurts, Pie in the Sky) and BBC Drama Series
(Eastenders, Casualty, Holby City, Silent Witness).

Darlow Smithson Productions


Darlow Smithson Productions is a multi-award winning company producing high quality factual
programmes for broadcasters worldwide, with a focus on ambitious docudramas, series and
documentaries for theatrical release. They have produced more than 150 hours of high quality
factual programming for the BBC, Channel 4 and five in the UK and leading international
broadcasters including PBS, National Geographic, HBO, Discovery, TLC, Discovery Health, and
The History Channel in the United States. Many of the programmes have become best sellers in
the international television market. In 2006, their turnover was £20.46 million

Address: Highgate Studios


53-79 Highgate Road
London NW5 1TL
Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7482 7027

John Smithson Executive Chairman and Creative Director


Work History:
John Smithson maintains the creative integrity of DSP while
continuing to drive new programming and film. He has extensive
experience as producer, director and executive producer on a
wide range of projects from feature film to long-form documentary.
A multi-award winner, his main creative focus is high-end docu-
drama and factual specials for both film and TV. John recently
produced on Touching the Void - the most successful British
theatrical documentary and winner of a number of top awards.

Ian Pelling Managing Director


Work History:
Iain Pelling drives DSP in achieving its goal of being a leading
independent television and film production company. He has
worked in television production (most recently as MD of Cosgrove
Hall Films) and distribution for over ten years. He also has
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significant consulting and plc experience

Elinor Day Head of Film


Work History:
Elinor Day runs the DSP Film Division, building on the huge
success of Touching The Void to create documentary films and
dramas based on real events for cinema release. Within this
division, she seeks to create a centre of excellence – nurturing
new talent and working with individual filmmakers and smaller
independent production companies from development to
production.

Ecosse Films

Ecosse Films is an award winning company, specialising in high quality drama for both film and
television. It produced the hugely successful Mrs Brown, starring Judi Dench and Billy Connolly
and BBC1's acclaimed long-running drama Monarch of the Glen. New commissions include My
Boy Jack, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Cape Wrath, starring David Morrissey, and Mistresses.
Becoming Jane, starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy, is released by Miramax in March
2007. In 2006, their turnover was £20 million.

Address: Brigade House


8 Parsons Green
London SW6 4TN
Telephone: +44 (020) 7371 0290

Douglas Rae Managing Director and Executive Producer


Work History:
Douglas Rae began his professional career as a trainee reporter
with the Scottish Daily Express in Edinburgh. At 17, he was
appointed the country's youngest editor at the Kirriemuir Herald in
Angus.
After two years with the Scottish Daily Mail, where he wrote on
cinema and covered the Edinburgh Festival, Douglas joined
Scottish Television as a presenter and reporter. While there, he
presented the hugely popular children's program Magpie for five
years for Thames Television, and every year presented Scottish
Television's coverage of the Edinburgh Festival and the Film
Festival.
Following a course at The National Film School, he became a
producer and director and in 1988 formed Ecosse Films to
produce documentaries and arts programs.
He produced and directed The Great Moghuls.

Robert Bernstein Company Director and Executive Producer


Work History:
Robert Bernstein has produced 3 feature films for Ecosse Films
(Becoming Jane, The Waterhorse and Wilderness). He also
executive produced Charlotte Gray (starring Cate Blanchett).
He joined Ecosse Films in 1994 to be responsible for the
development of all drama output. He developed the award-
winning Mrs Brown and has executive produced many hours of
prime time television drama, including the successful Monarch of
the Glen, a series which he initiated.

Jeanine East Financial Controller


Work History:
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Entertainment Rights

Entertainment Rights Plc (ER) is one of the UK's leading specialist media companies. Together
with its US-based wholly owned subsidiary Classic Media Holdings, Inc., the Group is a leading
global force in children's and family content, characters and brands. In 2006, their turnover
amounted to £30.7 million.

Address: Colet Court


100 Hammersmith Road
London W6 7JP
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8762 6200

Michael Heap CEO


Work History:

Elizabeth Gains Finance Director


Work History:

Firefly Productions

Firefly was formed in 2005 to make the short film documentary Inside/Out about Independent
Filmmakers embarking on their first film. Since then Vicky Petela and Liam Andrew Wright have
recruited a crew of talented and dedicated independent filmmakers from all over Britain. Firefly
has made several short films and documentaries over the past year and is now in pre-
production with their first Feature Film, Ex Cathedra.. The team are all active in every area of
production and have the ambition to put British Independent Films on the global map. In 2006,
their turnover was £4.7 million.

Address:
Telephone: 02071931837

Vicky Petala Producer


Work History:

Fleming Media

Fleming Media LLP is a recently established investment fund dedicated to the creation and
acquisition of intellectual properties. Fleming Media is a partnership between a select group of
experienced media professionals and the Fleming family – one of the most trusted and
respected names in financial services worldwide. It is structured to behave as investor and
business development support for each investment and will focus on specific areas of media.

Address: 3rd Floor


161 Brompton Road
London SW3 1QP
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7591 7710

James Baker Partner


Work history:
James was formerly the Head of Programming and Creative
Director at Nicolodean. He spent 10 years at Sky working as the
Head of Programming and the controller of Sky 1. Most recently
he was the Managing Director of network media overseeing the
CO’s web, broadband and mobile content strategy.
He is on the Committee of Edinburgh TV Festival and on the TV
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council for BAFTA`s as well as being on the Board of Governors


at the English National Ballet.
* Recommended

Matthew Fleming Partner


Work History:
After a successful career as an international cricketer Matthew
joined Fleming family and Partners. He serves as a Non-
Executive Director on the board of Ian Fleming Publications – the
company that manages Ian Fleming’s publishing assets.

Hat Trick Productions

Hat Trick was set up by 3 friends in a cramped office north of Oxford Street in London in 1986:
the era of Filofaxes and huge mobile phones. For the best part of 20 years they have been
working with some of the best writers, producers, performers and crews – not to mention a
superb back-up team – to try to bring to the screen the best examples of television into 3 areas
of comedy, drama and entertainment. In 2006, their turnover was £23.3 million.

Address: 10 Livonia Street


London W1F 8AF
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7434 2451

Jonathan Davenport Head of Interative


Work History:
Jonathan began his career at Granada where he produced the
first websites for flagship shows I`m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of
Here and Blind Date. He then took a development role at
Endemol where he headed up a creative team tasked with
building interactivity into broadcast projects, and originating
formats for digital platforms. While he was at Endemol, Jonathan
produced the first ever MMS soap opera, FanTESStic, and
bespoke mobisodes for Channel 4`s Totally Frank teen drama
series.
Jonathan also devised the upcoming online thriller Signs of Life
for Endemol, the BBC`s biggest ever online commission, before
moving to join Hat Trick to set up their interactive department

Jimmy Mulville Managing Director


Work History:
Jimmy co-founded Hat Trick Productions with Denise
O'Donoghue; the Company launched in 1986. Jimmy is a Fellow
of the Royal Television Society and recently received an honorary
doctorate from the University of Liverpool. Before moving to
television in 1982, he produced for BBC Radio, where he
developed and produced the award-winning Radio Active.

Neil Forster Finance Director


Work History:
On graduating, Neil joined KPMG where he trained in the
business services division specialising in retail and media clients.
On qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Neil joined Walt Disney
in London as a financial analyst in their European Television
division. He was promoted in 2000 to Head of Finance for Buena
Vista International Television (“BVITV”), with primary responsibility
for all of its financial affairs across Europe, the Middle East and
Africa. Neil also acted as a key interface with the US advising on
performance and trends across the international market. He
joined the Hat Trick Board in May 2004 as Finance Director,
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responsible for all financial and IT affairs of the Hat Trick Group,
including those of the Company's partner, 12 Yard.

Hit Entertainment
HIT Entertainment, owned by private equity investment group Apax Partners since June 2005,
is one of the world’s leading independent children’s entertainment producers and rights-owners.
HIT’s portfolio includes internationally renowned children’s properties. In 2006, their turnover
was £166.2 million.

Address: Maple House


149 Tottenham Court Road
London W1T 7NF
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7554 2500

Impossible Pictures

Impossible Pictures is an award winning independent production company based in the UK.
Founded by Tim Haines and Jasper James and renowned for such ground breaking series as
‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ and ‘Walking with Monsters,’ ‘Prehistoric Park’ and ‘Primeval’,
Impossible pictures have built up a reputation in bringing CGI and big budget effects to the small
screen and delivering spectacular productions to major broadcasters worldwide in Factual,
Drama and Entertainment. Whatever the subject matter Impossible Pictures is an ambitious
approach to producing high quality programmes taking audiences to places they have never
visited before. In 2006, their turnover was £17 million.

Address: 1st Floor


12 Great Portland Street
London W1W 8QN
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7636 4401

Tim Haines Company Director


Work History:
Tim Haines was a journalist before joining the BBC science in
1988 as assistant producer on Tomorrows World. He has been
involved in many science series since then including QED and
Horizon. He was the creator and series producer on the ground
breaking, multi award winning animated BBC sciences series
Walking with Dinosaurs and associate producer on a major TV
adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Lost World.’ Since
founding Impossible Pictures Tim’s projects have included The
Giant Claw, a Walking with Dinosaurs special with presenter Nigel
Marven. He was also the executive producer on the BBC’s
‘Talking Animals’ drama The Legend of the Tamworth Two and
produced the spectacular four-part drama documentary Space
Odyssey.

Jasper James Company Director


Work History:
The founding member of Impossible Pictures, Jasper James was
previously an inmate at BBC Science where he gained experience
as a producer/director on Tomorrows World and Future Fantastic.
He joined the Walking with Dinosaurs team in 1997 to produce
and direct part of the series and the accompanying ‘Making’ of
‘programme.’
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Keo Films

Keo Films is a rapidly growing production company involved in a broad range of content
provision, from high-end linear documentaries through popular light entertainment series to
enhanced and interactive formats for digital delivery systems. The company supplies Terrestrial
and Non-Standard broadcasters throughout the world. In 2006, their turnover was £3 million.

Address: 101 St. John Street


London EC1M 4AS
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7490 3580

Katharine Perry Head of Production


Work History:

Zam Baring Managing Director


Work History:

Kudos Film & Television

Since its inception in 1992, the British production company Kudos has amassed an
impressive catalogue of television and film, creating original, popular, award-winning
work with flair and intelligence and a keen sense of emerging talent. Whether tackling
edgy subject matter or crafting mainstream entertainment, Kudos has become an
international force as a production entity of quality and distinction. Under the leadership
of Joint Managing Directors Stephen Garrett and Jane Featherstone, Director of Drama
Simon Crawford Collins and Commercial Director Daniel Isaacs, the company continues
to thrive. Recent projects include The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, Wide Sargasso Sea, series
5 of hit drama Spooks, the shocking Scars for More4, a second series of Life on Mars, a
BBC / HBO collaboration on Abi Morgan's Tsunami, The Aftermath, series 4 of Hustle and
a children's spy series, M.I.High. Meanwhile, Kudos Pictures is in pre-production on a
David Cronenberg film starring Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortenson. In 2006, their overall
turnover amassed to £25.5 million.

Address: 12-14 Amwell Street


London EC1R 1UQ
Telephone: + 44 (0) 20 7812 3270

Stephen Garrett Joint Managing Director


Work History:
Stephen Garrett's passion for shepherding new and exciting talent
started at Channel 4, where he was commissioning editor for
youth programmes from 1987 to 1992. This followed an
apprenticeship as researcher, then freelance producer/director at
Granada, Tyne Tees, Southern and the BBC. At C4 Stephen gave
“first breaks” to a wide range of writers and directors, including
such now-established talents as "The Full Monty" director Peter
Cattaneo and its writer Simon Beaufoy. He was responsible for
over 100 hours of broadcasting a year, Stephen was involved in
everything from the youth drama Teenage Health Freak (directed
by Cattaneo), post-punk magic show The Secret Cabaret and the
ground-breaking late-night love-it-or-loathe-it series The Word.
Stephen left to co-found Kudos, which immediately distinguished
itself with a host of innovative, unusual and provocative
programming, including the seriocomic religious quest series
Desperately Seeking Something, and the controversial poverty-
themed game show Come On Down and Out.
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Stephen's first notable film success with Kudos was the Beaufoy-
penned, critically hailed drama Among Giants, which Stephen
produced. Since then, Stephen's list of producing credits has
been equally impressive, from Psychos (executive producer) to
Pure (joint executive producer) to The Magician's House
(executive producer). After bringing on Jane Featherstone as a
partner to invigorate Kudos’ TV arm, the company has galvanized
British television with the popular, acclaimed shows Spooks (the
first series of which Stephen executive produced) and Hustle.
Recently Stephen invited former Film Four head Paul Webster to
join himself and Jane Featherstone as a partner in an exciting
new stand-alone film-making entity: Kudos Pictures. Stephen
studied law at Oxford, where he also edited the university
magazine Isis.

Jane Featherstone Joint Managing Director


Work History:
When Jane Featherstone joined Kudos in September of 2000, she
already boasted an incredible, fast-rising career in TV production,
a medium she'd set her sights on since her days at Leeds
University and as a PA to footballer Paul Gascoigne during his
memorably tumultuous year of 1991. After a brief stint running a
theatre company called Brouhaha, Jane became a production
secretary at Hat Trick Productions, where she worked on the hit
shows Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Have I Got News For You and
Drop the Dead Donkey. Jane played a key role in Hat Trick's
move into drama, line producing both the RTS Award-winning A
Very Open Prison for Screen 2, and Eleven Men Against Eleven
for Channel 4. Tony Garnett at World Productions gave the then-
25-year-old Jane the chance to produce a new pilot drama in
1995. Jane followed that by producing the first two series of the
award-winning, BAFTA-nominated ITV suspense series Touching
Evil, written by Paul Abbott and starring Robson Green, and then
the highly successful BAFTA-nominated BBC TWO film Sex 'n'
Death for Hat Trick Productions.
Jane also produced the acclaimed BBC 1 series Glasgow Kiss,
written by Stephen Greenhorn and starring Iain Glen and Sharon
Small, for Wall to Wall Television. Jane joined Kudos as Head of
Drama and now co-owns the company with Stephen Garrett as
Joint Managing Director. Jane's out-of-the-box success was
producing the first series of the immensely popular, BAFTA
award-winning Spooks. She has since executive produced
subsequent series of the show and executive produced Kudos's
latest drama series hit, Hustle. She is also joint executive
producer of Kudos' second feature film.

Paul Webster Head of Film


Work History:
Paul Webster has been in the film business for nearly thirty years.
Starting quite literally at the bottom he began his career in a
basement office beneath the Gate Cinema in London working as
a despatch clerk. He then spent ten years in exhibition and
distribution before moving into production in the mid-eighties. His
first feature, Dream Demon for Palace Pictures was followed by a
five-year association with Working Title Films where he produced
five features and set up and ran their Los Angeles office. He then
went independent, producing three films in America including the
critically acclaimed Little Odessa.
In 1995 he became Head of Production at Miramax films
supervising such films as The English Patient, Wings of a Dove
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and Shakespeare in Love. In 1998 he set up FilmFour Ltd where


in five years he oversaw the production of over forty, principally
British, features. Highlights included The Motorcycle Diaries, East
is East, Sexy Beast and Touching the Void. Paul has produced or
executive produced over 29 films to date and has been
associated with films that have won over 100 awards including 3
winners of the BAFTA for Best British Film and 6 Oscar
nominated pictures. In 2004 he produced Pride & Prejudice for
Working Title Films starring Keira Knightley and Matthew
MacFadyen and most importantly started Kudos Pictures with
Stephen Garrett and Jane Featherstone.

Liberty Bell Productions

Liberty Bell is based in Newcastle upon Tyne and is strongly committed to non-metropolitan
production. They also have a production office in London. Liberty Bell produces programmes
primarily for UK broadcasters, predominantly for network terrestrial and cable/satellite markets.
It also sells programmes and formats in the growing world market. The company’s central focus
is on production, specialising in documentaries and features, factual entertainment, current
affairs, drama-documentary and lifestyle features. The senior team also has extensive
experience of establishing and managing new TV channels in several genres, including sport,
archive, lifestyle, shopping and current events. Their expertise covers programme acquisition
and new production, as well as broadcasting, scheduling, airtime sales and interactivity. Liberty
Bell has been part of the Avalon group of companies since 2005. In 2006, their turnover was
£4.2 million.

Address: London Production Offices


4A Exmoor Street
London W10 6BD
Telephone: +44 (0)207 598 7255

Stuart Prebble Managing Director


Work History:
Stuart was the founding CEO of Granada Sky Broadcasting,
which launched a range of new TV channels on satellite and
cable, and was valued at £100m within two years of launch. He
was also Managing Director of Channels and New Media for
Granada Media PLC, and CEO of ITV Digital, which went into
liquidation in 2002. He was appointed CEO of ITV where he was
responsible to shareholders for Europe’s most successful
commercial TV channel. He developed several new TV channels,
including ITV2, which is now the third most-watched TV channel
in UK multi-channel homes.
Stuart was one of the founders of Liberty Bell Productions. He is
Executive Producer of most Liberty Bell programmes and series.

David Buckley Head of Production


Work History:
David is a former Commercial Manager, Production Manager and
Programme Manager at Granada. He looked after the Production
Management of This Morning, World in Action, Better Homes and
Better Gardens, The Tonite Show with Richard and Judy and
Granada Satellite channels. David has done several TV
consultancy roles in the media over the last 4 years and was part
of the consortium for the launch of Riverside Television Studios in
2002. Key member of the RTS Technology Award winning team
and National Training Award winning team for Granada Sky
Broadcasting in 98.
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Lion Television

Lion Television was founded in 1997 by Jeremy Mills, Nick Catliff and Richard Bradley. Since
then Lion has become one of the most successful independent production companies in the
United Kingdom. The company currently has over 200 production staff at its London, Glasgow,
New York, and Los Angeles bases. Overseeing all staff and productions is Shahana Meer, who
became a Company Director in 1999 having been with the company from its outset. Lion is one
of the few independent television companies noted for its strong relation with international
broadcasters in Europe - Scandinavia, Italy, France, and Ireland - Australia, Canada, and the
United States. In the U.S. the slate of programmes includes productions for the CBS network,
as well as Fox, PBS (WGBH, WNET and OPB), Discovery Channel, Discovery Health, E!
Entertainment, Animal Planet, National Geographic, The Learning Channel, The Travel
Channel, HBO, Court TV, A & E and MSNBC. In June 2004 Lion became part of the All3Media
group. In 2006, their turnover was £19.7 million.

Address: Lion House


26 Paddenswick Road
London W6 0UB
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8846 2000

Richard Bradley Managing Director, VP of Content


Work History:
Richard’s team has successfully developed a growing group of
specialist on-screen talent, and has been at the cutting edge of
trends in TV specialist factual production. They have been
pioneers in cost effective and high-end drama recreation, have
originated many innovative uses of CGI and worked extensively in
high definition. Richard has extensive experience of managing
large-scale co-productions involving international filming.
Richard has played a pioneering role in developing production in
China and the Asia Pacific Region. Lion has a joint venture with
Phoenix Satellite Television. The successful fruits of this
relationship include Atlas: China (Discovery/C4) and The First
Emperor (Discovery, C4, TFI), which won the British
Archaeological Award for Television in 2006. Richard also steered
through History of Singapore (Discovery Networks Asia) – a
series to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Singaporean
independence which got the highest ever ratings for DNA.
Before founding Lion, Richard was at the BBC – he devised and
produced the original series of Children’s Hospital (BBC1). As a
documentary director and producer, Richard won many awards
including two Emmys for Outstanding Historical Programme for
Allied to the Mafia and Uncle Ho and Uncle Sam (BBC/A&E).
Other films he directed for Lion include The Maze
(WGBH/Channel 4), Grey Owl (BBC2), The Long Goodbye
(BBC2) and Egypt’s Golden Empire (PBS/BBC2).

Nick Catliff Managing Director and CEO


Work History:
As CEO of Lion Inc Nick takes overall responsibility for the
company's US-based productions. These include programmes
made in the New York office such as Cash Cab and It Takes A
Thief for Discovery and History Detectives for PBS now in its 4th
season. Meanwhile in the LA office Lion are now making pilots of
entertainment formats for both Fox and Gameshow Network.
Nick is currently co-executive producer of Lion's first major Irish
commission The Box that is a major 20-part reality-quiz for TV3.
Before becoming one of the founders of Lion Television, Nick was
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at the BBC, which he joined as a graduate trainee. While at the


BBC he worked on a range of current affairs and investigative
programmes as a producer and director. He was the series
producer of The Trial for BBC2, the first time television cameras
had been allowed inside British courtrooms. He also created
Airport for BBC1, which has gone on to be the longest running
doc-soap on British television. Nick also made single
documentaries for BBC1's Inside Story strand and also for BBC2's
40 Minutes.

Tessa James Director of Finance


Work History:
A UK chartered accountant, Tessa originally qualified in a
medium-size practice, followed by a two-year international stint
with KPMG. On return to the UK, she worked on a European start-
up venture for a US company before joining BBC Worldwide.
During her four years at BBC Worldwide, she initially had finance
responsibility for the Asia Pacific region, working across both TV
and publishing activity, including two years as a commercial
manager for factual in the Global Brand & Marketing division. This
involved working with the regional divisions to maximise global
exploitation for major factual BBC brands (such as Walking with
Dinosaurs and Attenborough), evaluating new investment
opportunities and creating company-wide strategies for the factual
genres.

Maverick Television

Maverick is an independent TV and media production company proud of its achievements and
ambitious for future success. They embrace the challenges the fast changing industry presents
while growing their creative and commercial future. They are passionate about their
programmes, excited by talent, courageous in our outlook and believe they can genuinely make
a difference. In 2006, their turnover was £8 million.

Address: 40 Churchway
London NW1 1LW
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7383 2727

Jim Sayer Managing Director


Work History:
Jim Sayer was appointed Managing Director in 2006, and has
since been working closely with Alexandra Fraser to drive the
business and creative ambitions of the company forward. He has
also helped to expand the company’s London operation to include
drama, features, development and post-production facilities.
Whilst at Maverick, Jim has executive produced The Property
Chain and Taboogie for Channel 4, Selling Yourself for Five and
Who’ll Age Worst for UKTV. His previous credits include the
highly-acclaimed series Brat Camp for Channel 4, Manhunt for
BBC One and Where Do We Come From? for Five.

Jonnie Turpie Digital Media Director


Work History:
A trained artist, Jonnie Turpie founded Maverick Television in
1994 and pioneered the use of new technology in television, both
in the use of small-format cameras and high-end post-production
graphics. This digital approach led to many of Maverick's early
successes, such as the much-loved Trade Secrets series and
award-winning DV dramas Blazed, The Visit and Nightshift.
Always looking ahead to the opportunities new technologies
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create, Jonnie now heads up Maverick's ambitious digital media


business and is currently executive producing several strands for
Teachers TV, the first ever digital channel for professionals,
4Talent for Channel 4, and many more cross-platformed ideas.

John Handley Financial Director


Work History:
A qualified chartered accountant, John Handley joined Maverick in
2005 as Strategic Director, moving into his new role as Finance
Director the following year.
An experienced venture capital investor, he has spent the last
fifteen years in private equity. Previous employers include
Bridgepoint Capital (then NatWest Ventures), ECI, and latterly
Lloyds Development Capital – where he was a Senior Director for
seven years. He holds a number of non-executive positions, and
lectures on private equity for the BVCA and others both in the UK
and abroad.

Mentorn
Mentorn is one of the UK’s longest established independent television producers. Since 1985,
we have made thousands of hours of television for broadcasters in the UK and worldwide. Our
offices in London, Oxford and Glasgow produce programmes across a range of genres: drama,
current affairs, factual and entertainment.
Mentorn’s dramas include the multi-award winning The Government Inspector, about the death
of Iraq Weapons expert Dr David Kelly. The Hamburg Cell was the critically acclaimed first
major high drama about the September 11 hijackers. A Very Social Secretary was an award
winning topical satire on the David Blunkett affair. Nostradamus was Discovery’s first ever
drama commission

Address Mentorn London


Elsinore House
77 Fulham Palace Road
London W6 8JA
Telephone +44 (0) 207 258 6700

Steve Anderson Creative Director


Work History:
Steve oversees all of Mentorn’s current affairs and contemporary
factual programming, as well as Folio productions, such as Traffic
Cops and Car Wars for BBC ONE.. He's the executive producer
of BBC ONE’s flagship political programme Question Time, and
has executive produced Real Crime (ITV1), 7/7: Attack on
London; Tsunami: The Day The Wave Struck (Five), Tsunami
Relief Concert Live! (Five), Dispatches and Ashes Fever (Channel
4).
Steve joined Mentorn in 2004 from ITV where he was controller of
News, Current Affairs, Arts and Religion. While at the network he
launched Tonight with Trevor McDonald, which went on to win the
RTS Journalism Programme of the Year three times in five years.
He oversaw ITV News coverage of September 11 and the Gulf
War, and commissioned the two most popular factual
programmes on British television, Living with Michael Jackson
and Millionaire - A Major Fraud. He also commissioned The South
Bank Show and the Jonathan Dimbleby programme.
* Recommended.

Ben Crompton
Work History:
Ben set up the Verdict website.
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* Recommended.

North One Television

North One Television is one of Britain's leading independent television production companies,
boasting a global client base and a production slate that includes major sport, entertainment and
factual programmes. In 2006, their turnover was £29.26 million.

Address: Mayward House


46-52 Pentonville Road
London N1 9HF
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7502 6000

Neil Duncanson CEO


Work History:
Neil Duncanson, CEO, has built North One Television into one of
Britain’s most creative and successful independent production
companies. Neil joined Chrysalis as a freelance producer in 1990
to head a sports division of just 3 staff. Two years later Chrysalis
Sport was set up as a separate division. In 1997, under Neil’s
leadership Chrysalis Television was established, which now
boasts entertainment, comedy, factual, music and commercial
programming, as well as sport, with offices in London and
Birmingham. As well as heading up this whole operation, Neil
maintains a ‘hands on’ approach and is heavily involved in all
aspects of the production process.
Before joining Chrysalis, Neil learnt his trade with Thames News,
where he even made occasional on-screen appearances as
reporter; then LWT and the National Film School. He started life
as a trainee news journalist in East London, before a career in
Fleet Street and moving into TV.

Ian Ayres CFO


Work History:
Ian has 17 years experience in the Television industry, in both
Finance and Operational areas. His previous roles include,
Independent Financial Consultant to Company Television,
Director of Operations for talkbackTHAMES Studios (The Bill,
Family Affairs & MIT), Director of Finance at Thames Television
and Chief Accountant at London Weekend Television.

John Wohlgemuth Managing Director


Work History:
John is Managing Director of North One Television. After 8 years
at one of the leading City firms of solicitors specialising in general
commercial law with a specific entertainment bias, he spent a
period working as General Manager and Director of one of the
“Big 5” music publishers and as a legal consultant before joining
Chrysalis in 1993. John established and still has responsibility for
the firm’s business and legal affairs department as well as
performing as MD. He is generally very experienced in the
logistical, practical and business aspects of television production
and particularly sports programming, with a football specialism.

Objective Productions

Objective Productions has rapidly become one of Britain’s most influential independent
production companies. Responsible for producing ground-breaking productions for a range of
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television broadcasters including Channel 4, The BBC, MTV, Five, E4, More 4 and ITV.
Objective have also presented spectacular live theatre performances including the illusionist
and magician Derren Brown’s Laurence Olivier Award-winning British theatre tours. The
company is moving beyond its core expertise in comedy, entertainment and magic to now
encompass factual, documentary and current affairs projects. In 2006, their overall turnover was
£23 million.

Address: 3rd Floor, Riverside Building


County Hall
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7PB
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7202 2300

Andrew O’Connor Chief Executive


Work History:
Andrew has divided his career in the Arts between television and
theatre, working as a writer, director, producer and performer.
Over the past few years he has created and produced game
shows, comedy, magic and children’s programmes.

Michael Vine Joint Managing Director and Company Secretary


Work History:
Michael has spent most of his working life in the entertainment
industry, producing and managing talent. Michael is also the
principal of Michael Vine Associates, which specializes in
entertainment consultancy and personal management.

Optomen Television

Optomen is a broad based international television production business, focusing on factual


entertainment programmes with strong production values. They are in the top 30 independent
production companies in the UK and still growing. Optomen is known for the flair, originality and
attention to detail it brings to its productions. The company has won many awards, including two
BAFTAs, three Royal Television Society awards, three Indies and two Glenfiddich awards for
food programming. Recently Televisual magazine’s prestigious Peer Poll awarded them 7th
place in the top ten most respected UK independents. In 2006, their turnover was £11.2 million.

Address: 1 Valentine Place


London SE1 8QH
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7967 1234

Beth Hoppe CEO


Work History:
Beth Hoppe was the Executive Producer for Frontier House and
the Director of Science Programs at Thirteen/WNET New York.
Beth Hoppe joined New York's leading public television station in
1998 as director of science programs and continued Thirteen's
tradition of presenting top-quality documentaries to viewers
nationwide. She was the executive producer for Thirteen's
Peabody Award-winning The 1900 House, which aired in June
2000 and received ratings nearly double the PBS primetime
average. Additional credits at Thirteen include executive producer
for The Secret Life of the Brain, Secrets of the Dead, Secrets of
the Pharaohs, Warship, Taxi Dreams, and the Savage strand.
Ms. Hoppe was previously series producer for the award-winning
science series NOVA at WGBH in Boston, and also produced and
directed several key programs in the series, including Avalanche!,
Great Moments From NOVA, hosted by Bill Cosby, and The
Universe Within, an exploration of the wonders of the human
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body.

Pioneer Productions

Founded in 1988, Pioneer has an outstanding reputation for producing innovative, high quality
and popular programmes for both the UK and US markets. Their belief in nurturing talent means
the company continues to attract the leading on and off-screen talent. Pioneer Productions is
prolific across a broad range of programme genres including lifestyle, factual entertainment,
history, science and documentary-drama. The company has made over 400 hours of
programming since its inception and their films have been sold in over 60 countries worldwide.
Their critically acclaimed productions have attracted both high audience viewing figures as well
as many prestigious awards. Pioneer’s clients include Discovery Channel, PBS, National
Geographic Channel, The History Channel, ABC, TLC, Discovery Canada, WGBH, WNET,
Discovery Europe, Travel Channel, HGTV, and in the UK Channel 4, the BBC, ITV and Five. In
2006, their turnover was £11.5 million.

Address: Voyager House


32 Galena Road
Hammersmith
London W6 0LT
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8748 0888

Stuart Carter Managing Director and Executive Producer


Work History:
Before becoming one of the founders of Pioneer Productions,
Stuart gained his doctorate in Earth Sciences at Oxford University
and then worked at Columbia University, New York. Stuart
stepped into television as a BBC producer where he produced
and directed numerous science documentaries. After leaving the
BBC he directed many programs for ITV and C4. Stuart has
created and executive produced hundreds of hours of
programming as well as continuing as Managing Director for the
company. Under his creative leadership Pioneer has assembled
one of the top popular factual units in the world.

Peter Dunkerly Finance Manager


Peter's career began in 1997 at top children's indie The Media
Merchants Television Company. Here he oversaw production
accountancy and corporate finances across all their
commissions, which included such productions as Art Attack.
After the company was bought by the Britt Allcroft Group in 2001
and then taken-over by HIT Entertainment in 2002, Peter was
responsible for the finances of a number of high profile projects
including Sooty, Thomas the Tank Engine and Art Attack
International.
In January 2006, Peter joined Pioneer Productions as Head of
Finance, where he is responsible for managing the finances of
the Pioneer Media Group of companies, which also includes
Rainbow Post Production and Pioneer Online, as well as
overseeing Pioneer Production's rapidly growing slate of
international productions.

Kirstie McLure Head of Production


Work History:
Kirstie’s production career commenced in 1990 at Tigervision
before moving to Pioneer Productions, as Head of Production.
Kirstie has an intimate knowledge of all of the aspects of
television having worked across hundreds of hours of
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programming. Kirstie produced Universe, Pioneer’s highly


acclaimed cosmology series, and its successor The Edge of the
Universe.

Princess Productions

Princess Productions was started in September 1996 by Henrietta Conrad and Sebastian Scott.
For over nine years Princess has created and produced 80 broadcast shows and pilots for all
the major UK terrestrial and digital broadcasters. They supply constantly fresh, funny and
groundbreaking programmes across a variety of genres. Carbon Princess is the joint venture
between Princess Productions and Carbon Media, specialising in high-end documentaries
including science, history, arts and contemporary journalism. In 2006, their turnover was £18
million.

Address: Whiteley’s Centre


151 Queensway
London W2 4YN
Telephone: + 44 (0)20 7985 1985

Madeleine Knight Series Producer


Work History:

Sebastian Scott Co-Founder and Managing Director


Work History:
Sebastian Scott, 43, is co-founder and managing director of
Princess Productions, which made its mark a decade ago with
Light Lunch and is now the UK's 10th-largest independent
production company. Recent hits include The Wright Stuff, The
Friday Night Project, and Model Behaviour.

Henrietta Conrad Co-Founder and Managing Director


Work History:
The company was established in 1996 by Conrad and Scott. Over
nine years Princess has created and produced 80 broadcast
shows and pilots for all the major UK terrestrial and digital
broadcasters. We supply constantly fresh, funny and ground-
breaking programmes across a variety of genres. Recent hit
shows include The Wright Stuff, Ultimate Playboy, Something for
the Weekend and The Friday Night Project.
Most recently, Henrietta has set up Carbon Princess which is a
joint venture specialising in high end documentaries including
Science, History, Arts and Contemporary journalism.

Finance?
COO

Prospect Pictures

Prospect Pictures specialise in live, interactive lifestyle programming - particularly food - but
they are also developing factual entertainment and entertainment formats for sale to the
international market. In 2006, their turnover was £7.2 million.
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Address: Wandsworth Plain


London SW18 1ET
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7636 1234

Liam Hamilton Managing Director


Work History:
Liam Hamilton is a former Managing Director of London Weekend
Television and joined Prospect Pictures in 2006 from the ITV
Network Centre where he was a Programme Controller for four
years.
Earlier in his career he was the Editor of GMTV when the
breakfast franchise launched and was a programme maker
previously at Granada Television, Central Television, Border
Television and Scottish Television

Ricochet

Ricochet is one of Britain's leading independent television production companies producing high
quality factual and entertainment programmes for broadcast by major networks in both the UK
and US. Ricochet has a reputation for innovative and award winning programming, and recent
successes include the global hit Supernanny, now airing in 47 territories. Other programmes in
the Ricochet catalogue include Too Big to Walk, now in production for ABC in America, Its Me
or the Dog, The World's Toughest Tribes, Risking it All, No Going Back, How Not to Decorate,
Who Rules the Roost, Selling Houses, Born to be Different and Sex Tips for Girls. In 2005,
Ricochet was acquired by Shed Productions. Since that time the company has continued to
grow and now has over 150 people working on great programming across offices in Brighton,
London and Los Angeles. In 2006, their turnover was £26.24.

Address: Cairo Studios


4 Nile Street
London N1 7RF
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7251 6966

Nick Powell Chairman and Chief Creative Director


Work History:
Nick set up Ricochet in 1995 in London having previously worked
freelance, including the role of Series Editor of Channel 4's Right
to Reply. He has helped to develop a number of returning brands
for the company including TV Dinners, Sex Tips For Girls, No
Going Back, Selling Houses, Risking It All, Supernanny and Its
Me or The Dog. In 2001 Nick moved from London and opened up
Ricochet's head office in Brighton. In 2005 Ricochet had the
largest turnover of any regional UK independent production
company. Ricochet currently has production offices in London,
Brighton and Los Angeles. Nick takes a leading role in creative
development and oversees the company's overall strategy.

Nick Southgate Managing Director


Work History:
Nick joined Ricochet in 1999 after five years at the BBC and a
spell as a freelance documentary director and producer. Nick has
executive produced projects for Ricochet including Who Rules the
Roost? FightBox, Tetris: From Russia with Love, Living in the Sun
and World's Toughest Tribes. Nick continues to oversee key
projects, day-to-day manages the company and looks after the
rights strategy.
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September Films

September Films was founded in 1992 by feature film director David Green, who devised the
groundbreaking Hollywood Women series that launched the company. Having produced over
1,000 hours of primetime television during the last 13 years, September is an established
specialist in factual entertainment, features, reality programming and entertainment formats – all
distributed by the company’s dedicated sales arm, September International. In 2006, their
turnover was £8.31 million.

Address: Glen House


22 Glenthorne Road
London W6 0NG
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8563 9393

Sammy Nourmand CEO


Work History:
Sammy trained as an accountant at Silver Levene & Co until
October 1993. He then embarked on a career as a Production
Accountant before accepting the position of Financial Controller at
MMTV in August 1996 after it had become part of a newly created
plc, leaving in March 1998 to take up the position of Head of
Finance at September Films. In November 2003, he was
promoted to Deputy CEO & Director of Finance taking over as
CEO in April 2005 across all three interconnected companies:
September Films UK; September Films USA; and September
International.

Davina Massey Finance Controller


Work History:
Davina joined September Films in 2004.

Silver River

Daisy Goodwin started Silver River in 2005. Silver River is not defined by genre- covering
comedy; arts, documentaries, period drama and factual entertainment. In 2006, their turnover
was £9 million.

Address: Brook House


2-16 Torrington Place
London WC1E 7HN
Telephone: +44 20 7307 2720

Daisy Goodwin CEO


Work History:
Prior to this, Daisy worked at Talkback Productions in 1998 as
Head of Factual. Her credits spread across the BBC, Channel 4
and Five and include Jamie¹s Kitchen, Would Like to Meet, House
Doctor, Grand Designs, Life Doctor and Life Laundry. Daisy
attended Columbia Film School following a first in History at
Cambridge University, began her TV career at the BBC as an arts
producer. Whilst at the BBC she also devised Looking Good and
Home Front. She also edits poetry anthologies including the
bestseller 101 Poems That Could Save Your Life and recently
made her debut presenting Essential Poems (To Fall in Love
With). Daisy was then promoted to Editorial Director at Talkback.
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So Television
So Television was set up by Graham Norton and Graham Stuart in September 2000 to make
high quality entertainment television. It is now one of the fastest growing independent
production companies in the UK. So Television is based in Hatfields, London and is currently
working on projects for all the main UK broadcasters. The company also has a radio division
called, not surprisingly, So Radio. In 2006, their turnover was £5.02 million.

Address: 18 Hatfields
London SE1 8GN
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7960 2000

Splash

Tom Chandos Managing Director


Work History:
Tom is a merchant banker and chairman of Capital and Regional.
Previously he ran The Television Corp. He sits on the board of
Cheyne Capital.
* Recommended

Talkback Thames

Talkback Thames is one of the UK's largest production companies making award-winning
programming for all major broadcasters. Uniquely spanning all major genres - drama, comedy,
entertainment, features, documentaries and factual entertainment, Talkback Thames has a raft
of award winning programming to its name. Most recent awards have included two Baftas for
The X Factor, an RTS Award for The Apprentice and Simon Amstell, Never Mind the
Buzzcocks, a prestigious Peabody Award for Stephen Poliakoff's Gideon's Daughter, three
Rose D'or Awards for The Apprentice, Look Around You and QI (Stephen Fry for best
gameshow host), three Emmy Awards for Stephen Poliakoff's The Lost Prince, a British
Comedy Award and two National TV Awards for The X Factor, a BAFTA for Green Wing and
The Apprentice and a Grierson Award for the documentary Bye Bye Happiness. In 2006, their
turnover was £146 million.

Address: 20-21 Newman Street


London W1T 1PG
Telephone: 020 7861 8000

Lorraine Heggessey CEO


Work History:
In this role she oversees all of Talkback Thames production
output, development and strategic development. She is a member
of the FremantleMedia Operating Board.
Prior to this role, she was the first female Controller of BBC 1, a
position she took up in October 2000, where she oversaw the
channel’s re-branding, and a comprehensive shake-up of its
schedule, with particular emphasis on new drama.
During her controllership, BBC 1 became the biggest investor in
comedy, with new shows such as My Family and All About Me.
Innovation was at the heart of her strategy for the channel with
cutting-edge technology used in programmes such as Test the
Nation, Pompeii: The Last Day and Space Odyssey.
Heggessey has a long track record in making current affairs and
popular factual programmes for the BBC, ITV and Channel Four,
as well as in the independent sector. She has worked as a
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producer on Panorama and ITV’s This Week.


In October 1999, she became BBC Production’s Director of
Programmes and Deputy Chief Executive, where she led the
creation and development of output across all genres and all
media.
In October 1997, Heggessey was appointed Head of BBC
Children’s, where she revitalised the department and portfolio and
launched 17 new shows.

David Oldfield Director of Finance


Work History:

Tern Television

Tern makes compelling television that appeals to a wide variety of audiences. Popular
programmes include The Beechgrove Garden, Songs of Praise, which has over three million
viewers, and the highly acclaimed Map Man, which proved geography, is the new history.
The company enjoys excellent relationships with international commissioners and is currently
working for BBC One, BBC Two, Channel 4, ITV, Discovery and UKTV. Tern programmes are
also airing on BBC4, BBC Radio 4, Discovery Channel, and on the PBS network in the USA. In
2006, their turnover was £3.7 million.

Address: 73 Crown Street


Aberdeen AB11 6EX
Telephone: +44 (0) 1224 211123

David Strachan Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director


Work History:

Twenty Twenty Television


Formed in 1982 by 'hands on' programme makers, Twenty Twenty Television has always grown
'organically'. Their work has been broadcast by networks around the world, including the BBC,
CBBC, ITV, Channels 4 and Five in the UK, and ABC, The Discovery Channel, Turner Original
Productions, Sundance Channel, CNN, The Arts and Entertainment Channel and WGBH in the
USA. Many of their formats have also been successfully produced in other countries - most
notably Brat Camp for ABC in the US and That’ll Teach ‘Em in Europe. M6 in France achieved
an almost 30% audience share with their version. They currently have exciting new work in
development, production and postproduction. 2007 is already going really well for the whole
team, with Twenty Twenty productions grabbing audiences and industry headlines. Their most
recent series The Choir was a big BBC 2 success. In 2006, their turnover was £9 million.

Address: 20 Kentish Town Road


London NW1 9NX
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7284 2020

Peter Casely-Hayford Head of Production


Work History:
Peter is a shareholder, as well as being the Head of Production.
He is responsible for the day to day management of the company,
and all staffing and public relations issues. He would be the first
point of contact for any press inquiries.
Peter Casely-Hayford was formerly a Management Assistant in
the News and Current Affairs Department of the BBC and later the
Production Unit Manager on the BBC's Panorama, Question Time
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and General Election programmes.


After leaving the BBC he joined Clark Productions as Managing
Editor of 'Hard News' for Channel 4, before joining Twenty Twenty
Television in 1992 to become Head of Production for 'Storyline'
and 'The Big Story'. He subsequently became Head of Production
in charge of all the company's projects.

Claudia Milne Co-Founder and Consultant Executive Producer


Work History:
An award winning producer, Claudia spent 10 years at Granada
Television, working on the current affairs series World in Action
and regional programmes. In 1982, she became joint executive
producer of Channel 4's first flagship current affairs strand 20/20
Vision, from which the company Twenty Twenty Television
evolved.
Since then she has executive produced hundreds of programmes,
including editions of Cutting Edge, Dispatches, Secret History,
Equinox, Everyman, Q.E.D., Network First, Storyline and
documentary series like An Inspector Calls, Jamaica ER, The
Coroner, Personal Services, Canterbury Tales and The Boer War.
Her Cutting Edge investigation A Special Hospital prompted a
major government inquiry into allegations of brutality against
patients at the Ashworth high security mental hospital near
Liverpool, and Island Of Outcasts, shot on the Greek Island of
Leros, for Channel 4 won an RTS Journalism Award.

TWI
TWIi is the pre-eminent global sports and entertainment, business-to-business interactive media
company. Areas of Business: digital rights management, interactive networks, brand consulting,
and technology partnerships. In 2006, their turnover was £126 million.

Address: McCormack House


Burlington Lane, London W4 2TH
Telephone: +44 208 233 5300

Ben Nicholas Senior Vice President, UK and New Media Sales


Work History:
Ben Nicholas, currently Head of Interactive Rights, becomes
Senior Vice President - UK and New Media Sales. Ben joined TWI
last year after selling In the Box Media Ltd., the company he
formed in 2002 to seek opportunities in digital media. Previously
he was Head of Sports Acquisitions & Programming at interactive
TV company Homechoice, and Director of Sales at ESPN
International.

Two Four Productions Ltd

Two Four is a major player in the television landscape both in the UK and internationally. It
supplies factual entertainment and lifestyle programming to the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five -
as well as Sky, Discovery, LIVING and a variety of other digital channels. Twofour is also a UK
leader in convergent media and advertiser-funded programming. In 2006, Twofold’s turnover
was £16.1 million

Address: 5th Floor, 6 - 7 St Cross Street


London
EC1N 8UA
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Telephone: +44 (0) 207 438 1800

Anthony Hughes Financial Director


Work History:
Anthony is responsible for financial management, business
affairs, human resources and investor relations for the whole
Twofour Group. He also plays a central role, with the rest of the
management team, in developing strategic partnership
arrangements to support the group's continued growth.
Anthony is also the Commercial Director for Twofour Broadcast
looking after international programme distribution, secondary
rights exploitation, advertiser-funded programming and Twofour's
home video/dvd business. Anthony's work allows Twofour to
respond effectively to the changing market place that requires
independents to be flexible and proactive in developing new
streams of revenue.
Anthony joined Twofour in 1997 and has played a key role in
growing the company from small independent to multi million
pound television and communications business. Anthony also has
a keen interest in the media sector in the South West region and
is a board member of Cornwall Film.
Before Twofour Anthony worked for DMGT, where he spent five
years as a Financial Controller in the East Midlands. He also has
extensive financial management experience in retail banking,
publishing and manufacturing.

Paul Tarplee Managing Director, Digital


Work History:
Paul is responsible for the Twofour Group's technical strategy and
for the delivery of all projects undertaken by Twofour Digital.
Paul has a solid track record in IT and new media with 20 years of
experience managing many large and complex IT projects.
Before joining Twofour in 2001 Paul was CTO for Multimedia
Television (mmtv), developers of Interactive TV applications for
Sky, NTL, Telewest and the Job Channel. Paul was responsible
for the design and launch of the Job Channel across satellite,
cable, web and mobile platforms as well as the development of
integrated data management and data mining systems in the back
office.
Previously, Paul was Head of International IT for the drinks
company Bulmers, overseeing projects including the worldwide
implementation of Oracle applications, and before that he was IT
Manager at Smiths Industries Aerospace.

Mark Hawkins Managing Director


Work History:
Mark oversees the day-to-day operations of the Twofour Group,
the holding company incorporating Twofour Broadcast, Twofour
Communications and Twofour Digital. He is also currently building
strategic partnerships and alliances to ensure Twofour is at the
forefront of convergent media.
He joined the company in 2000 as COO of Twofour which he
soon established as one of the leading authorities on delivering
video based communication across digital platforms - its
successful growth leading to the name change to Twofour
Communications.
Mark began his career at Unilever moving to become Marketing
Director of Jewson with sales of over £1billion, and Group
Business Development Director of Meyer International;
responsible for acquisitions costing over £650m, and establishing
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new retail stores and e-commerce and mail order operations.

Charles Wace Chief Executive


Work History:
As Chief Executive Charles is responsible for the overall growth
and creative vision of the group chairing the boards of Twofour's
three companies, Broadcast, Communications and Digital. He
works from both the company's London and Plymouth offices. He
founded Twofour in l987 spearheading its growth to become the
UK's largest regional independent and number one interactive
agency.
He started his career in newspapers before moving to BBC Radio
and Television where he worked as a reporter and producer. He is
executive producer of several of Twofour's major long- running
series including the Hotel Inspector for Five and he has a special
interest in convergent television projects.
Charles chairs a key policy group in Pact, the UK trade
organisation that looks after the commercial interests of
independent feature film, television and interactive media
companies. As chair of Pact's Nations and Regions Policy Group
(NRPG) Charles promotes the interests of regional independent
television companies throughout the UK.

Charles Mills Managing Director


Work History:
Charles has spearheaded the transformation of Twofour
Communications into an agency that brings together Twofour's
strengths in TV content and in technology for the benefit of major
brands and public sector bodies. As Managing Director, he is
involved in overseeing a number of the agency's major
communications and brand building projects, including major web
TV projects and the development of Twofour Connect, the
Group's proprietary online TV solution.
Educated at Cambridge and Harvard, Charles is also a director of
the International Visual Communications Association (IVCA).
His previous experience includes becoming the first head of
Communications and Marketing at the Victoria and Albert
Museum in 1986 and at the Royal Horticultural Society in 1991:
both jobs presented major challenges in building stakeholder
support for marketing and external relations activity.

Tiger Aspects Production

Tiger Aspect is one of the UK's most successful independent television producers, prolific
across a broad range of programme genres including comedy, drama, entertainment, factual,
animation, wildlife (Tigress) and feature films (Pictures). In 2006, they achieved a turnover of
£58.65 million.

Address: 7 Soho Street


London W1D 3DQ
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7434 6700

Andrew Zein Managing Director


Work History:
Andrew Zein is Managing Director of Tiger Aspect Productions.
Appointed in August 2002 he has responsibility for Tiger Aspect
and all of the Group's subsidiaries and investments. Principally his
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role involves ensuring TAP is at the forefront of programme


production in the UK and growing the International activity of the
business.
Andrew joined TAP in 1997 as Business Development Manager,
he was then appointed to the board as Commercial Director in
1998 and became Joint Managing Director in May 2001.
Andrew is Chairman of PACT, a position he has held since
January 2004. He has been fundamentally involved in the
lobbying campaign that led to the ITC Programme Supply Review
and the recommendations incorporated in the Communications
Bill for OFCOM having a responsibility for the programme supply
market.

Dave Harries Finance Director


Work History:
Dave has been FD of Tiger Aspect Group since 2001. His
principal function is to produce pictures from numbers and bring a
different discipline to the business through his focus on the
financial and business processes, thereby supporting the creative
team to continue to deliver great programmes. His remit also
encompasses the financial management of productions and IT.
Dave qualified as an accountant in 1986 whilst working in the
financial services sector. During 21 years with Amlin plc (and its
earlier incarnations) Dave assumed many roles including Chief
Accountant, General Manager and Head of Human Resources,
before finally being appointed Group Finance Director in 1995. As
FD, he moved the business to Bermuda before reversing it into a
quoted investment trust. Dave then became Risk Director
assuming overall responsibility for the management of risk within
the enlarged insurance group. Dave left in 1999 having
successfully engineered the financial development of a £0.3m
management buyout into Amlin plc, a £220m quoted insurance
enterprise.

Tigress Productions

Tigress Productions is one of Britain's largest and best-known specialist producers of wildlife,
science, and adventure documentary programming. With an international reputation, Tigress
produces a range of series and specials for most major broadcasters. The Company's shows
have won numerous prestigious awards since it was founded in 1991 as a joint venture with
Tiger Aspect Productions. It has offices in Bristol, London and Washington DC. While Tigress
now produces more than 40 hours a year, including historical drama-docs like 'Tirpitz', and the
reality based 'Dambusters', it is probably best known for its highly acclaimed celebrity series, 'In
the Wild'. In 2006, their turnover was £12 million.

Address: 2 St Pauls Road


Bristol BS8 1LT
Telephone: + 44 (0) 117 933 5600

Andrew Jackson Managing Director


Work History:
As Managing Director of Tigress, Andrew oversees more than 50
hours a year from the Company’s bases in Bristol, London and
Washington. Andrew joined Tigress ten years ago to produce and
direct the ITV and PBS specials ‘In The Wild.’ Andrew has been
directly involved in Producing or Directing more than 100 hours of
TV in the last twelve years. He began his television career in BBC
News and Current Affairs before joining the Natural History Unit in
Bristol in 1986. He worked as a producer director on several
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award-winning series for BBC One and Two.

Kath Moore Executive Producer


Work History:
Kath Moore joined Tigress in 2006 from the BBC, where she was
a Series Producer of factual entertainment shows – from Alan
Titchmarsh’s How to be a Gardener, to Ray Mears World of
Survival and BBC 1’s Life of Grime. She started out as a tea girl in
BBC local radio and then became a Radio 4 Documentary
producer before becoming a Graduate Trainee and starting in
television. Having directed the likes of the Clothes Show,
Countryfile and Noel Edmonds she became a Producer on Tracks
and having screen-tested an unknown Ray Mears for the
programme, went on to Series Produce his first international
series. After a two year TV sabbatical in NZ, to launch their first
homegrown flock of observational documentary series, she
returned to the BBC in Bristol, to Life of Grime and Alan
Titchmarsh.

Wall to Wall

Wall to Wall is one of the world's leading producers of factual and drama programming. They
have a global reputation for quality and innovation. For twenty years they have been supplying
broadcasters around the world and their programmes and formats have sold in over one
hundred territories. Their productions range from high-end event specials to high-volume output
for digital channels spanning every genre from science and history to factual-entertainment and
drama. Wall to Wall’s productions have won almost every major international television award.
The company was recently voted one of the seven most influential production companies in the
world in the Real Screen Global 100 List. Wall to Wall also distribute their own programming
and attend the major international television markets. In 2006, their overall turnover was £18.6
million.

Address: 8-9 Spring Place


Kentish Town
London NW5 3ER
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7485 7424

Alex Graham Chief Executive


Work History:
Born in Glasgow, Alex Graham has built the company into one of
the UK’s leading independent producers. With a reputation for
quality and innovation, Wall to Wall has won almost every award
on both sides of the Atlantic including several BAFTAs, Emmys,
Royal Television Society and Peabody awards.
Alex has been executive producer of several of Wall to Wall’s
recent successes including New Tricks, the Emmy-winning
George Orwell – A Life in Pictures, and Who Do You Think You
Are? Alex has been elected chair of PACT Council for 2006. He
also sits on the boards of the Independent Production Training
Fund and the Sheffield International Documentary Festival. He is
a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a visiting fellow of the
University of Bournemouth’s Media School.

Stuart Mullin Director of Finance


Work History:
Stuart's role as Finance Director encompasses responsibility for
the finance team and the day-to-day business operations of the
group as well as tax, treasury, strategic direction and planning.
Stuart trained as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and
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soon after moved to the BBC's operational review team, before


moving again to become the financial planning manager of BBC
Worldwide's publishing and brand development businesses.
Then, after a two-year period at Five he moved back to the BBC,
to its corporate finance team to work on projects such as the
Freeview bid before he took over as Head of Production for the in-
house Specialist Factual Department. From here he oversaw such
landmark output as Supervolcano, Planet Earth, Trauma, Picture
of Britain and Egypt.

World Productions

Since it began in 1990, World Productions has produced over 250 hours of network drama,
supplying broadcasters with renewable one-hour series, mini-series and single films. It is a
company of producers. Each one works across all genres, making their own relationships with
writers and directors. In 2006 they produced over 40 hours of drama between us, clocking up a
£26.4 million turnover.

Address: 16 Dufours Place


London W1F 7SP
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7734 3536

Roderick Seligman Managing Director


Work History:
Roderick Seligman joined World in 1997 as the director
responsible for commercial, legal and financial matters. He was
promoted to Managing Director in 2004. Formerly he worked at
merchant bank Lazard Brothers in the City and at television
production company, TVF.
He qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen and
has an MBA from Insead in France.

Tony Garnett Executive Producer


Work History:
Tony Garnett began his television career as an actor, appearing in
the movie The Boys, David Mercer's CND Trilogy for BBCTV and
numerous other dramas, including Z Cars.
From 1964-1969 he worked on The Wednesday Play and
produced many films for TV, including Cathy Come Home, The
Lump and The Gorge.
In 1969 he co-wrote and produced Kes, directed by Ken Loach,
from the book by Barry Hines.
Further feature films followed (The Body, Family Life) before he
returned to BBC TV with Brecht's The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui
and Days of Hope.
He produced, wrote and directed Prostitute in 1979 and Handgun
in 1981. Working in Hollywood in the Eighties he produced work
as varied as Earth Girls are Easy, the Sesame Street movie
Follow That Bird and The Shadowmakers.
In 1990 Tony returned to the UK to run Island World Productions,
a new venture being set up by Chris Blackwell and John Heyman.
His credits since then include Between the Lines, Ballykissangel,
This Life, The Cops and Attachments among others. He is
currently the Executive Producer of Lilies and Rough Diamond.
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Radio
BBC Radio

The BBC today runs ten national domestic radio stations, four of which are only available in a
digital format: via DAB Digital Radio, UK digital television (satellite, cable and Freeview) plus
live streams and listen again on the Internet. Their radio stations include: Radio one, Radio
Two, Radio Three, Radio Four, Radio Five Live, BBC 1xtra, Radio 6, Radio 7 and BBC Asian
Network.

Jenny Abramsky Director of BBC Radio and Music


Work History:
Jenny Abramsky is Director of BBC Radio & Music and a member
of the BBC's Executive Board.
She oversees BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4, Five Live and the BBC's
digital radio stations 1Xtra, 6 Music, BBC 7, Five Live Sports Extra
and the Asian Network.
She is also responsible for the three BBC orchestras in England,
the Proms, Classical Music Television and Radio Resources.
From April 2007, she will also be in charge of Radio Drama and
Popular Music Television.
Before taking up the role of Director of BBC Radio in January
1999, she was Director of the BBC's Continuous News
department, where she launched BBC News 24 - the 24-hour
television news channel - and BBC News Online. Her
responsibilities also included BBC World, Radio Five Live and
Ceefax.

Paul Schlesinger Head of Radio Entertainment


Work History:
Paul Schlesinger, joined Radio Entertainment in 1991. His first job
was script editor on Weekending, the long-running topical sketch
show for BBC Radio 4. Paul produced several comedy drama
series for Radio 4 including If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You
Rich? (starring Richard E Grant and Peter Capaldi) and the
comedy thriller In The Red (Michael Williams, Stephen Fry and
John Bird). Other radio series include the Sony and British
Comedy Award winning comedy series People Like Us and the
sketch show The Sunday Format, which won a British Comedy
Award for Best Radio Comedy in 1999, and a Sony Silver. For
television Paul has produced Ted and Ralph, a film from The Fast
Show team of Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson which was
nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Best Comedy.
And he produced Europigeon, a comedy film starring aspiring
singer/songwriter John Shuttleworth which followed John's bid for
Eurostardom in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest. Paul also
produced two series of People Like Us for BBC TWO (Bafta
nominated and winner of the RTS award for Best Comedy and
The Silver Rose at Montreux) and Beast, Simon Nye's BBC
ONEsitcom about vets (Pearson TV).
Before taking up his current post as Head Of Radio
Entertainment, Paul produced the television version of Absolute
Power, a satirical look at the world of PR starring Stephen Fry and
John Bird; My Life In Film, starring Kris Marshall for BBC THREE;
and last year Paul resumed his collaboration with writer/director
John Morton on Broken News (BBC TWO) which took a look at
the world of 24-hour rolling news with the biggest cast ever
assembled for a comedy series.
He was a member of The Creative Futures team looking at the
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state of comedy in the BBC.

Simon Nelson Controller Radio and Music Interative


Work History:
As Controller, Multi-Platform & Portfolio for BBC Vision, Simon
Nelson will oversee the strategy for multi-platform services and
content – working at the heart of the channels with channel
controllers, genre commissioners and Future Media and
Technology to develop digital services for the world of Web 2.0.
He will introduce a multi-platform approach to scheduling and
windowing, in order to get maximum value from creative
programme ideas.
Previously Simon was Controller, Radio and Music Interactive,
and before that Controller of New Media, Radio and Music.
He was responsible for the development of BBC radio and music
brands and content on digital platforms and devices, including
DAB digital radio, the internet, digital television and mobiles.
Simon led the department at a time of rapid and revolutionary
innovation, including the introduction of the BBC Radio Player,
Podcasting and LiveText.
Trial podcasts of Beethoven symphony performances from BBC
Radio 3 attracted more than one million download requests.
Simon also established enhanced 'red button' radio and TV
content, such as for the Proms and other programming, on
interactive TV.
Under Simon's leadership BBC Radio & Music Interactive won
many prestigious awards including at the Prix Europa, the Sony
Awards, the Webby Awards and the BT Digital Music Awards.
Simon also led the BBC's DAB activities and was on the Digital
Radio Development Board.

BBC Radio One

BBC Radio 1 offers an exciting, high-quality service for young audiences. It plays the best new
music and delivers a comprehensive range of live studio sessions, concerts and festival
broadcasts. The network covers all the significant youth music genres with a wide-ranging
playlist and a diverse team of specialist DJs. It also delivers tailored speech output - including
news, documentaries and advice campaigns, with integrated online and interactive services.

Address: Yalding House


London W1N 4DJ
Telephone: +44 (0)8700 100 100

Rajesh Tahil CEO


Work History:
Rajesh started his career in advertising, working at Lintas and
SSC&B Lintas for 5 years; before joining Radio Mid Day as Head
of Programming.
He then moved to television as Director-Programming, for
Channel Five and was briefly bitten by the dotcom bug in his role
as Vice President of Content and Portal Management for Star
Interactive (a News Corp venture).
He then returned to Mid Day as business head of the radio
division and set-up Radio FM Station. He is currently the Chief
Executive of Radio Mid Day which is a joint venture with BBC
Worldwide to operate FM licenses in 7 metros in India.
Rajesh has a M.Sc. in Media Management.
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Andy Parfitt Controller


Work History:
Andy Parfitt studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in 1978 for two
years before he began his career at the BBC in 1980 as a Studio
Manager.
A few years later a secondment to BFBS saw him take up a
posting in the Falkland Islands.
Andy returned to the UK in 1984 and took up a post as a producer
in BBC Education before joining BBC Radio 4 in 1987 where he
produced arts and magazine programmes including Pick Of The
Week and Bookshelf.
In 1989, he was an integral part of the launch team for the original
BBC Radio 5.
As the network's Assistant Editor he established and edited
Danny Baker's Morning Edition and Six-O-Six. He was also
responsible for the network's schedules management and
presentation.
Andy moved to BBC Radio 1 as Chief Assistant to the Controller
in 1993, a year later he was promoted first to Editor,
Commissioning and Planning and soon after to Managing Editor.
In 1997, he became the network's Deputy Controller when
Matthew Bannister was appointed Director, BBC Radio.
In March 1998, Andy was appointed Controller, Radio 1.
During his time as Controller he has refocused the station on a
core target audience of 16 to 24-year-old listeners.

Ben Cooper Head of Programmes


Work History:
Ben Cooper is Head of Programmes on Radio 1. His
responsibilities include the appointment and management of
daytime DJs, show content, station sound and promotional
campaigns.
Following the completion of his studies at Brighton, Ben began his
career at BBC Hereford & Worcester as a runner before securing
a slot as the presenter of the early morning breakfast show. One
year on, he trained as a journalist and spent two years working as
a reporter on the station.
In 1994, Ben returned to presenting on BBC Three Counties
Radio where he hosted the drivetime show before moving into a
producer role a year later. In 1997, he moved to Radio 1 where he
produced a variety of shows including Nicky Campbell, Jo Whiley
and Chris Moyles.
Following this period as one of the station’s most successful and
innovative producers, he moved to Capital Radio where he was
Executive Producer, a post he held for two years before returning
to Radio 1 as Head Of Mainstream in January 2003.
Since his appointment, Ben has overhauled the whole of Radio
1’s daytime line up including installing Chris Moyles at breakfast,
Colin and Edith at lunchtime and more recently Edith taking this
slot on a solo basis and Scott Mills at drive. At weekends, he has
introduced several new faces including Vernon Kay in the key
Saturday 10-1pm slot , Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates for
weekend breakfast and has brought in new talent in the shape of
Sony Award winners JK & Joel.

Ian Parkinson Head of Editoral Standards, Radio 1/1Xtra and Music


Development Projects, Radio & Music interactive
Work History:
Ian has a combined role leading senior development work within
Radio & Music interactive along with responsibility for ensuring
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exacting editorial standards across Radio 1 and 1Xtra. Ian reports


both to Parfitt and Simon Nelson, Controller Radio And Music
interactive. Previously Ian was Head of Specialist Programming,
Live and Speech. He conceived the idea of Radio 1Xtra, a digital
station for fans of black music. Ian has over ten years of
experience on BBC Radio’s management team.

Joe Harland Executive Producer


Work History:
Joe Harland, Executive Producer, is responsible for
commissioning the documentaries on Radio 1. Previously he was
responsible for nighttime programming on Radio 1.
Formerly Joe was Head of Sports with East Kent Radio, and
previously he was employed with Elham Recording Studios.

BBC 1Xtra

1Xtra is a digital UK radio station from the BBC specialising in new black music, sometimes
referred to as urban music and the sister station of BBC Radio One. Launched at 1800 on
August 16, 2002, it was codenamed Network X during the consolation period and is the sister
station to BBC Radio 1.

Address: Yalding House


London W1N 4DJ
Telephone: +44 (0)8700 100 100

See Ian Parkinson, above.

Lorna Clarke Head of Programmes


Work History:
Lorna Clarke joined Radio 1 in April 1998 as Editor, Production,
taking responsibility for all of Radio 1’s in-house produced shows,
before becoming Head of Mainstream Programmes in July 2000.
In 1990, Lorna began her association with Kiss FM, joining the
station as launch producer before moving on rapidly to become
Programme Director at Kiss 100 (1994). While there, she was the
first CRCA Commercial Programmer of the Year (1996).
Her final move before re-joining the BBC was as brand
development manager for Emap Radio plc in South Africa.
Lorna was then appointed Head of BBC Talent, working to Alan
Yentob across radio and TV. In February 2006 Lorna took up a
new appointment as Festival Director and is responsible for
leading and developing a major new BBC contemporary music
festival – BBC Electric Proms.
In January 07 in addition to post as Festival Director Lorna also
became Head of Programmes 1xtra.

BBC Radio Two

Address: Yalding House


London W1N 4DJ
Telephone: +44 (0)8700 100 100

BBC Radio 2 brings listeners a broad range of popular and specialist music with particular
support for new and established British artists; live music, through concerts and studio sessions;
and song writing. The network also offers news, current affairs, documentaries, comedy,
readings, religious output and social action, designed to appeal to a broad audience.
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Lesley Douglas Controller, BBC 2 and BBC 6 Music


Work History:
Lesley Douglas was appointed Controller, BBC Radio 2 and 6
Music on 10 October 2003 and took up the post on 5 January
2004.
She started her career in the BBC in 1986 as a Production
Assistant, first in a research department and moving later that
year to the David Jacobs show. A year later she joined
Promotions working as a Promotions Assistant.
In 1988 she became a Producer in the Music Department working
on programmes such as the Gloria Hunniford show, the David
Jacobs show, the Ken Bruce show and Brian Matthew's Round
Midnight.
In 1990 Lesley returned to Promotions, this time as a Producer,
and was promoted to Editor, Radio 2 Presentation and Planning in
1993. In May 1997 she became Managing Editor, Radio 2, and in
2000 was appointed Head of Programmes, Radio 2.
Since Lesley took over as Controller, Radio 2 has been voted the
Sony UK Radio Station Of The Year in May 2005 and 6 Music
was voted Best Radio Station at the UK 2005 BT Digital Music
Awards.

BBC Radio Three

BBC Radio 3 is centred on classical music, and also provides a broad spectrum of jazz, world
music, drama and arts programmes. It focuses on presenting live and specially recorded music
from across the UK and beyond, including contributions from the BBC performing groups.

Address: Yalding House


London W1N 4DJ
Telephone: +44 (0)8700 100 100

Roger Wright Controller


Work History:
Roger Wright has been Controller of BBC Radio 3, the UK's
leading cultural broadcaster, since November 1998. As Controller
he leads the station and is in charge of its editorial strategy,
commissioning, and scheduling policies.
He is also responsible for four of the BBC's performing groups:
the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the BBC
Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers.
Groundbreaking initiatives such as A Bach Christmas (December
2005) have been a feature of Roger's tenure. Radio 3 has also
been innovative with new technology, including offering complete
symphony downloads as part of The Beethoven Experience (June
2005). Roger has increased Radio 3's unique commitment to live
music, the amount of new music commissioning and showcases
for new writing, and raised the profile of jazz and world music on
the station.
Prior to joining Radio 3 Roger was Head of BBC Classical Music,
a post he occupied from March 1997. From 1992 he was
Executive Producer and then Vice- President, Artists &
Repertoire, at the classical recording company Deutsche
Grammophon (DG), where he managed the artistic planning and
production of all DG's audio and video output.
Roger was Senior Producer of the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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between 1987 and 1989, prior to working as Artistic Administrator


of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1989 to 1992.

BBC Radio Four

BBC Radio 4 uses the power of the spoken word to offer programmes of depth, which are
surprising, searching, revelatory and entertaining. The network aims to offer in-depth and
thoughtful news and current affairs and seeks to engage and inspire its audiences with a unique
mix of factual programmes, drama, readings and comedy.

Address: Yalding House


London W1N 4DJ
Telephone: +44 (0)8700 100 100

Mark Damazar Controller


Work History:
Mark Damazer was appointed Controller, Radio 4 in October 2004
having been Deputy Director of BBC News since April 2001.
He was previously Assistant Chief Executive of the News division
(from December 1999) with responsibility for driving the long term
ambition, quality and standards in news programming across all
BBC networks.
Before that he was Head of Political Programmes, responsible for
the BBC's news and current affairs journalism from Westminster,
from March 1998.
This role placed him in charge of a wide variety of political
programming on television and radio, including Question Time,
Westminster, Yesterday In Parliament and The Westminster Hour.
He also led the BBC's team of political correspondents who report
for television, radio and bbc.co.uk and oversaw the production of
award-winning documentaries.
Mark joined the World Service in 1981 as a current affairs
producer.
He then spent two years with ITV as a producer with TV-am,
returning to the BBC in 1984, initially to work on the Sixty Minutes
programme and then to help launch the Six O’clock News later
the same year.
He became output editor on Newsnight in January 1986 and
Deputy Editor on the Nine O’clock News in August 1988 and in
1990 was appointed Editor.
At the beginning of 1994 he became Editor of Television News
Programmes, with responsibility for all news output across
television.
He became Head of Weekly Programmes, News and Current
Affairs in May 1996 - the department was re-structured and re-
named Current Affairs in July 1997 - responsible for television
programmes including Panorama and Correspondent and, on
radio, File On 4, From Our Own Correspondent and Law In Action
together with a range of special documentaries and short series.

BBC Five Live

BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts live news and sport 24 hours a day, presenting events as they
happen, in a modern, dynamic and accessible style. It sets out to cover national and
international subjects in depth, using wide-ranging analysis and debate to inform, entertain and
involve news and sports fans of all ages, with particular emphasis on 25 to 44 year olds. The
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network also provides extensive live events coverage, supported by the BBC's global
newsgathering operations and our portfolio of sports rights.

Address: Room 2605


Television Centre
Wood Lane
London W12 7RJ
Telephone: +44 (0)8700 100 500

Bob Shennan Controller Five Live, Sports Extra and Asian Network
Work History:
Bob Shennan is Controller of BBC Radio Five Live, Five Live
Sports Extra and the BBC Asian Network.
He was appointed Controller of Five Live in August 2000.
Bob started his career as a journalist for Hereward Radio. He has
held a variety of senior roles in BBC Sport including from 1998 to
2000 the Head of BBC Sport.
In this role he was responsible for overseeing all sport on BBC
ONE, BBC TWO, BBC News 24, BBC National and Local radio
and the BBC's Sport Online.
Under Bob Shennan's Controllership, Five Live reached a record
audience in 2002 of just under 7 million listeners. The station
celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2004.
Since late 2004 Bob has had overall Managerial responsibility for
the BBC Asian Network.
He introduced an evolution process that has seen the Network
increase its budget, appoint a new Management team and revise
the station's schedule to complete its transition to a National
Digital Network.

BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, launched on 11 March 2002 and
originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by
the BBC in 32 years. It is only available via digital media: DAB radio, the Internet, various forms
of digital television and across northern Europe via the Astra 2D satellite. The station plays
"alternative" genres of music, including indie, classic rock, punk, jazz, funk and hip hop, and
generally provides an alternative to the more mainstream, chart oriented Radio 1 and Radio 2.
BBC 6 Music is the sister station of Radio 2.

Address: Western House


99 Great Portland Street
London W1A 1AA
Telephone: +44 (0)8700 100 600

Lesley Douglas Controller, BBC 2 and BBC 6 Music


Work History:
Lesley Douglas was appointed Controller, BBC Radio 2 and 6
Music on 10 October 2003 and took up the post on 5 January
2004.
She started her career in the BBC in 1986 as a Production
Assistant, first in a research department and moving later that
year to the David Jacobs show. A year later she joined
Promotions working as a Promotions Assistant.
In 1988 she became a Producer in the Music Department working
on programmes such as the Gloria Hunniford show, the David
Jacobs show, the Ken Bruce show and Brian Matthew's Round
Midnight.
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In 1990 Lesley returned to Promotions, this time as a Producer,


and was promoted to Editor, Radio 2 Presentation and Planning in
1993. In May 1997 she became Managing Editor, Radio 2, and in
2000 was appointed Head of Programmes, Radio 2.
Since Lesley took over as Controller, Radio 2 has been voted the
Sony UK Radio Station Of The Year in May 2005 and 6 Music
was voted Best Radio Station at the UK 2005 BT Digital Music
Awards.

BBC 7

BBC 7 is a digital radio station broadcasting comedy, drama, and children's programming 24
hours a day. It is the principal broadcasting outlet for the BBC's vast archive of spoken-word
entertainment, and was established specifically to enable the contents of the BBC Sound
Archives to be broadcast. Programmes qualify for broadcast on BBC 7 if they are either three
years old or more, or if they have previously been broadcast twice on their original station.
However, even if a programme fulfils these criteria, there may be copyright issues preventing it
from appearing on BBC 7.
The schedule spans the decades, from 1950s classics like the Goon Show to recent Radio 4
shows such as Little Britain. The station aims for a less formal approach than other speech
networks. The announcers who link the programmes are promoted as personalities in their own
right and are associated with themed blocks of programming. This was taken one step further
on 14th February 2005, when an hour long strand of comedy was introduced between 8am and
9am, presented by Richard Bacon.

Address: Room 4015


BBC Broadcasting House
London W1A 1AA
Telephone:

Mark Damazer Controller Radio 4 and BBC 7


Work History:
"BBC 7 has already made a name for itself and I hope to see it
become a must for those who value the BBC's storehouse of
drama and comedy." As Head of Political Programmes from 1998
to 2000, Mark was in charge of a wide variety of programmes
including Yesterday In Parliament and The Westminster Hour. As
a previous Head of Current Affairs, he has also been responsible
for File On 4, From Our Own Correspondent and a whole range of
Radio 4 documentaries and short series.He took on the extra
duties as Assistant Director, BBC News in 1999 and became
Deputy Director in 2001. Mark was born in 1955 and educated at
Cambridge where he gained a Double Starred First in History.He
was awarded the Harkness Fellowship to Harvard University. He
is a Board Member of the Institute of Contemporary British History
and the Carl Rosa Opera.

BBC Asian Network

The BBC Asian Network is a BBC national radio station orientated towards British Asian life,
culture and music in the UK and other topics from a British Asian perspective aimed at the
under 35's from that community but aiming for a broader appeal among all interested in British
Asian life whether Asian or not regardless of age.
Based in St Nicholas Place, Leicester, England with programmes also coming from Mailbox
studios at BBC Birmingham and BBC Television Centre, London; it broadcasts nationally on
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DAB and digital TV via satellite, cable and Freeview; locally on AM in parts of the Midlands 24
hours a day and sometimes in some other parts of England locally: How to Listen.
In more recent years online streaming and Listen Again options have been introduced on the
main site for many of the station's programmes, however due to the music content of shows on
the BBC Asian Network podcasting programmes has so far not been a viable option for
copyright reasons.

Vijay Sharam Editorial Manager


Work History:
Vijay gained an MA in Social Work from Warwick University and
worked as a Race Relations Advisor with Leicestershire County
Council and a social worker with Nottinghamshire County Council.
Vijay joined the BBC in the late eighties as a freelancer for BBC
Radio Leicester.
She progressed from Education Producer, to Senior Broadcast
Journalist and eventually Managing Editor of the Asian Network
when it launched in 1996 as a local station in the Midlands.
Vijay took the station into a new era when she was the Managing
Editor as the station was launched as a national DAB service in
October 2002.

Chrysalis
In 1993 the Radio Division was established under Richard Huntingford with the first station
100.7 Heart FM being launched in September 1994 in Birmingham, followed a year later with
the launch of Heart 106.2 in London. The Nottingham-based Century 106 was acquired in May
2005 and subsequently rebranded as Heart 106. It extended their Heart brand to the East
Midlands are, thereby giving our Heart brand a footprint in the key Greater London and entire
Midlands population conurbations. The Galaxy brand rapidly followed, with the acquisition of
stations in Bristol/South Wales (since sold), Manchester, Yorkshire and Birmingham and the
launch of a new Galaxy station covering the North East region. The acquisition of the two
London news talk stations (LBC) in September 2002 has significantly strengthened our position.
Chrysalis Radio is now the second largest commercial radio group in London and the UK's third
largest radio group, and continues to be recognised as one of the best performers in the
industry on the basis of its audience and revenue growth. The Group has also been successful
in winning digital licences through the MXR Consortium (Chrysalis Radio, Capital Radio and
Guardian Media Group), with quasi-national coverage obtained for its analogue brands as well
as a digital-only brand, The Arrow, providing a classic rock format.

Address: The Chrysalis Building


Bramley Road
London W10 6SP
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7221 2213

Phil Riley Chief Executive


Work History:
Phil Riley has been Chief Executive of Chrysalis Radio since
1999, having played a major role in establishing Chrysalis Radio
as one of the leading new entrants in the UK radio industry.
Phil’s radio career started in 1980, when he joined Birmingham’s
BRMB as a graduate trainee. In 1990 he was appointed managing
director of Leeds’ Radio Aire, which he managed from near-
bankruptcy to profitability. He left in 1994 to join the newly-formed
Chrysalis Radio, as launch Managing Director of its first station,
100.7 Heart FM in Birmingham – a role he reprised the following
year for sister-station Heart 106.2 in London.
Phil has been active in the development of digital radio, sitting on
the board of the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB), as
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well as chairing multiplex consortium MXR (in which Chrysalis is


the lead shareholder). On a wider industry level, Phil has held
main board membership of The Radio Centre (formerly the CRCA
and RAB) for over 10 years. He also sits on the Rajar Board. Phil
has an MBA (specialising in Marketing) from Columbia Business
School.

Richard Huntingford Group Chief Executive


Work History:
Appointed 1st December 2000 Joined Chrysalis in 1987 as
Corporate Development Director having spent 12 years as a
Chartered Accountant with KPMG. He was responsible for the
Group's investment in the radio sector in 1992, was appointed
Chief Executive of the division in 1994 and proceeded to develop
Chrysalis into one of Britain's leading radio groups. He became
Group Managing Director in May 1999 and was promoted to
Group Chief Executive on 1st December 2000.

Mark Roy Evans Director


Work History:
Michael Connole, FCA joined Chrysalis in 1997 as Group
Financial Controller. Prior to joining Chrysalis, Michael was Vice
President of Finance for the European operations of Management
Consulting Group plc (previously Proudfoot plc) and he also spent
seven years with KPMG's London office.

Emap Radio

Emap Radio has a unique position in the UK and Republic of Ireland music market through its
40 local analogue radio stations and one of the biggest digital networks in the UK. Some of its
key brands include Smash Hits!, Kiss, Magic, Radio Clyde, Radio Forth, Kerrang!, Q, Mojo and
the Big City network

Address: Mappin House Castle Quay


4 Winsley Street Castlefield
London W1N 7AR Manchester M15 4PR
Telephone: +44 (0)161 288 5000

Dee Ford Managing Director


Work History:
Dee has been Group Managing Director of Emap Radio, a
division of Emap plc, since 2005 and in that capacity oversaw its
acquisition of Scottish Radio Holdings – a move that vastly
increased the size of Emap’s station portfolio.
She began her career in sales, holding senior positions across a
number of newspaper, magazine and radio groups before joining
Emap in 1994, as Managing Director of Rock FM in Preston. In
1999, she was appointed Group Managing Director of Emap
Performance, in which capacity she directed Emap’s strategy of
stretching media brands across different platforms, including the
launch of Kerrang! Radio and eight music TV channels.

Mark Story Managing Director, Radio Programming


Work History:
Mark has worked in radio for over 30 years having started as a 9-
year-old book reviewer at RTE Radio in Dublin. Having left
university with a degree in Law he once again worked for RTE
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where he produced the award winning U2 Story radio series. He


joined Capital Radio as breakfast show producer in 1983 and
devised and produced the long running Chris Tarrant breakfast
show. In 1989 he joined BBC Radio One producing Simon Mayo’s
Breakfast show.
In 1990 he was appointed Programme Director of Piccadilly Radio
in Manchester taking the fm service Key 103 from 5th to 1st in the
market and launching the award winning Steve Penk Breakfast
Show. In 1995 he left to join Virgin Radio but returned to Emap 3
years later successfully launching Magic 105.4 (Soft AC) and
revamping Kiss 100 (Rhythmic). For 5 years up to 2004 he was
MD of Kiss and Magic. Both stations doubled their audience under
his management whilst Kiss 100 won more Sony nominations and
awards than any other commercial service in the past 5 years. In
2006 Magic overtook Capital Radio and Heart 106.2 to become
London’s biggest Commercial Radio station by reach and hours.
Over the past 4 years Mark has also overseen the successful
launch and development of Emap’s digital radio services giving
the company a market leading position in Digital Radio with 5 of
the top 10 digital only services in the UK.
In 2004 he worked on the successful launch of Emap’s new West
Midlands fm Rock station Kerrang 105.2. Kerrang won Station of
the Year at the most recent annual Sony Awards whilst Emap won
13 of the 25 commercial radio awards including 5 golds.
Mark is currently working on the integration of the recently
acquired Scottish Radio Holdings radio stations into Emap Radio
and collaboration with leading UK radio groups. He also chaired
RadioAid for the Tsunami appeal, the biggest ever recorded
audience for a single broadcast in the UK. He chaired and
organised the sell out Production 2006 conference in London.

Derek Carter CEO


Work History:
Derek Carter joined Maclaren in 1978, which was acquired by
Emap in 1984, and then in 1989 he became Managing Director of
Emap Maclaren. In 1997 he was appointed Chief Executive of
Emap Communications, which brings together business
magazines, trade exhibitions, conferences and information
products. Under his leadership Emap Communications has
developed into the UK’s most innovative cross-platform business
media group with strong brands in the retail, construction, public
sector, media and automotive sectors.

Jonathan Turpin Digital Development Director


Work History:
In April 2007, Emap appointed Jonathan Turpin to the new role of
digital development director for radio. The role was his first
appointment of three new posts – for radio, specialist and lifestyle
– created to develop multi-media brands and look at ways of
stretching existing brands across different platforms.
Jonathan works alongside Dee Ford, managing director of Emap
Radio, and Travis Baxter, MD of the Big City network, to develop
radio's digital strategy.
Prior to Emap, Jonathan spent six years at Fish4 digital
businesses where he was chief executive and the in his last year
he was the head of portal implementation at AOL Europe.
* Recommended.
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GCAP

GCap Media was launched in May 2005 following the merger of GWR Group plc and Capital
Radio plc. With 47 locations across the UK, they own 55 analogue and 99 digital stations. Their
radio stations include recognisable brands such as Classic FM, Capital 95.8 and Xfm and in
digital radio they are developing stations like Capital Disney, Planet Rock and Core.

Address:
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7054 8000

Ralph Bernard CEO


Work History:
Ralph Bernard Ralph Bernard CBE, 53, joined commercial radio
as a journalist in 1975 and launched Wiltshire Radio in Swindon in
1982 as Programme Director, becoming Managing Director in
1983. He was Chief Executive of GWR from 1987 to 2001 when
he was appointed Executive Chairman of GWR.
He is Chairman of Digital One and the Digital Radio Development
Bureau, the body responsible for developing digital radio on
behalf of the commercial radio industry and the BBC. He is a non-
executive director of the Commercial Radio Companies
Association and Independent Radio News Limited. Appointed a
Fellow of the Radio Academy in 1998, he won the Sony Gold
Award in 2000 for his contribution to the industry, and in 2002 he
was made a CBE for services to radio broadcasting.

Ralph Bernard Chief Executive


Work History:
Ralph Bernard CBE, 53, joined commercial radio as a journalist in
1975 and launched Wiltshire Radio in Swindon in 1982 as
Programme Director, becoming Managing Director in 1983. He
was Chief Executive of GWR from 1987 to 2001 when he was
appointed Executive Chairman of GWR.
He is Chairman of Digital One and the Digital Radio Development
Bureau, the body responsible for developing digital radio on
behalf of the commercial radio industry and the BBC. He is a non-
executive director of the Commercial Radio Companies
Association and Independent Radio News Limited. Appointed a
Fellow of the Radio Academy in 1998, he won the Sony Gold
Award in 2000 for his contribution to the industry, and in 2002 he
was made a CBE for services to radio broadcasting.

Steve Orchard Group Operations Director


Work History:
Steve Orchard, 47, was appointed Group Programme Director of
GWR in 1994 and Operations Director of the local radio division in
1999. Steve became Operations Director for GCap Media in May
2005 and was appointed to the Board of GCap in November
2005. Steve also sits on the board of Hit 40 UK, the Sony Radio
Awards committee and the Radio Academy Executive Committee.

Fru Hazlitt Managing Director


Work History:
Fru Hazlitt is Chief Executive of Virgin Radio. Prior to this Fru was
Managing Director of Yahoo! UK & Ireland since January 2003.
She joined Yahoo! in March 2000 as European Sales Director,
and in February 2001 became Director for Sales and Marketing
responsible for Yahoo! across nine countries in Europe.
She has 18 years of sales and marketing experience within the
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media sector across Magazines, Newspapers and Radio most


notably at the Guardian Media Group and Capital Radio.
At Yahoo! UK & Ireland Fru arrived at a time when dotcoms were
moving from boom to bust. Having faced this challenge she has a
clear vision of the future of interactive technology, the opportunity
it presents, the creativity it can inspire and the need to listen to a
generation who have grown up with the web.
Fru is a non-executive board director of Betfair and Woolworths
plc and is a regular speaker at business forums and seminars.
She is a member of the Government’s Digital Inclusion Panel and
was named by the CBI as UK’s First Woman of Media.

Wendy Pallot Group Finance Director


Work History:
Wendy Pallot qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers &
Lybrand in 1989 and joined GWR in 1994 as Group Financial
Accountant. She was GWR Company Secretary from December
1997 until November 2001 and became Group Finance Director of
GWR in September 2001. She became Group Finance Director of
Gcap Media on the merger of GWR and Capital Radio plc on 9
May 2005.

GMG Radio
GMG Radio is one of Britain's leading radio businesses encompassing the Real Radio, Smooth
Radio, Century FM and Rock Radio brands. The group now has 11 stations across London,
Wales, Scotland, Yorkshire, East and West Midlands and the North East and West of England
providing GMG Radio with the largest regional footprint in the UK. The group will grow further in
the coming year as it prepares to launch a new station under the Smooth brand in the North
East of England and, following Ofcom's decision to award the group a new licence in February
2007, it will launch a new rock music and talk station in Greater Manchester.GMG Radio is also
home to the world renowned jazzfm.com, a site that offers a complete service for jazz music
fans. The company is owned by the Guardian Media Group Plc, which houses a number of well-
known media brands.

Address: 1 Sterling Court


Capitol Park
Leeds WF3 1EL
Telephone: +44 (0)113 307 1400

John Myers Chief Executive Officer


Work History:
John Myers (aka John Morgan) is a British radio executive and
presenter. He is currently the chief executive of GMG Radio,
owned by the Scott Trust, which owns the Smooth FM and Real
Radio brands.
He began as a presenter in 1982 for Red Rose, and then Radio
Tees in 1984. In 1988 he became the programme controller and
breakfast presenter for Red Rose Gold.
He appeared on Border Television as a continuity announcer and
programme presenter (sometimes with Eric the Monkey!) during
the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In 1993 he launched CFM (Carlisle), as managing director of
Border Radio Holdings.
In September 1994, he launched Century Radio in North East
England. He again presented the breakfast show, this time under
the pseudonym of John Morgan. He also co-presented other
shows, such as the Sunday lunch time "Fun on the Phones." He
released a compilation cassette of the wind-ups from his show,
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and even a novelty single, called "Three Rosettes".


During this time he also presented segments on Tyne Tees
Television's magazine show. Ratings fell when he stepped down
from presenting the breakfast show, and his replacement, Steve
Coleman, was sacked after just three weeks.
In 1997 he left the North East to launch 106 Century FM in the
East Midlands. A year later, the BBC fly on the wall documentary
Trouble at the Top followed his launch of 105.4 Century FM in
North West England.
He became managing director of GMG Radio in 1999, which
launched Real Radio (Wales) in 2000. Like 105.4 Century FM,
"John Morgan" hosted the breakfast show.
He became chief executive of GMGR in 2002, and joined the
board of directors of the Guardian Media Group in 2006.

Shaun Bowron Group Operations Director


Work History:
Shaun Bowron, who joined Real Radio at its launch, had held the
dual role of MD in Scotland and Group Operations Director for
GMG Radio's five regional stations across the UK for a year. He is
currently focusing completely on his group role as the division
continues to grow and is based at Real Radio Yorkshire, while
overseeing the day-to-day running of the station.

John Simons Group Programme Director


Work History:
John started his career as a volunteer at one of the country’s first
community Radio Stations in his home town of Newton Aycliffe.
Within a couple of years he made the move to Radio Tees where
he quickly moved through the ranks from overnight jock to Head
of Music and Presenter of the Breakfast show. From there in 1987
he moved to BBC Radio Nottingham as Mid-Morning
presenter/producer and later Senior Producer. He left in 1994 to
join the newly awarded regional licence for the North East where
he successfully launched Century Radio as Programme Director.
In 1997, after record-breaking audience figure at Century, John
was invited to become Programme Director of the national
commercial station Talk Radio, delivering there all time best
figures (2.8 million listeners), which has never been bettered
despite the change to talkSPORT.
After the take-over of Talk John worked briefly at London News
Radio and then as a consultant to the Controller at BBC Radio 2
where he was responsible for introducing Selector to the station
and conducting song testing for the first time. In 2000 John was
re-united with the former M.D. of Century, John Myers. They had
been a successful partnership in the 90’s and together they
pioneered the Real Radio brand for the Guardian Media Group.
John is currently Group Programme Director for GMG Radio and
responsible for Real Radio in Wales, Central Scotland and
Yorkshire. Real Radio in Wales was launched by John in October
2000 and holds the record for the most successful launch of a
regional station in the UK with Wales and Scotland now the
biggest commercial stations in their respective countries. Since
the addition in 2002 of Jazz FM in London and Smooth FM in the
North West, which also comes under Johns remit, GMG-Radio
now reaches almost 3 million listeners.
John was honoured at the 2004 Sony Radio Academy Awards as
the Radio Programmer of the Year.

Jeff Stephenson Development Director


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Work History:
Recently Jeff oversaw the RockTalk bid.

Julian Carter Group Sales Director


Work History:
GMG Radio promoted Julian Carter to the position of director of
sales in 2003. Carter, who was previously deputy group sales
director, has responsibility for developing sales across GMG's
portfolio of five regional stations and numerous digital services.
Reporting directly to Shaun Bowron, group operations director,
Carter is also be responsible for developing relations with the
group's national sales house, Chrysalis Radio Sales. He works
closely with the sales directors in each station in order to
maximise their local revenue streams.
Prior to joining GMG, Carter was regional sales director of the
Northern and Scottish regions for Capital Radio.

Virgin Radio (SMG)

SMG is Virgin Radio’s parent company. Virgin Radio is the nation's only commercial pop and
rock music station. Serving the UK since 1993 it has consistently provided an alternative for the
musically disenfranchised who want to hear great music rather than whatever is number one.
Combining today's best music with classic tracks you'll hear best music from the biggest acts in
the world, such as Coldplay, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Oasis, classics from music legends
such as Queen, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and David Bowie, as well as new music from
artists such as Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs and Keane.

Address: 1 Golden Square


London W1F 9DJ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7434 1215

Paul Jackson Virgin Radio, Programming Director


Work History:
Paul has been programming radio stations for over 10 years at
local regional and national levels.
In 1996 Paul was Programme Director for Invicta FM in Kent
before moving to BRMB as Programme Director. When he joined
BRMB they had lost market leadership and Paul set about
rebuilding the whole of the stations on-air output and positioning
before executing a programme of industry first promotions
including the infamous ‘2 Strangers and a Wedding.’ This resulted
in BRMB returning to market leadership position in both reach and
share and in fact delivered the best station results on record with
a combined reach of 40% and share of almost 19%.
Following his huge success at BRMB Paul was promoted to
Regional Programme Director for the Capital Radio Group in 2000
overseeing the Century Network, BRMB and Beat 106. Following
a highly successful year Paul inevitably moved onto the national
stage as Programme Director at Virgin Radio.
As Virgin Radio’s longest serving Programme Director, Paul has
revamped and revitalised the station hiring talents such as
Christian O’Connell, Suggs and Al Murray.
In 2005 Paul was appointed Acting Chief Executive for a 6-month
period.
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UTV Radio

UTV Radio is now the Group’s fastest growing division with 24 radio stations. UK radio assets
include our national radio station talkSPORT, 17 local radio stations as well as stakes in 5 of the
UK’s digital radio multiplexes. UTV is also the largest radio player in Ireland with stations
broadcasting in Belfast, Cork, Limerick, Dublin, Drogheda and Dundalk.

Address: 18 Hatfields
London SE1 8DJ
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7959 7900

Ian MCann Group CEO


Work History:
Ian McCann joined UTV in 1983 as Financial Controller/Company
Secretary. He became General Manager in 1989, was appointed
to the Board in 1992 and became Managing Director (now Group
Chief Executive) from 1 October 1999.

Scott Taunton Managing Director


Work History:
Scott became Chief Executive Officer of The Wireless Group
following its acquisition by UTV in June 2005. He was appointed
to the UTV Plc Board later that year. Scott joined UTV in March
2000 when the group acquired DNA Internet, of which he was the
General Manager. He was appointed Managing Director of UTV
Internet, which became one of the largest service providers
throughout Ireland. In 2002, Scott was appointed Business
Development Director for the UTV Group, with specific
responsibility for radio, covering radio interests in both the
Republic of Ireland and the UK, programming and sales.
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AOL

AOL, LLC. (formerly America Online, Inc.) is an American global Internet service and media
company operated by Time Warner. AOL is based in Dulles, Virginia. With regional branches
around the world, they had more than 30 million subscribers in several continents. In January
2000, AOL and Time Warner announced plans to merge. The deal closed on January 11, 2001
after receiving regulatory approval.
At present AOL is all but disbanded and most of its former employees have moved on to digital
units of companies including BSkyB.

Address: 68 Hammersmith Road


London W14 8YW
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7348 8000

Dana Dunne CEO


Work History:
Dana Philip Dunne has held a number of senior management
positions with some of the world's largest telecom, media and
internet companies. Dana currently is VP of OEP at AOL and
heads up a group which is responsible for a company-wide
initiative to transform AOL's operations. In the past Dana has
been Executive Vice President and Managing Director of
Belgacom's SME business unit. Dana was also Head of one of
the four business units of Belgacom as President of Retail Carrier
and Wholesale Services. His units have won awards for Best
Performer in the Industry worldwide and Best Customer service.
Dana also has been President of US West International and Head
of Strategy and Development for the entire group. Prior to this
Dana was at McKinsey & Company where he was one of the
leaders of McKinsey's telecom practice.

Ron Grant President and COO


Work History:
As President and Chief Operating Officer of AOL LLC, Ron Grant
plays a key role in the implementation of AOL's new advertising-
focused strategy and transition to a global Web services
company.
Before he was named to his current position with AOL in 2006,
Grant was Senior Vice President, Operations, for Time Warner,
AOL's parent company. In that position, he worked closely with
Time Warner's President and Chief Operating Officer in areas
including strategy, digital initiatives, and operational efficiencies
for Time Warner divisions and played an important role in the
development of the business plan launched by AOL in 2006.
Before moving to Time Warner, Grant was Senior Vice President
of Business Affairs and Development for AOL and managed a
team responsible for business development, negotiating key
alliances, and operational investments. He joined AOL in 1997.
Prior to AOL, he was a partner in the communications and
entertainment practice of Mercer Management Consulting. He
specialized in creating and managing growth strategies for clients
in the Internet, telecommunications, and media industries.

Maneesh Dhir EVP, International


Work History:
Maneesh is responsible for AOL International in Asia, Europe and
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the Americas based in London. Previously he worked as the


Senior Vice-President and Country Manager in India.

Giles Ivey Head of Interative Marketing, AOL


Work History:
Before being appointed the head of interactive marketing at AOL
UK, Giles oversaw the role on an interim basis for a past year.
Prior to this, he was a sales director at the online portal.

Chris Locke
Work History:
Formerly at Virgin.
* Recommended.

Ask.com

Myles Runham General Manager, Europe


Work History:
FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference

Bebo.com

Bebo is the 89th most popular English-language website (at 2 May 2007) according to Alexa
Internet. In the United States, Bebo was the fastest growing social networking site in June 2006
according to Hitwise, Inc. Bebo also announced on March 17, 2007 that it was the most popular
website in the Republic of Ireland. Bebo as a keyword was also listed as the number one term
most representative of search trends on Google in 2006.

Address: Finsgate
5-7 Cranwood Street
London EC1V 9EE
Telephone:

Michael Birch Co-Founder


Work History:
Birch has been wedded to the idea of social networking since
2003, when he recognized that it could achieve what portals could
not.
Birch believes that this growth rate will position Bebo to be a
market leader in the US within a year. Already, Bebo has been
listed as the most searched-for site on Google, ahead of the
current US market leader in social networks. Today, Bebo
employs 50 people. When Birch started Bebo, he knew from prior
experience with other sites that scalability was a key issue, and
that he needed a database that could

Paul Birch Co-Founder


Work History:
Paul also co-founded Birthdayalarm.com with 45 million members
and the Internet People, the largest UK internet community at
www.internetpeeps.com (with Robert Loch).
* Recommended

Joanna Shields President, Bebo International


Work History:
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Bebo, the next generation social networking site, today


announced that Joanna Shields, Managing Director of Strategic
Partnerships for Google EMEA, has joined the company as
President, International.
Bebo, which is backed by Benchmark Capital, has seen an
enormous growth in user numbers since it launched in July 2005.
It now has over 30 million registered members and is the third
most popular social network in the US. The 2006 Year-End
Google Zeitgeist named Bebo as the number one search term,
ahead of "MySpace" and the "World Cup". Joanna will report to
co-founder and CEO, Michael Birch, and will be responsible for
expanding Bebo's international business.
* Recommended.

Mark Charkin Head of Sales UK and Ireland, Bebo.com


Work History:
Prior to joining Bebo, Charkin oversaw MSN's EMEA regional
sales business. Its success led to the model being adopted for the
company's sales teams in Asia, Latin America and the US"
As head of the MSN EMEA Regional Sales team, Mark Charkin
was responsible for growing and developing MSN's pan-regional
sales business. Charkin's role focused on enhancing MSN
leadership in the EMEA market and looking at ways to build levels
of creativity, customer service and relationships within the
European regional advertising community.
During Charkin's five years at MSN he oversaw the rapid
expansion of the EMEA sales team. Under his leadership the
team has grew from just two people four years ago to a twenty-
four person strong team today.

Dominic Tillson Agency Sales Manager, Bebo.com


Work History:
Dom studied Manufacturing, Systems Engineering and
Management at Bath University.
Upon completion of his degree, he spent a short time working
within the BBC magazines, becoming the sales manager for the
Top Gear and Radio Times websites.
Following a stint at Freeserve, Wanadoo and Orange, Dom
moved to Bebo in March 2007 as Advertising Sales Manager.

Streisan Chapman Sales Manager, Bebo.com


Work History:
Streisan Chapman left her role as an agency account manager at
MSN UK for a UK sales manager role.

CNET Networks UK
CNET Networks, Inc. is an interactive media company that builds brands for people and the
things they are passionate about, such as gaming, music, entertainment, technology, business,
food, and parenting. The Company's leading brands include CNET, GameSpot, TV.com,
MP3.com, Webshots, CHOW, UrbanBaby, ZDNet, BNET, and TechRepublic. Founded in 1992,
CNET Networks has a strong presence in the US, Asia, and Europe. CNET Networks is
currently one of the biggest “pure play” online publishers in the UK.

Address: 5-11 Lavington Street


London SE1 0NZ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7021 1000
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Jill Orr Managing Director


Work History:
Jill Orr was previously head of consumer media for CNET
Networks UK. She replaced Tom Bureau in June 2007.
Orr joined CNET Networks in 1998 as business development
director for Europe, moving to UK product development before
being appointed head of consumer media in 2005, responsible for
the launches of CNET.co.uk in 2005 and GameSpot UK in 2006.

Tom Bureau Former Managing Director


Work History:
In a 15-year media career, Tom Bureau has spent the last 10
years running new media and internet companies.
A classics graduate, Mr Bureau is a proven entrepreneur and
manager having founded or co-founded a number of successful
interactive publishing companies.
In 1998, Mr Bureau co-founded silicon.com as a next generation
B2B technology news and recruitment destination site as Group
Commercial Director. He attracted over £25 million of venture
funds to the Group, and was responsible for expansion into other
markets.
In November 2001, Mr Bureau was appointed CEO of Silicon
Media Group, and focused on managing the business through the
media and technology recession. This resulted in the successful
sale of the business to CNET Networks Inc, in August 2002. In
December 2002, Mr Bureau was appointed Managing Director of
CNET Networks UK, and Vice President of European Sales.
Bureau has been credited with helping transform CNET from a
single business information website into the one of the UK’s
biggest online-only publishers in the last five years.

Ebay

Address
Telephone

Doug McCallum Managing Director, Ebay UK


Work History:
Doug McCallum was appointed Managing Director of eBay UK in
December 2001 and oversees strategic planning, business
development and operations for the UK market.
Doug began his career as a strategy consultant with Monitor
Company but moved into operations as the Managing Director of
Intel's PC subsidiary in Russia. Doug returned to London to
become one of the pioneers of the UK internet industry founding,
in 1995, the online consumer division of Capital Radio plc and
later PretNet, the business-to-business division of Pret A Manger.
Douglas has also founded or served as a director of other British
internet companies including Ultrasis, the AIM-listed online
healthcare firm.
Doug graduated from Oxford in 1988 where he won a Rotary
Scholarship and from Harvard Business School in 1994 where he
was awarded a Fouraker Scholarship.
* Recommended.

Facebook
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Facebook is a social networking website. It was originally developed for college and university
students but has since been made available to anyone with an email address. People can select
to join one or more participating networks, such as a high school, place of employment, or
geographic region. As of February 2007, the website had the largest number of registered users
among college-focused sites with over 25 million members worldwide (also from non-collegiate
networks). Facebook is the number one site for photos in the United States, ahead of public
sites such as Flickr, with over 6 million photos uploaded daily. It is also the sixth most visited
site in the United States.

Address
Telephone

Mark Zuckerberg CEO


Work History:
Mark Zuckerberg is an American computer programmer known for
creating Facebook, an online social directory, with the help of
fellow Harvard Computer Sciences major Andrew McCollum and
roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. The site is used
by over 20 million people at over 2,000 universities, 20,000 high
schools, and 2,000 companies around the world.

Chris Hughes Co-Founder


Work History:
Chris Hughes co-founded and served as spokesperson for the
online social directory, Facebook, with Harvard roommates Mark
Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Hughes currently serves as a
consultant for the site, but primarily acts as coordinator of online
organizing within the Barack Obama presidential campaign.
He also served on the National Board of Directors of the
Roosevelt Institution in 2005 and 2006. Chris Hughes is a
graduate of Phillips Academy and Harvard College.

Mike Murphy Chief Revenue Officer, Facebook


Work History:
Mike Murphy is the Chief Revenue Officer at Facebook where he
leads media strategy, manages advertising inventory and
oversees advertising operations.
Mike joined Facebook from Yahoo!, where he was Vice President
of Media Sales for the Western region. Prior to Yahoo!, Mike
founded the company TAG that provided outsourced sales,
marketing and business development services to established
technology and early-stage start-up companies.
Mike began his media career at Ziff-Davis Publishing and CMP
Media where he was Publisher, Associate Publisher and
Managing Director. Mike received his bachelor's degree in
marketing communications from the University of North Texas.

Google

Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford
University, and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September
7, 1998. Google's initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004, raising USD1.67 billion,
making it worth $23 billion. Through a series of new product developments, acquisitions and
partnerships, the company has expanded its initial search and advertising business into other
areas, including web-based email, online mapping, office productivity, and video sharing, among
others.
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Address: Belgrave House


76 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9TQ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7031 3000

Dr. Eric Schmidt Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive
Officer
Work History:
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin recruited Eric
Schmidt from Novell, where he led that company's strategic
planning, management and technology development as chairman
and CEO. Since coming to Google, Eric has focused on building
the corporate infrastructure needed to maintain Google's rapid
growth as a company and on ensuring that quality remains high
while product development cycle times are kept to a minimum.
Along with Larry and Sergey, Eric shares responsibility for
Google's day-to-day operations. Eric's Novell experience
culminated a 20-year record of achievement as an Internet
strategist, entrepreneur and developer of great technologies. His
well-seasoned perspective perfectly complements Google's needs
as a young and rapidly growing search engine with a unique
corporate culture.
Prior to his appointment at Novell, Eric was chief technology
officer and corporate executive officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
where he led the development of Java, Sun's platform-
independent programming technology, and defined Sun's Internet
software strategy.

Larry Page Co-Founder and President


Work History:
Larry Page was Google's founding CEO and grew the company to
more than 200 employees and profitability before moving into his
role as President, Products in April 2001. He continues to share
responsibility for Google's day-to-day operations with Eric
Schmidt and Sergey Brin.
The son of Michigan State University computer science professor
Dr. Carl Victor Page, Larry's love of computers began at age six.
While following in his father's footsteps in academics, he became
an honors graduate from the University of Michigan, where he
earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering, with a
concentration on computer engineering. During his time in Ann
Arbor, Larry built an inkjet printer out of Lego bricks.
While in the Ph.D. program in computer science at Stanford
University, Larry met Sergey Brin and together they developed
and ran Google, which began operating in 1998. Larry went on
leave from Stanford after earning his master's degree.
In 2002, Larry was named a World Economic Forum Global
Leader for Tomorrow. He is a member of the National Advisory
Committee (NAC) of the University of Michigan College of
Engineering, and together with Co-Founder Sergey Brin, Larry
was honoured with the Marconi Prize in 2004. He is a trustee on
the board of the X PRIZE, and was elected to the National
Academy of Engineering in 2004.

Patrick Walker Head of Content Partnerships Google Video UK


Work History:
Patrick Walker joined Google in January of this year to lead the
development of content strategy and partnerships for Google
Video in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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He has over 14 years of experience in the television, radio and


online media industry, including his tenure as General Manager of
International Video Services for RealNetworks, where he was
instrumental in launching Real's first premium audio and video
services in Europe, Asia and Latin America. While at Real, Patrick
was also responsible for developing direct-to-consumer
broadband video products with partners such as UEFA, BBC
Worldwide and Channel 4.
Patrick began his career in international media and technology as
a TV producer for Japan's public broadcaster, NHK. While in
Tokyo, he produced and directed award-winning educational and
documentary TV programmes and participated in the launch of
the world's first HDTV channel.
He later joined BBC News as a Senior Broadcast Journalist in
Japan and South East Asia. Returning to London in 2000, Patrick
accepted a role with TWI's management team to launch one of
the earliest 'converged' web and TV services.
* Recommended.

Damian Burns Head of Agency Relations EMEA


Work History:
Working across Google’s offices in Europe, Middle East and
Africa, Damian manages the agency business as well as being
heavily involved in driving forward agency/advertiser
understanding and appreciation of Google’s constantly evolving
product portfolio. Formerly Head of Digital at Zed, the digital arm
of ZenithOptimedia in the UK, Damian is originally from a
traditional media background and worked on numerous blue chip
accounts including BT, Dell and Epson.
Damian was one of the founding members of Zenith Media's first
online operation when it launched in the UK on 1st January 2000.
Zed is now one of the largest and most respected digital media
agencies in Europe and counts many of the world’s greatest
brands amongst its expansive client portfolio. Whilst at Zed,
Damian worked on the award-winning digital campaigns of BMW,
MINI and Lloyds TSB amongst many others. Damian currently
represents Google on the IAB’s European Leadership Council.

Dennis Woodside Managing Director UK, Ireland and Benelux, Google


Work History:
Woodside joined Google in 2003 and was most recently working
to establish the search giant's presence in Eastern Europe,
Russia and the Middle East. Woodside replaced Kate Burns.

Mark Howe UK Managing Director


Work History:
Google hired Mark Howe as managing director of its UK
operation. Previously Howe was the managing director of IDS
(Interactive Digital Sales), a division of Flextech, where he spent
13 years. He has 20 years of experience in British TV.
The appointment of Howe signals Google's intention to battle for
advertising with traditional media owners as well as rival internet
companies. In his new role Howe will be plunged into the centre of
a dispute with media agencies.
* Recommended.

Obi Felton Head of Consumer Marketing, Google


Work History:
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iVillage.com

iVillage was acquired by NBC Universal in May 2006, ivillage is the first and largest media
company dedicated exclusively to women. It is ranked the number one online destination for
women with sixteen million unique visitors.

Address: Prospect House


80-110 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1HB
Telephone:

Douglas McCormick Chairman and CEO


Work History:
Douglas W. (Doug) McCormick is Chief Executive Officer of
iVillage, Inc., a position he has held since August 2000, at which
time he was elevated from President. Mr. McCormick also serves
on the company's Board of Directors, to which he was appointed
in February 1999 and was elected Chairman in April 2001.
Mr. McCormick brings to iVillage a 20-plus year track record of
entertainment, broadcast and new media success. Mr. McCormick
served a six-year term as President and CEO of Lifetime. During
his tenure, Doug and his team established Lifetime as the number
one women's brand in electronic media, growing Lifetime to the
9th most profitable network (cable and broadcast) in the US. In
addition to coining the branding phrase, "Television For Women,"
he is credited with raising Lifetime's market value by more than $3
billion in five years, growing prime time ratings by over 100% and
quadrupling revenues.
Prior to Lifetime, Mr. McCormick held executive positions with The
Samuel Goldwyn Company, Cable Health Network, Petry
Television and KCOP-TV, Los Angeles. He is also Founder and
Chairman of McCormick Media, Inc., a New York-based firm
specializing in digital media convergence and emerging digital
networks.

Deborah Fine President, ivillage


Work History:
Ms. Fine brings with her an extensive background in the fashion,
beauty and consumer product industries. Founder and President
of Avon Future since 2001, Fine created and launched the Mark
business, a brand designed to attract the next generation of Avon
buyers and sellers. In its first 18 months of operation, Mark
achieved $104 million in retail sales, demonstrating the attraction
of a new customer demographic for the first time in Avon's history.
Prior to joining Avon, Fine spent 23 years in magazine publishing,
holding executive positions with Conde Nast Publications as Vice
President and Publisher of Glamour, Publisher of Bride's, and
Director of Fashion and Retail Advertising for Vanity Fair. She has
also held senior management positions with the New York Times
Company and The Rupert Murdoch Organization.
Fine is one of the most prominent marketing and publishing
executives in the U.S., and has been recognized by leading
industry authorities. She has won numerous awards for her
accomplishments, including the Cosmetic Executive Women
Achiever Award, the Cause Marketing Forum Silver Halo Award,
the American Legacy Foundation Corporate Leadership Award,
and the Hope Foundation Future Award, in addition to earning
Avon's top honors with the Global Pathfinder Award for Brand
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Development. Ms. Fine also received Women's Wear Daily's


Beauty Biz Award for Best Executed Launch Strategy, and was
named a Woman to Watch by Advertising Age.
Ms. Fine is a Summa Cum Laude Graduate of the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst. She serves on the Board of Directors
of Cosmetic Executive Women and the Advisory Boards of The
American Legacy Foundation and the Faith Popcorn Brain
Reserve

MSN (Microsoft)

In the United States, MSN is not only a content provider and search engine, it is additionally an
Internet Service Provider. With around 9 million subscribers, MSN is the second largest Internet
Service Provider in the United States behind AOL service with about 26.5 million. In other
countries, MSN uses underwriters for their services; in the UK, Microsoft use BT group

Address: Microsoft Campus


Thames Valley Park
Reading Berkshire RG6 1WG
Telephone: +44 (0)870 60 10 100

Neil Holloway President, Microsoft EMEA; Corporate Vice President,


Microsoft Corporation
Work History:
As president of Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA),
Neil Holloway leads Microsoft Corp.’s business throughout EMEA,
and is a member of the worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services
Group leadership team and the worldwide Consumer Leadership
Team. He focuses on the balanced objectives of driving customer
satisfaction, improving integration across Microsoft business units,
addressing the unique technology needs of diverse markets, and
growing the software business in the region.
Before assuming the president’s role in 2005, Holloway served as
corporate vice president of sales, marketing and services for
EMEA, and has extensive field expertise establishing programs
that directly address customer and partner needs in the region.
His role included leading the business planning processes,
enhancing field effectiveness and managing Microsoft’s sales and
marketing efforts across the EMEA region.
Since joining Microsoft in 1990, Holloway has held a number of
strategic roles in its U.K. subsidiary. He was appointed managing
director of Microsoft Ltd. in July 1998 and subsequently was
appointed vice president of Microsoft EMEA in April 2000.
Before joining Microsoft, Holloway was managing director of
Migent UK, a company operating in the consumer and client
server software markets.
Holloway has a master’s of philosophy in operational research
and control engineering from Cambridge University and a BSc
Hon. in mathematics from Bath.

Elena Branet Senior Marketing Manager EMEA Microsoft TV Division


Work History:
Elena Branet is Senior Marketing Manager, EMEA, for the
Microsoft TV Division at Microsoft Corporation. In this role Branet
is responsible for developing and implementing all marketing
programs for the Microsoft TV Group across the Europe, Middle
East and Africa region. Elena Branet drives the overall strategy
and vision for Microsoft TV's marketing and PR initiatives in the
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EMEA region, including the management of all marketing


communication functions for the group. She also works closely
with customers and partners to develop and execute joint
marketing programs. Ms. Branet comes to Microsoft with more
than 12 years of marketing experience. She has been involved in
launching new technologies and brands to market and has
extensive experience in iTV, broadband and mobile technologies -
key areas in which Microsoft TV is helping customers realize their
triple and quadruple-play visions. Prior to joining Microsoft, Ms.
Branet held the position of Vice President of Corporate
Development at Esmertec AG, where she was responsible for
marketing the embedded software platform company to the
financial community in preparation for a planned IPO. Prior to this
she spent two years as Vice President of Marketing at Seclutions
AG, with responsibility for market strategy, branding, product
marketing, communications, PR and strategic partner
development. Branet has also held positions at Remote-I
Corporation and Fantastic Corporation. Branet has a bachelor's
degree in Philosophy.

Sharon Baylay Senior Marketing Manager EMEA Microsoft TV Division


Work History:
Sharon Baylay is General Manager, Microsoft Online Services
Group in the UK, where she has overall responsibility for running
the Windows Live and MSN businesses which form part of the
newly formed Online Services Group for Microsoft UK. In her role,
Sharon will lead the next chapter in the development and revenue
growth of the UK business.
Sharon takes up the post having spent the last three years
running the MSN business in Asia Pacific, Greater China and the
Americas where she was responsible for overseeing business
development in these countries, as well as implementing
investment strategies for emerging markets to help extend MSN’s
lead in global reach.
In her previous role as Regional Director of MSN EMEA, Sharon
was responsible for building the MSN brand into the number one
web destination for consumers in Europe, Middle East and Africa
and for the last ten years she has worked at the leading edge of
new technology in developing and emerging markets. Many of her
experiences are related to how information technology is
becoming a significant enabler of the economies and people in
these countries.
Sharon learnt her skills managing the growth of emerging markets
from 1996 when she worked as a regional manager for Africa,
Mediterranean and Middle East region specifically running
Microsoft’s Anti-Piracy and Internet Security team. In 1998, she
moved to become marketing manager for a Microsoft team
dedicated to bringing enhanced television to the UK. This involved
a major collaboration between a number of partners including
BBC, BT and Pace Technology plc and led to the first major trial
of interactive television content and delivery to homes in the UK.
Before joining Microsoft, Sharon worked in the PC and PC
Services Industry for Olivetti and was an Accredited IBM, Apple
and Compaq Systems Sales Manager.
* Recommended.

Jim Lawn Head of Innovations


Work History:
Jim Lawn is Head of Microsoft Innovation Strategy in the UK. His
brief is to create and drive a strategy that not only ensures
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Microsoft plays its part as an innovator in the industry but also that
Microsoft fulfils its role as a key enabler for innovation with those
customer and partner organisations with whom Microsoft
engages. Against this objective, Jim works across a broad range
of business within Microsoft and collaboratively with stakeholders,
including UK Government, UK Academia, the UK Investment
community and the UK Software Development Industry - aiming to
generate and adopt new thinking and policy in
this area.
Jim has been with Microsoft for five years. Before taking up his
current role in October 2005, he was responsible for the Public
Sector Consultancy Services Business for Microsoft in the UK,
focussed on working with key customers within UK Government
on the delivery of innovative solutions and services based around
the Microsoft platform. Jim holds a Masters Degree in Information
Systems and a Bachelors Degree in Optoelectronics from
University College London.

Justin Hewhirst Head of Portal Management


Work History:
Justin joined MSN in March 2006 with the core responsibility of
managing the rapidly developing MSN portal. He will further
improve MSN’s content offering for both consumers and
advertisers through the identification and implementation of
strategic content acquisitions.
Justin directs innovative new channel launches, such as the
recently launched MSN Video Channel, and oversees the launch
of the new MSN Homepage.
In his new role, Justin is responsible for managing and growing
the MSN UK portal business management team, who will all have
the core objective of developing MSN UK’s market leading
content business.
Prior to joining MSN UK, Justin spent three years as head of
Content Business Development at AOL. During his time at AOL,
Justin was responsible for launching and managing the content
and commercial propositions of 20 different channels. With a
focus on broadband content he created partnerships for AOL UK
with brands including the BBC, Sky and Arsenal FC.
* Recommended.

Chris Dobson Vice President of Global Sales, Microsoft Online Services


Group
Work History:
Chris Dobson is responsible for all global advertising sales across
the recently formed Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions
network incorporating MSN®, Live.com, Office Online, Office Live,
Microsoft.com, Xbox®, Microsoft TV, Massive and mobile content.
Prior to his move into a global role, Dobson was Vice President,
International Advertising Sales. In the past five years alone
international ad sales have increased by 538%. Previously,
Dobson served as General Manager, Digital Marketing Sales and
Trade Marketing for the international arm of MSN. In this role, he
established the MSN business outside of the US post the dot com
crash, building it to a profitable business and growing revenue by
approximately 50% year on year each year. Dobson also
pioneered the development of MSN Hotmail and MSN
Messenger, into revenue generating advertising platforms for
advertisers.
Prior to joining MSN in November 2001 as part of its $30 million
investment in a new European digital marketing programme,
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Dobson was European Business Development Director at Zenith


Media Worldwide where he was responsible for sales, marketing,
PR and training for European network business development
activity.
Dobson started his career in the automotive industry with Land
Rover before moving to media sales in UK national television,
working for Yorkshire Tyne Tees TV and Thames TV. He then
switched to pan-regional TV working for MTV Networks Europe
where he was responsible for a number of major pan-European
clients including Coca-Cola, Proctor and Gamble, British Airways
and Nestle. It was at MTV, as Vice President of Advertising Sales
that Dobson restructured the sales force, setting the network on a
course to its current successful position.
Dobson graduated from Sussex University with a degree in
Biology.
* Recommended.

Mydeo

As a premier Internet broadcasting service, fully integrated with Windows® Movie Maker,
Mydeo enables custom-ers to create and send streaming-video e-mails and add videos to
personal Web sites or to blogs.

Address: 3 Kingsmill Business Park


Kingston upon Thames
KT1 3GZ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8481 0445

Cary Marsh CEO


Work History:
Cary Marsh, Co-founder, Mydeo Mother of two, Cary wanted to
show video footage via the web of her new baby boy to friends
and family overseas. Knowing she couldn't be the only Mum with
this need, she was inspired to start her web streaming company
'Mydeo'. Cary's clients like Microsoft and Tiscali use her
streaming video sharing services so users can upload videos for
immediate broadcasting over the web. Cary's 'Mydeo' software
technology simplifies a previously complicated process. Cary won
a DTI Research & Development grant for Technical Innovation in
2004.
* Recommended.

MySpace

MySpace is a popular social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network


of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos internationally. It is
headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, USA, where it shares an office building with its
immediate owner, Fox Interactive Media; in turn, the owner of Fox Interactive (and therefore
MySpace), News Corporation, is headquartered in New York City. According to Alexa Internet,
MySpace is currently the world's fifth most popular English-language website, the fifth most
popular website in any language, and the third most popular website in the United States,
though it has topped the chart on various weeks. The service has gradually gained more
popularity than similar websites to achieve nearly 80% of visits to online social networking
websites. It has become an increasingly influential part of contemporary popular culture,
especially in English speaking countries

Address:
Telephone:
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Jamie Kantrowitz SVP Marketing and Content


Work History:
Jamie Kantrowitz is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and
Content for MySpace.com in Europe, and has been with the
company since its founding in 2004. She oversees building the
brand in new international territories and serves as the architect
for media partnerships and content acquisition for MySpace and
its entertainment channels, which include MySpace music, film,
TV, movies and comedy.
Previously, Kantrowitz served as the Integrated Media Director for
Rock the Vote, a non-partisan non-profit corporation, whose
mission included reaching out to young people and encouraging
them to register and to vote. In this capacity, Kantrowitz created
online and mobile campaigns promoting voter registration with
companies such as Motorola, MTV and AOL. Kantrowitz also
worked at Radar Magazine as its Marketing and Special Projects
Director and at KPE, Inc., a New York-based digital media studio
where she led the project teams that developed digital business
and marketing strategies for clients such as Nickelodeon, J
Records, and Ralph Lauren Media. A native of the Los Angeles
area, Jamie graduated from Emory University.
* Recommended.

James Fabricant Head of Marketing and Content


Work History:
James Fabricant is Head of Marketing and Content, UK and
Ireland, for MySpace, the world’s most popular community-based
website. James was appointed in February. After qualifying as a
corporate finance and private equity attorney at leading
international law firm Linklaters, James moved into the media
business in Los Angeles joining the prestigious agent training
program at International Creative Management and then co-
founded a management production company producing content
for multi-platform distribution. James also co-founded a leading
UK event marketing company in the UK (Best Promoter Award
2002/2003, London Nightclub Awards), organizing high profile
events in London, Milan and Tokyo.

Jay Stevens Operations Vice President, UK and Europe


Work History:
Currently charged with building the UK and European operations
for MySpace, Jay brings more than eight years of interactive
marketing and international business experience to his position.
Jay has been recognized by Advertising Age as one of the top 20
interactive marketers of the year and has also served as a press
aide to former President Jimmy Carter.

Chris Ellis Managing Director for UK and Europe


Work History:
Previously Chris was Senior Vice President, Business
Development Group at AOL Europe. Before that he was Vice
President, Business Affairs at AOL Europe and prior to that Head
of Partner Marketing, UK & Europe at AOL Europe.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisellis

David Fisher Former Managing Director for UK and Europe


Work History:
At MySpace, David was responsible for negotiating with television
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and music content owners to develop local versions of MySpace.


* Recommended.

osoyou.com

osoyou.com is a shopping and social network website aimed at 25-40 year old women. The site
enables users to create their own high street by dragging and dropping names from their
homepage into their own area of the site, known as osome, and receiving special offers and
views of the latest fashion ranges. It can also post photos, set up scrapbooks and wish lists, for
customers to view themselves or share with others online and join myspace-style communities.
The launch was backed by Brightstation, who has a 50% share in a blog publisher shiny media,
which will promote osoyo on its 11 blog sites.

Address:
Telephone: Tel: 020 7400 6711

Dawn Bebe MD
Work History:

Real Networks

Real Networks is a provider of Internet media delivery software and services based in Seattle,
United States. The company is best known for the creation of RealAudio, a compressed audio
format, RealVideo, a compressed video format and RealPlayer, a media player. The company is
also known for its subscription-based online entertainment services like Rhapsody and
RealArcade, and for its media properties like Film.com and RollingStone.com (which it operates
in partnership with Rolling Stone owners Wenner Media).

Address: 233 High Holborn, London WC1V 7DN


Telephone: Tel: +44 (0) 20 7618 4000
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7618 4001

Robert Glaser Founder, Chairman and CEO


Work History:
Rob Glaser, Founder, Chairman and CEO of RealNetworks, Inc.,
has been intrigued with the nexus of media, computing,
communication and the Internet. Since founding Real in 1994, Mr.
Glaser has played an integral role in the transformation of the
Internet into the next great mass medium. In 1995 under Mr.
Glaser's direction, Real introduced the groundbreaking
RealAudio. Followed by RealVideo, RealPlayer and the systems
to distribute audio and video including the Helix technologies,
RealNetworks has continued to innovate and bring technologies
to the market. Additionally in 2000, RealNetworks began offering
aggregated premium content online directly to consumers in a
subscription service. In 2003, RealNetworks purchased
Listen.com and built the Rhapsody music service into the leading
music subscription service. With the combination of technology
and business systems for monetizing media, RealNetworks and
Mr. Glaser are at the forefront of the Internet media revolution.
Prior to founding RealNetworks, Inc., Mr. Glaser worked for
Microsoft for 10 years in a number of executive positions,
including Vice President of Multimedia and Consumer Systems.
Mr. Glaser has served on several non-profit boards and
committees, including his appointment by President Clinton to the
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Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital


Television Broadcasters. Mr. Glaser is a graduate of Yale
University, with a B.A. and an M.A. in Economics and a B.S. in
Computer Science.

Michael Eggers Senior Vice President and CFO


Work History:
As CFO, Michael Eggers is the Senior Executive responsible for
Real's global finance operations, including: financial planning and
analysis, accounting and reporting, tax, treasury, and internal
audit. Michael Eggers joined RealNetworks in 1997. Prior to
joining Real, Eggers worked at KPMG in the Audit Practice
division. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Business
Administration, with a concentration in accounting from the
University of Washington.

Gunnar Larsen Director Mobile Games Europe


Work History:
* Recommended

Reuters Media

Address: The Reuters Building


South Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5EP
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7250 1122

Tim Faircliff General Manager of Consumer Media, UK and EMEA


Work History:
Tim Faircliff is General Manager of Reuters’ consumer media
business in the UK and EMEA. In this role, he leads the Sales,
Marketing and Development of the company’s multimedia news
and information products available on digital media platforms
including Reuters.co.uk, mobile applications, and internet
delivered television. The products are targeted at consumers in
the areas of news, business information and financial
investments.
Faircliff joined Reuters from the Telegraph Group where he
worked for seven years in a number of digital media roles, most
recently as General Manager of Telegraph.co.uk, managing all
programming, development and marketing aspects of the site.
An active member of the online industry, he is on the boards of
the Association of Online Publishers (AOP) and the IDM/IAB
Digital Marketing Council. He has a degree from the London
School of Economics in Monetary Economics.

Sportingindex.com

Sports spread betting provides you with the ultimate betting thrill and challenges your skill,
judgement and knowledge of sport. The sports spread betting bookmaker, make predictions on
various aspects of sporting or topical events. You then decide whether that prediction has been
pitched too high or too low.

Address: Gateway House


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Milverton Street
London SE11 4AP
Telephone:

Richard Glynn CEO


Work History:
Sporting Index's management team, led by Chief Executive
Richard Glynn, has been successful in restructuring the business
over the past 3 years and in growing customer recruitment and
bet volumes by approximately 50% and 37% respectively over
that period.
* Recommended

Mark Maydon Commercial Director


Work History:
Mark is the launch editor on currentbun.com. He is numerically
gifted and a journalist. Prior to being the Head of Digital for
Sportsman he became MD before it folded.
* Recommended

Sulake

Sulake is an online community entertainment and media company. Their focus is on virtual
worlds, casual multiplayer games and social networking. The main product of Sulake is Habbo,
a new type of youth brand, which is based on one of the world's fastest growing online
communities and virtual worlds for teenagers.

Address: Sulake UK Ltd


52 Upper Street, Islington
London N1 0QH, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7288 6187

Timo Soinien CEO


Work History:

Juha Hynynen COO


Work History:

Phil Guest Managing Director, Habbo Hotel UK


Work History:
Phil's career spans TV, radio, magazines and the internet. After
becoming Commercial Producer at the age of 18 for a local radio
station in the UK Phil joined the Royal Marine Commandos. He
returned to media in 1990, working first in sales for Emap’s
consumer magazine division, then for Capital Radio's Interactive
division. Here, he formed commercial partnerships and developed
narrowcast web radio, convincing major record labels to allow
Capital to digitise over 50,000 music tracks for web broadcast.
In 2001, Phil joined Fox Kids children's television network as
General Manager for the UK website and became Commercial
Director of Europe, covering TV advertising, online, licensing and
programming.
He joined AOL as Director of Strategic Alliances in November
2004 and, as part of a European team, brokered many of the
company's strategic and financially significant commercial
partnerships. In time, the Strategic Alliances department took on
the more proactive role of commercial development and Phil was
promoted to lead the UK team in April 2006, working across all
aspects of AOL's business - from sales and marketing to product
development and technology.
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Phil joined Sulake in February 2007 as country manager for


Habbo UK.

VideoEgg

VideoEgg offers partners a flexible, intuitive, and comprehensive video experience: from
technology to monetization to content. Video Egg serve tens of millions of video streams daily
on their partner sites and offer advertisers unique placement within these streams.

Address:
Telephone:

Matthew Sanchez CEO


Work History:
Prior to co-founding VideoEgg in November 2004, Matt was a
managing member and COO of MediaLiquid, a production
company founded by Sanchez, Kevin Sladek and Dave Lerman
that focused on helping non-profits develop cost-effective public
service announcements by leveraging a large community of
student and independent filmmakers. Before MediaLiquid, he was
a founding member of a Yale/United Illuminating sponsored
FIRST Robotics team in New Haven, CT. Matt also spent several
summers while at Yale working for Intel as a technical account
manager in the Mobile Product Group. He began his
entrepreneurial career as a junior in high school when he founded
a computer-consulting group in his hometown. Sanchez holds a
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Yale
University

Lee Kirkpatrick COO


Work History:
Before joining VideoEgg, Lee was COO for the Kodak Gallery
(formerly Ofoto), the world's leading online photofinishing service
with over 40 million members. Lee joined Ofoto as CFO in early
2000, was promoted to COO in 2003 and in 2006 assumed
responsibility for Europe and Asia operations. Prior to working for
Ofoto, Lee was the CFO for iOwn Inc., an online mortgage and
real estate firm that was sold to Citibank and CFO for
Hyperparallel, a data mining company that was sold to Yahoo.
Lee spent nine years at Reuters America in senior roles that
included corporate finance, divisional financial management and
M&A. At Reuters, Lee was part of the team that acquired Quotron
Systems from Citibank, where he assumed the senior finance and
a lead operational role after the acquisition. Lee began his career
at the Atlantic Richfield Company. He holds an MBA from
Columbia University and BS from the University of Southern
California.

Kevin Sladek Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder


Work History:
Kevin Sladek co-founded VideoEgg in November 2004 with
college classmates Matt Sanchez and Dave Lerman. Prior to
VideoEgg, he co-founded MediaLiquid, a network of more than
5,000 independent filmmakers producing public service
announcements for non-profit organizations. Kevin holds a BA in
Ethics, Politics and Economics from Yale University.
* Recommended
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The Walt Disney Internet Group

Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) develops and delivers a compelling mix of interactive
entertainment and information content and services for Internet and mobile devices for
audiences around the world. WDIG is both a developer of unique new media experiences
specifically designed for Internet and mobile media, and a developer of new platforms for
distributing content selected from broad, existing entertainment divisions and libraries of The
Walt Disney Company (TWDC). Its paramount mission is to provide a safe, secure environment
for consumers to experience the Disney brand anytime and anywhere as they inform and
entertain themselves, look to join communities with other Disney fans, or shop for products and
services. WDIG integrates the unmatched breadth of content with a best-practices approach to
Internet and mobile technology and drives multiple revenue streams from premium content
offerings, advertising and ecommerce. The business also provides centralized strategic
leadership, business execution support and a world-class technology platform for all of the
Internet properties of TWDC. WDIG partners with all divisions of the company to execute their
Internet plans and directly operates Disney.com worldwide, Disney Family.com, FamilyFun.com,
Wondertime.com and Movies.com.

Address: 3 Queen Caroline Street


Hammersmith
London W6 9PE
Telephone:

Attila Gazdag VP and Managing Director, Walt Disney Internet Group


Europe
Work History;
Gazdag manages all aspects of WDIG's European operations,
which encompass premium subscription content services,
including advanced broadband, interactive television, and mobile
applications as well as the 14 local European versions of
Disney.com which generate close to 60 million page views and 5
million unique visitors each month. A key focus of Gazdag's
growth strategy for WDIG Europe has been the deployment of a
range of broadband products that leverage the speed and power
of broadband access to offer consumers a truly magical online
Disney experience. In Europe the suite of broadband products
launched to date includes: The first dedicated Disney broadband
service, Disney Connection in Spain, via a deal with Terra Lycos.
Disney Connection includes short form video, games, music, and
other rich media content from across The Walt Disney Company.
The first launch in Europe of Toontown Online, Disney's
massively multiplayer online game created specifically for kids
and families. Gazdag spearheaded the European expansion of
the company's branded wireless content distribution business.
Previously, Gazdag was WDIG's vice president of international
business development with responsibility for European, Asian-
Pacific and South American markets. During this time, Gazdag
helped lead the international rollout of WDIG's first broadband and
mobile products.
Prior to joining WDIG in 2001, Gazdag held senior international
and domestic business development positions at a number of top
entertainment companies, including Universal, E! Entertainment
and Cinergi Pictures. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School
and an MA in International Studies from the University of
Pennsylvania.
*Recommended
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Mark Handler EVP and Managing Director, Walt Disney Internet Group
Europe
Work History:
Mark Handler is responsible for developing and directing the Walt
Disney Internet Group’s international wire line and mobile
strategies for Asia Pacific, Europe and Latin America. Handler
oversees a variety of businesses in these regions including
Disney’s broadband offerings, 20 localized versions of
Disney.com, the No. 1 Web site for kids and families, Disney’s
Toontown Online, a multiplayer online game, and Disney Mobile
services which are now available in 19 international territories.
Previously, Handler served as the president of Disney
TeleVentures, where he was responsible for the development of
broadband applications for television as well as fulfilling the
creative, programming, marketing and technology functions that
Disney performed in connection with Americast, a joint venture
with Ameritech, BellSouth, SBC Communications, and GTE.
Prior to Disney TeleVentures, he was Senior Vice President of
sales and marketing for Disney Channel. There, he was
responsible for consumer and affiliate marketing, as well as
overseeing relationships with more than 8,000 affiliates. Handler
was instrumental in moving Disney Channel from a pay TV model
to a basic tier cable channel.
Before joining Disney, Mark spent six years with Cox
Communications in marketing and general management
positions.

David Hardie Branded TV EMEA


Work History:

Edward Humphrey Digital


Work History:
Edward Humphrey is Head of Interactive at Flextech Television,
where he is responsible for the company`s interactive strategy
across its six TV channels - LIVINGtv, Bravo, Trouble, Challenge,
Player and FTN. Previously Edward has worked for ITV
Interactive and Granada, where he worked on properties such as
I`m A Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here, Pop Idol, UEFA Champions
League and This Morning
* Recommended

Steve Wadsworth President, Walt Disney Group


Work History:
Steve Wadsworth is president of the Walt Disney Internet Group
and has operational responsibility for The Walt Disney Company's
Internet portfolio, which includes the leading Internet brands
Disney.com, the number-one Web site for kids and families;
ESPN.com, the number-one sports site; and ABC branded sites,
leaders in entertainment and news.
Wadsworth joined Disney Online, Disney's first Internet operation,
at its inception in September 1995. Prior to being named
president of Disney's Internet operations, he served as Senior
Vice President and CFO, responsible for all strategic planning,
business development, technology operations, finance,
accounting and administrative functions. He came to Disney
Online from Disney Consumer Products, where he served as
director of business planning.
Before joining The Walt Disney Company in 1993, Wadsworth
was a principal for the Windsor Park Group in Los Angeles. He
was responsible for providing strategic, operational and financial
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management consulting services to companies primarily in the


retail and consumer products industries.

George W. Co-Chairman, Disney Media Networks, President, ESPN, Inc.


Bodenheimer and ABC Sports, Chairman, ESPN Board of Directors
Work History:
An ESPN and cable industry pioneer, George Bodenheimer, 46,
was named ESPN's fifth President on November 19, 1998.
Bodenheimer's path to leadership mirrors that of ESPN itself -
with his sharp focus on creativity and cutting-edge innovation, his
emphasis on always enhancing value for ESPN's fans and
business partners, and his conviction for teamwork. On March 3,
2003, he was also appointed President of ABC Sports, overseeing
all the multimedia sports assets of The Walt Disney Company.
The role of co-chairman, Disney Media Networks was added on
April 20, 2004.
During his career at ESPN, he has been strategically involved in
the development and distribution of the ESPN domestic networks
and product, including ESPN2, ESPN Classic and ESPNEWS, as
well as ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com and ESPN Radio. He
led the most successful launch of a new network in the modern
era of cable when ESPN2 debuted in 10 million homes in October
1993. ESPN2, the fastest network to reach 80 million homes, is
the nation's second largest sports network and features a
programming line-up on par with ESPN.

Yahoo! UK

Yahoo! Inc. is an American global Internet services company. It operates an Internet portal and
provides a full range of products and services including a search engine, the Yahoo! Directory
and Yahoo! Mail. It was founded by Stanford graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo in
January of 1994 and incorporated on March 2, 1995. The company is headquartered in
Sunnyvale, California.
According to web traffic analysis companies (including Alexa Internet and Netcraft), Yahoo! has
been the most visited website on the Internet, with more than 412 million unique users. The
global network of Yahoo! websites received 3.4 billion page views per day on average as of
October 2005, making it one of the most visited U.S. websites.

Address: 125 Shaftesbury Avenue


London WC2H 8AD
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7131 1000

Jerry Yang Chairman, CEO


Work History:
While undertaking his Ph.D. studies in Electrical Engineering at
Stanford University, he co-created in April 1994 with David Filo an
Internet website consisting of a directory of other websites called
"Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web", later renamed Yahoo.
Yahoo became very popular, Yang and Filo realized the business
potential and co-founded Yahoo! Inc. in April 1995. They took a
leave of absence and postponed their doctoral programs
indefinitely.
Yahoo! started off as a web portal with a web directory to
providing an extensive range of products and services for online
activities, it is now one of the leading internet brands and has the
most trafficked network on the internet.
Yang was named Yahoo's new CEO after Yahoo Inc. Chairman
Terry Semel stepped down as chief executive in June 2007
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Susan Decker President, Head of Advertising and Publishing Group


Work History:
A key member of Yahoo!'s executive team, Susan L. Decker is
the head of the newly formed Advertiser and Publisher Group. As
the head of the Advertiser and Publisher Group, Decker is a key
participant in determining Yahoo!'s business strategy and is
focused on transforming how advertisers connect with their target
customers on the Internet. Most recently, Decker played a key
role in developing key strategic partnerships for Yahoo!, including
an agreement with eBay to serve as its advertising provider and
reseller, and Yahoo!'s partnership with a consortium of more than
150 newspapers across the U.S., to deliver search, graphical and
classified advertising to consumers in their local communities.
Decker's APG organization includes direct and online sales
channels, the publisher channel, marketing products, and Local
Markets and Commerce. As the acting CFO, Decker continues to
manage and set all aspects of the company's financial and
administrative direction within key functional areas, including
finance, human resources, legal, and investor relations. Decker
reports to chairman and CEO, Terry Semel.
Prior to joining Yahoo! in June 2000, Decker was with Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) for 14 years. Most recently, she served as
the global director of equity research, a $300 million operation,
where, among other things, she was responsible for building and
staffing a non-U.S. research product based on global sector
teams. Before serving as DLJ's global and domestic head of
research, she spent 12 years as an equity research analyst,
providing coverage to institutional investors on more than 30
media, publishing, and advertising stocks. In this capacity, she
received recognition by Institutional Investor magazine as a top
rated analyst for ten consecutive years.
Decker holds a bachelor of science degree from Tufts University,
and a master of business administration degree from Harvard
Business School. She also received the designation of Chartered
Financial Analyst in 1989 and served on the Financial Accounting
Standards Advisory Council (FASAC) for a four-year term, from
January 2000 to January 2004. Decker served on the board of
directors of Pixar Animation Studios from June 2004 to May 2006,
until its sale to Disney. Decker serves on the board of directors for
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Intel, Costco Wholesale and The
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR).
Susan was promoted to President in June 2007, following the
departure of Terry Semel, the former Chairman and CEO.

Blake Jorgensen CFO


Work History:
Jorgensen, who co-founded tech-focused investment bank
Thomas Weisel Partners in 1998, replaced Susan Decker as CFO
in May 2007. Jorgensen is a key member of Yahoo!'s executive
team, overseeing the company's finance, investor relations and
mergers and acquisitions (M&A) groups. He reports directly to
Yahoo!'s CEO.
Jorgensen has previously served as an adviser on some of
Yahoo!'s biggest deals, including the $300 million acquisition of
Inktomi in 2002 and the $4.5 billion deal for GeoCities in 1999,
according to data provider Capital IQ. Prior to joining Thomas
Weisel Partners, Jorgensen was a managing director and
principal at the corporate finance department of Montgomery
Securities. Earlier in his career, he also worked as an
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independent management consultant and held roles at MAC


Group/Gemini Consulting and Marakon Associates.
Jorgensen holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University with
a major in Economics, and a Masters of Business Administration
from Harvard Business School.

Blake Chandlee Media Commercial Director


Work History:

Toby Coppel Global Head of Strategy


Work History:
* Recommended.

Jon Gisby VP of Media and Communications


Work History:
Jon Gisby is the VP Media and Communications for Yahoo!
Europe. He is responsible for the delivery and content of services
like Yahoo! News, Sport, Finance, Games, Movies and
Community, to some of the largest on-line audiences in Europe.
He is also the European lead for Yahoo!`s communications
products. Prior to this he was MD for Yahoo! UK and Ireland.
Before joining Yahoo! in 2004, Jon worked at Freeserve (now
Wanadoo UK) the UK`s largest ISP and Portal. From an initial role
as Director of Strategy and New Business he took on an
operational role running the sites and services as Managing
Director of Portals. He also led the work for the CEO that helped
shape the vision and strategy for the company as it transitioned
into being a broadband services provider.
Previous to his tenure at Wanadoo, Jon held the role of Senior
Adviser in Corporate Strategy at the British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) from 1997-1999. During his time at the BBC,
Jon helped prioritise the BBC’s investment in new digital services
across all media, and worked closely with the BBC’s production
and resources business to identify new opportunities and improve
their performance.
Jon began his career in consulting, initially as a strategy
consultant in the MAC Group, and then later in Gemini Consulting.
He helped advise Fortune/F.T. 500 companies on strategic,
marketing and operational issues. Jon worked across a variety of
industries including consumer electronics, retail, finance, FMCG
and automotive in the UK, USA and South Africa.
Jon holds a first class degree in modern history from Oxford
University, a diploma in International Relations from Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Relations in
Bologna and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he
was a Fulbright Scholar.
* Recommended.

Mark Connolly Head of Commercial Development


Work History:
Mark is the Head of Commercial Development at Yahoo!
responsible for developing Yahoo!’s strategy and approach
towards the client and the traditional planning agency
constituents. Mark and his team focus on educating potential and
existing clients about Yahoo!’s offerings, freeing the agency team
to focus on day to day campaign development, trading and
management. Mark joined Yahoo! in 2006 joining from IDS where
he was Head of Interactivity and had direct responsibility for the
organisation’s interactive strategy. During this time, Mark
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developed an extensive network of agency and client contacts


and a strong reputation as a results-oriented leader. Previous to
IDS Mark has worked for GMTV and SKY

Steve Taylor Head of Audience


Work History:
* Recommended.

Simon Gunning Director of Entertainment


Work History:
Simon is launching Yahoo Poker (partnership with a Gibraltar
based company). Simon was brought in from TV because of his
knowledge and understanding of popular/mass audiences and
what they like.
Simon spends a lot of time with advertisers to get them to spend
money on Yahoo. His job is focused on devising products that
attract audiences and make advertisers want to spend more.
His biggest launch since he arrived has been Video - a crucial
product that ties together all the channels.
He has hired a number of people from TV into Yahoo, notably
Janine Smith from Channel Four (she was Head of Entertainment,
producer by background).
He is also on the Corporate Development team at Yahoo where
he has plenty of contact with VCs who would like to sell
companies from their portfolio to them.
* Recommended.

Geraldine Wilson Vice President, Connected Life


Work History:
Geraldine Wilson joined Yahoo! in June 2006. As Vice President
of Connected Life in Yahoo! Europe, Ms Wilson’s remit is to grow
Yahoo! business in broadband, mobile and TV in Europe. She is
responsible for business and marketing strategy, as well as the
operations of the Connected Life businesses in the UK, France,
Germany, Italy and Spain.
Yahoo!’s Connected Life business unit comprises the company’s
broadband, mobile, digital home and PC client businesses,
including strategic alliances with some of the world’s largest
telecommunications and cable companies, as well as global
device manufacturers.
To her role at Yahoo!, Ms Wilson brings more than 20 years of
product, marketing and sales experience in the mobile and
telecoms industry. She joined Yahoo! from Vodafone where she
held multiple key management positions including Chief
Commercial Officer for Vodafone Sweden and Managing Director
of UK Content Services for Vodafone UK. Prior to that, she was
Managing Director of Vizzavi UK and Director for Prepay at
Vodafone UK where she successfully launched the market
leading "Pay as you Talk" proposition.
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Games and Gaming

Mind Candy

Address: Battersea Studios


80 Silverthorne Road
London SW8 3HE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7501 1902

Michael Smith CEO


Work History:
In his early twenties he co-founded the online retailer,
Firebox.com. The first product Firebox designed was The Shot
Glass Chess Set, an unusual fusion of chess and alcohol. The
game became an instant best-seller and fuelled the rapid growth
of the company. Firebox recently featured in 13th place on the
Sunday Times Fast Track list of fastest growing companies in
Britain. Michael launched Mind Candy in 2003 and development
on Perplex City began soon after.

Adrian Hon Director of Play


Work History:
Adrian is a leading voice in alternate reality gaming. Joining the
genre at its birth in 2001, first as a player and then as a
commentator with his Guide to the first-ever ARG. Adrian has
written numerous articles exploring the history and potential of
ARGs for Gamasutra as well as for his own weblog, mssv.net.
Unusually, Adrian comes to the games and entertainment industry
from a neuroscience background; he graduated from Cambridge
University in 2003 with a degree in Natural Sciences and left his
neuroscience DPhil at Oxford University in 2004 to join Mind
Candy.

Dan Hon COO


Work History:
Back when Dan was supposed to be revising for his law finals he
pioneered The Trail - the basic tool used by all subsequent ARG
player groups - during his time as a Cloudmakers moderator. He's
worked with Microsoft Hive, the designers of The Beast, as Lead
Online Community developer.
Dan holds an MA in Law from Cambridge University and an MSc
in Software Engineering from the University of Liverpool.
For Mind Candy, Dan handles day to day company operations,
develops special third party projects and spends excessive
amounts of time "researching" WoW and Xbox Live.

Two Way TV

Two Way TV is a privately held company. PTV Inc (New York) and Four Seasons Ventures are
the majority shareholders in the business.

Address: The Media Centre


19 Bolsover Street
London W1W 5NA
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Telephone: +44 (0)20 7665 4400

Jean De Fougerolles CEO


Work History:
Jean de Fougerolles was appointed CEO of Two Way TV in July
2003. He joined the company in 1999 as Commercial Director.
Since becoming CEO he has restructured the company and its
focus, with an aggressive global strategy as the company has
expanded its interactive services to include a range of mobile
content, mobile-to-TV formats, and fixed odds gaming channels.
In 2005 he launched Two Way Productions, an interactive
production company focused on cross-platform participation TV
and gaming formats (TV and 3G).
Before joining Two Way TV, he was Head of Distribution at MTV
Europe and prior to that he was an economist based in New York.
Originally from Montreal, Jean holds an MBA from INSEAD, a
Master's degree in International Relations from Columbia
University, and a History degree from McGill University.

Jayne Gething CFO


Work History:
Jayne Gething joined Two Way TV in June 2005 and has
experience with launching TV channels and interactive services.
She was previously finance director at Bruce Dunlop & Associates
Ltd, a branding and design company specialising in the TV sector,
with global operations and offices in Europe, Asia and Australasia.
Jayne has a wealth of experience and strong financial training
gained through working for companies such as Ernst & Young,
Simply Television and News Corporation. She worked for the
latter for six years and was a member of the General Manager's
executive team on Times Newspapers and was finance director of
the News Network.
In 1999 she attended the Harvard Business School Executive
Programme. Jayne qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst
& Young in London in 1990 and gained a BSc in Mathematics at
University College, London.

Guy Templer Commercial Director


Work History:
Guy Templer has been Two Way TV’s commercial director since
2003 and is responsible for harnessing and making money out of
Two Way TV’s creative and technical skills.
He joined Two Way TV in 2000 and since then has grown the
business significantly, bringing on board the UK`s biggest
broadcasters while developing successful new business lines in
mobile telephony and fixed odds gaming. As well as taking
responsibility for Two Way TV’s revenues, he is also directly
responsible for the management of Two Way TV`s own interactive
TV channels - the Winner Channel, the Two Way TV Channel and
the Mobile Zone.
Prior to Two Way TV Guy ran an internet company after starting
his career in management consultancy.
* Recommended.

Vivendi Games
Vivendi Games is the world's No. 1 player in the massively multiplayer online role-playing
games category. Vivendi Games’ divisions include Blizzard Entertainment – the creator of World
of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Warcraft; Sierra Entertainment (which includes Radical
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Entertainment, Swordfish Studios (UK), High Moon Studios, and Massive Entertainment),
Vivendi Games Mobile and Sierra Online. 

Bruce Hack CEO


Work History:

Trevor Roy Williams Founder and Managing Director


Work History:
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Telecoms

3 is a brand used for eight mobile telecommunications networks in Europe, Asia and Australia.
Hutchison Whampoa holds a direct or indirect, majority or minority interest in all of them. All 3-
branded networks emphasize their offering of "mobile multimedia" and provide 3G technology
(WCDMA, some also run 2G networks. 3 is present in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong,
Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Hutchison Whampoa also holds a
3G-license in Norway.
3 aggressively markets new handsets and services and launches new products regularly, lately
focussing on Mobile TV related services. As with other 3G networks around the world, 3 allows
video calling and fast internet access from most of its handsets.

Address: Hutchison 3G UK Limited


Star House
20 Grenfell Road
Maidenhead SL6 1EH
Telephone: +44 (0)8707 330 333

Bob Fuller CEO


Work History:
Bob Fuller joined 3 UK in May 2003, following two years as co-
CEO of 3 Italy. From 1997 until 2000 he was COO of Orange UK
and Group Director and was a key player in ensuring the
companies success. Before becoming COO, Bob was
Commercial Director of Orange UK from 1994, where he was
responsible for customer service, logistics, and sales and
marketing. He first started working with Hong Kong conglomerate
Hutchison Whampoa in 1982 and has worked for the group in
Hong Kong, the UK and Italy.

David Dyson CFO


Work History:
David joined 3UK in November 2006 after 4 years working as
CFO for 3 Australia. David is responsible for financial planning,
tax, treasury and accounting, internal audit, procurement, legal,
credit risk and customer payments.

David Cooper Chief Operations and Technical Officer


Work History:
Dr David Cooper joined 3 in early 2000, having previously held a
wide range of positions at BT. At 3 David is the CTO with
responsibility for all of technical aspects within 3. He is also
responsible for the management of the contact centres, the
logistics operations and the company's programme management.
David has significant experience in research, development,
general management and outsourcing of major operations.

Morgan Holt Head of Media Innovation


Work History:
Formerly with Endemol.
* Recommended.

Graham Oxley
Work History:
* Recommended.
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BT

BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in
170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and
international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products
and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach,
BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and
encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on
stock exchanges in London and New York.

Address: 81 Newgate Street


London EC1A 7AJ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7356 5000

Ben Verwaayen Chief Executive


Work History:
Ben Verwaayen was appointed to the Board on 14 January 2002
and became Chief Executive on 1 February 2002. He chairs the
Operating Committee.
Before joining BT Group, he had been with Lucent Technologies
Inc since September 1997. His position on leaving was vice
chairman of the management board. Previous to this Ben was
Executive Vice-President and CEO, and before this, Executive
Vice-President, international.
Prior to joining Lucent, Ben worked for KPN in the Netherlands for
nine years as President and Managing Director of its subsidiary
PTT Telecom. From 1975 to 1988, he worked for ITT in Europe.
He was appointed an independent, non-executive director of UPS
in March 2005.
Ben graduated with a Master's degree in law and international
politics from the State University of Utrecht, Holland. He was
created an Officer of the Orange Order-Nassau in April 2006 and
appointed a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in June of that
year.

Hanif Lalani Group Finance Director


Work History:
Hanif was appointed Group Finance Director in February 2005
and joined both the Board and the Operating Committee.
Since joining BT in 1983, he has held a variety of roles in the
company's UK and international divisions. In 1998, he went to
Northern Ireland and took up the post of finance director BT
Northern Ireland and in 1999 he was appointed chief executive of
BT Northern Ireland. Hanif was also chairman of OCEAN
Communications (BT's subsidiary in the Republic of Ireland) from
June 1999 to September 2000. In April 2002, he was appointed
managing director BT Regions. In September 2002, Hanif
returned to London as CFO for BT Wholesale and in January
2003, he was awarded the OBE for his services to business in
Northern Ireland.
Hanif holds a BA Honours degree in mathematics, operations
research and economics from Essex University.

Buongiorno
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Buongiorno is a trendsetting, independent mobile media and technology company driving the
burgeoning cellphone entertainment and personalization industry. It partners with telecom,
media and Internet companies in over 30 countries to distribute, package and create music,
games, videos, wallpaper, ring tones, chat, user-generated services, TV voting, quizzes, and to
sell advertising. Buongiorno helps companies market through proprietary labels, and sells
directly through its popular Blinko brand. It distributes across the U.S., Europe, South America
and Mexico, the Middle East, Africa and through Buongiorno Hong Kong - joint venture with
Mitsui, in Russia, India, the Far East and China. Its reach is already exceeding 60 million
customers. The dimension of its business, its large portfolio of content and services, its
geographical presence and a team of more than 700 professionals make Buongiorno one of the
world's largest enabler of digital mobile entertainment.

Address: 20 Orange Street


London WC2H 7NN
Telephone: +44 (0)20 77664000

Andrea Casalini CEO


Work History:
Andrea Casalini has been CEO of Buongiorno since April 2000.
He has steered the development of the company from a start-up
to its current position as the European leader in Interactive and
Mobile Services. Prior to taking up his position at Buongiorno,
Andrea worked with EDS as president of E.Solutions EMEA
(Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Previously, Mr. Casalini was
a Senior Engagement Manager with McKinsey and Company in
the Milan and Chicago offices, serving clients in several industries
ranging from financial institutions to IT services to consumer
goods. Andrea began his professional career with Andersen
Consulting (now Accenture), specialising in organisation and IT in
the banking sector.

Carlo Frigato CFO


Work History:
Carlo Frigato has been CFO of Buongiorno since 2000 and was in
charge of Finance, Administration, Human Resources and Legal
Affairs. Since January 2007, he is accountable for finance,
administration, IR and the relation with Buongiorno HK. Moreover,
he is now the CEO of B! Marketing Services. Prior to joining
Buongiorno, he was Senior Manager of Finance at Accenture,
where he worked for 7 years, and then worked for EDS for three
years as Account Manager for key clients. Carlo holds an
electronic engineering degree from the University of Genoa.

Honey Arneja Digital Media Content


Work History:

Cable & Wireless

Alex Holt Head of Media, Europe, Asia and US


Work History:
FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference

Incentivated Ltd
Address: x
London
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x
Telephone: +44 (0)207

MobiTV

MobiTV, Inc. is leading the convergence of television, film and music across the mobile and
broadband markets. The Emmy Award winning service has more than two million subscribers
and offers popular TV and digital music channels from top labels, networks and cable providers.
The MobiTV service is available in the US through Sprint, AT&T, Cingular, Alltel; the UK through
3UK and Orange; in Canada through Bell Canada, Rogers and TELUS Mobility; in Latin
America through América Móvil, Claro and Telcel; and other regional carriers internationally.
Founded in 1999, MobiTV is a privately-held company headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Address: 131-151 Great Titchfield St


London W1W 5BB
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 3008 7412

Peter Mercier Director Business Development EMEA


Work History:

Paul Scanlan COO and co-founder


Work History:
Paul Scanlan is co-founder and current COO of MobiTV, Inc., the
parent company to MobiTV. Since launching MobiTV in 2000,
Scanlan has played a critical role in managing the companies'
growth from a start-up to the first and only global television
network for cell phones. During his tenure, Scanlan has been
instrumental in launching MobiTV on three of the nations' leading
cellular carrier networks, and in securing MobiTV's current line-up
of over 20 well-known channels through negotiations with some of
the nations' largest television content providers. Additionally,
Scanlan manages all of the companies International efforts and
operations where he has played a key role in generating the initial
momentum and hiring the teams to run the new MobiTV offices
around the world. Scanlan is a frequent speaker at industry trade
shows and conferences, and is widely respected in the mobile
entertainment industry for his pioneering efforts in mobile multi-
media.

Ray Derenzo Vice President of Business Development


Work History:
As Vice President of Business Development for the EMEA region,
Ray DeRenzo is charged with driving global growth for MobiTV.
DeRenzo works with media companies, TV broadcasters, wireless
carriers and enabling third parties such as device manufacturers
and system integrators, to drive adoption of MobiTV in the EMEA
region.
Prior to MobiTV, DeRenzo was Vice President of Business and
Market Development for Telephia, where he focused on European
market entry for this leading provider of syndicated competitive
performance information and wireless consulting services.
Previously, DeRenzo was Chief Marketing Officer at Vodafone,
where he was responsible for all aspects of product management,
development, sales and support of Vodafone's Global Service
Delivery Platform. Prior to Vodafone, DeRenzo focused on new
product development for AirTouch Communications, a developer
of new voice and data services.
DeRenzo began his career at Pacific Bell/Pacific Telesis, where
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he spent nearly 18 years in a variety of roles. He was a founding


member of the team at Pacific Bell Mobile Services and also held
roles in Product Management, Business Development, Strategy
and Planning.

Jarl Mohn President and CEO of Entertainment and EVP, GM, GMTV and
VH1
Work History:
Jarl Mohn, has spent the past 20 years leading some of the media
businesses’ most recognized brands and companies from
inception to launch. A true visionary in the entertainment space,
Mohn divides his time between being a corporate director and
advisor to various media and technology companies, and making
private equity investments in venture capital and buyout
opportunities. Previously, he was the founding President and CEO
of Liberty Digital, a public company that invested in interactive
television, cable networks and Internet enterprises; creator,
President and CEO of E! Entertainment Television; and Executive
Vice President and General Manager of MTV and VH1, where he
led the strategic development of the networks transition from
music videos to longer-form programming, and oversaw its
worldwide expansion. Prior to his career in television, Mohn
enjoyed a successful 19-year career in radio.
He is currently on the Boards of the E.W. Scripps Company,
CNET and XM Radio and chair of the ACLU Foundation of
Southern California, on the USC Annenberg School for
Communications Board of Councilors, and a trustee of the
Museum of Contemporary Art and KPCC, and Southern California
Public Radio.

Vern Stevenson President and COO, Metric Test


Work History:
Mr. Stevenson, a 20-year Silicon Valley veteran, is the President
and COO of MetricTest, a provider of test and measurement
solutions for the wireless, semiconductor and defence industries.
Previous to his leadership role at MetricTest, he served as interim
CEO and board member for Broadstorm and prior to that, as Vice
President of Corporate and Business Development at
PacketVideo Corporation. Before joining PacketVideo, Mr.
Stevenson was Vice President, Partner and one of the founding
members of Mustang Ventures, a venture capital arm of Siemens
AG. Earlier in his career, Stevenson held a variety of executive
positions in sales, marketing, and management with Honeywell,
ROLM, IBM, and Siemens. Stevenson holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Economics/Business Administration from the University
of California at Berkeley and has served on the advisory boards of
several start-up technology companies.

O2

O2 is a leading provider of mobile services to consumers and businesses in the UK. It is the
leader in non-voice services, including text, media messaging, games, music and video, as well
as data connections via GPRS, 3G and WLAN. O2 UK is part of the wider O2 group which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Telefónica S.A. O2 comprises mobile network operators in the UK
and Ireland, along with integrated fixed/mobile businesses in Germany, the Czech Republic
(Telefónica O2 Czech Republic) and the Isle of Man (Manx Telecom). It also owns 50 percent
of the Tesco Mobile and Tchibo Mobilfunk, joint venture businesses in the UK and Germany
respectively. In addition, O2 includes O2 Airwave, which supplies secure digital communications
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to the emergency services, including the Police, Ambulance and Fire, as well as other public
safety organisations. O2 was formed in 2001 following the demerger from British Telecom of its
former mobile business, BT Wireless.

Address:
Telephone:

Peter Erskine CEO


Work History:
Peter Erskine was appointed as the first CEO of BT Wireless
when BT restructured in July 2000 to create a single division
business to focus on the management of its entire international
portfolio of mobile telecoms interests. He played a leading role in
the demerger of the business from BT and consequent formation
of the separately listed company, mmO2 plc, in November 2001.
Peter leads an the O2 management team dedicated to creating
shareholder value through above sector average growth in
revenue and EBITDA - with a strategy focused on improving
operational performance, greater integration across all of the
company's businesses and developing O2's strong position in
new mobile data products and internet services.
A graduate of Liverpool University in 1973, Peter's business
career began at Polycell, Colgate Palmolive and the MARS Group
where he held a number of marketing, customer service and
brand management roles until being headhunted in 1990 to
become Sales and Marketing Vice President of UNITEL, one of
the first PCN's in the UK that eventually became One to One.
In 1993, Peter moved to head up BT Mobile, BT's Cellular Service
Provider and Paging Business. He went to the USA in 1995 to be
President and CEO of Concert, the joint venture with MCI. In
1997, he joined BT's Executive Committee reporting to Sir Peter
Bonfield and, from 1998-2000, he was CEO of BT Cellnet.

Russ Snow
Work History:
* Recommended.

Orange

Orange is a mobile network operator and an Internet service provider that is a subsidiary of
France Télécom. Orange also belongs to the FreeMove mobile phone alliance. It operates as a
mobile phone operator in many parts of the world, including France, Belgium, the Netherlands,
the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Poland, Egypt, the Dominican Republic, Slovakia, Romania,
Moldova, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Botswana, Madagascar, Réunion and on Martinique, French
Guiana, St Kitts in the Caribbean and Spain. It also franchises the Orange Brand in Israel (see
Partner Communications Company Ltd.) and has franchised it in Australia, India (until 2006) and
Hong Kong in the past. It had a joint venture with Charoen Pokphand in Thailand until 2005.
Altogether, as of July 2006 Orange Mobile had 88.6 million users

Address: St James Court


Great Park Road
Almondsbury Park
Bradley Stoke
Bristol BS32 4QJ
Telephone:

Deborah Tonroe Head of Commercial Development


Work History:
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Deborah is responsible for multimedia content partnerships, rights


acquisitions, management and development.
* Recommended

Andreas S. Wetter CEO


Work History:
Andreas Wetter is no stranger to the telecommunications market
having previously been engaged in senior management positions
at the Ascom Group prior to joining COOP in 1996. As such, Mr.
Wetter had managerial responsibility for the start-up of Ascom in
the Cellular-Terminal Market (GSM phones). Previous managerial
positions held by Andreas Wetter include Ascom Audiosys AG
and Prime Computer/Computervision AG. Mr. Wetter studied in
Switzerland and Canada and holds an MBA from the Graduate
School of Business Administration, Zurich/Boston.

Sol Trujillio CEO


Work History:
Solomon (Sol) Trujillo is an international business executive. After
graduating from the University of Wyoming, he went to work for
the phone company. Seven years later, at the age of 32, he
became the youngest executive officer in the history of AT&T.
Under Sol’s leadership, US West recorded dramatic increases in
net cash flow, a large jump in new product revenue, and major
gains in service quality ratings. US West led its peer group in total
shareholder return - more than 200% between 1996 and his
departure in 2000 following the merger with Qwest
Communications. During his tenure, US West’s performance
doubled S&P Telco increases and tripled increases in the Dow
Jones Industrial Average.
Sol achieved a similar record as CEO of Orange S.A., where he
was able to increase Orange’s EBITA margins, dramatically
increase the revenue growth rate, cut costs by over $1 billion, and
grow the group’s customer base by more than 10 percent in less
than 15 months.

Sony Ericsson

Address: Sony Ericsson House 202, Hammersmith Rd, London, W6 7DN


Telephone: Tel: 020 8762 5800

Martin Lundin Head of Digital Marketing, Sony Ericsson


Work History:

T-Mobile

T-Mobile is a German mobile network operator headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is a


subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom and belongs to the FreeMove alliance.

T-Mobile is a group of mobile phone corporate subsidiaries (all under the ownership of
Deutsche Telekom) that operate GSM and UMTS networks in Europe and the United States.
Globally, T-Mobile has 101 million subscribers, making it the world's sixth largest mobile phone
service provider by subscribers and the third largest multinational after the United Kingdom's
Vodafone and Spain's Telefonica.
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T-Mobile International has a substantial presence in eleven European countries: Austria,


Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, the
Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and the United Kingdom as well as in the United States.

Address: Hatfield Business Park


Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 9BW
Telephone:

Robert Dotson President and CEO


Work History:
Robert P. Dotson, born in September 1960, became Member of
the Board of T-Mobile International in June 2002, responsible for
US Operations. At the same time, he is President and Chief
Executive Officer of T-Mobile USA. Since December 2002,
Dotson has been responsible for T-Mobile's entire US business.
Robert P. Dotson holds a Bachelor of Science Degree,
Economics Major from Webber State University, Utah, where he
was Outstanding Graduate of the Year in Economics in 1987. He
also holds a Master Business Degree (MBA) in Marketing and
Finance from Northwestern University, Illinois. Robert P. Dotson
started his professional career in 1989 with Pepsico, where he
was responsible in various marketing fields. In May 1996, Dotson
was Senior Director Marketing USA at Pepsico's division
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). He later moved on to Western
Wireless Cooperation, predecessor of VoiceStream Wireless
(today: T-Mobile USA), as Vice President Marketing.
At T-Mobile USA, he has been promoted several times, always
taking on new responsibilities. As Executive Vice President Sales
and Marketing, a position he held from May 1998 until September
2001, Robert P. Dotson developed and launched the most
successful wireless marketing campaign in the United States -
Get More. In September 2001, he became COO of T-Mobile USA.
Since April 2002, Dotson is the company's President, and in
March 2003, he became Chief Executive Officer, responsible for
the operative business as well.

Thomas Winkler CFO


Work History:
Thomas G. Winkler became CFO of T-Mobile International in
June 2001. Before that, he was Head of the Investor Relations of
Deutsche Telekom since May 1998.
Thomas G. Winkler holds an Austrian law degree (Magister iuris)
and a Master of Laws Degree from the University of Cape Town
(LL.M.). Thomas G. Winkler began his professional career as a
bank trainee in 1987. Between 1990 and 1996, he was Assistant
to the CEO of the construction group Maculan and Head of
Investor Relations. In 1996, he became Vice President of Magna
Europe, the European holding company of the Canadian
automotive supplier, where he was responsible for Mergers &
Acquisitions.
At Deutsche Telekom AG, Winkler played a key role in setting up
and developing investor relations. He had significant
responsibilities in the share issues in June 1999 (DT2) and in
June 2000 (DT3). Since the Global Bond Offering (July 2000), he
has also been responsible for bond investors.

Ingo Schneider Vice President, Group Strategy


Work History:
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Ingo Schneider is Vice President in T-Mobile International's group


strategy department, where he is responsible for technology,
media and data strategies.
Prior to working for T-Mobile, Dr Schneider worked for the
corporate strategy department of Deutsche Telekom. He was also
a consultant in the "think tank" of Bertelsmann, where he
analysed new technologies and business models looking at their
impact on the operations of the company. In this function he
advised the management board and the profit-centres of
Bertelsmann concerning new businesses and ventures. Dr
Schneider founded and subsequently acted as Chief Executive
Officer of the venture BeMobile (Bertelsmann Mobile), a wireless
content service provider.
Dr Schneider holds a Dipl.-Ing. from the Technical University
Darmstadt, Germany, and was awarded a PhD from Cardiff
University in Wales.

Vodafone

Vodafone Group plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire,


England. It is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover
and has a market value of about £86 billion (November 2006). Vodafone currently has equity
interests in 27 countries and Partner Networks (networks in which it has no equity stake) in a
further 36 countries. Its portfolio of global services, supported by its global brand, is available in
a total of 59 countries.

Address: 77 Northbrook Street


Newbury RG14 1AE
Telephone: +44 (0)845 4400 194

Pietro Guindani CEO


Work History:
Pietro has been with Vodafone Italy since 1994, having been
appointed CFO of the company upon its formation

Dave Boorman CFO


Work History:
Dave joins Vodafone Australia from Vodafone Ireland where he
held the role of CFO, responsible for developing the company's
financial strategy, safeguarding business assets and financial
stewardship of the business. Prior to Vodafone Ireland, Dave
worked for Vodafone Group gaining international experience
during the rapid expansion of the Group between 1999 and 2003.

Graham Ferguson Head of Marketing


Work History:
* Recommended.
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Publishing

Newspapers

Associated Northcliffe Digital

Northcliffe Media is one of the largest regional newspaper publishers in the UK. Operating from
18 publishing centres, Northcliffe publishes more than 100 publications in the UK, including 20
daily titles, 28 paid-for weeklies and more than 50 free weekly newspapers.
Papers in the division’s portfolio – which has a weekly combined circulation of 9m copies –
include the Hull Daily Mail, the Leicester Mercury, Bristol’s Western Daily News, the
Nottinghamshire Evening Post, and the South Wales Evening Post. Furthermore, Northcliffe’s
network of 24 local websites hit 1.5m unique users in 2005. Other commercial activities include
contract printing and news retail, as well as an international publishing portfolio in Hungary and
Slovakia, where Northcliffe owns Pravda, the country’s leading quality national daily paper.

Address: Northcliffe House


2 Derry Street
London W8 5TT
Telephone: +44 20 7938 6000

Andy Hart Managing Director


Work History:
Prior to his taking up his current position with AND in 2006, Andy
worked as a Consultant for DMGT. Between 2001 and 2002 he
was Global CEO for Translucis Global Holdings, a manufacturer
of bar plasma screens for Diageo). In 2000 he was UK CEO at
Ask Jeeves after 18 months as MD of Sunday Business.
* Recommended.

Mark Milner COO


Work History:
Mark has been with ANM since 2001. Prior to this he headed up
the sales teams for Express Newspapers and Associated
Newspapers, and has over 15 years publishing experience. Mark
will remain based at ANM's Charlotte Street office in London.
* Recommended.

Belinda Lush Digital Customer Relationship Manager


Work History:
Belinda is a bright Australian newspaper professional with
imagination and drive and a no-nonsense attitude.
*Recommended

Kevin Beatty Managing Director


Work History:
Kevin Beatty was appointed to the Board in December 2004,
having joined the Group in 1996. He is managing director of
Associated Newspapers and was managing director of Northcliffe
Newspapers between 2001 and 2004.

Martin Corke Commercial Director


Work History:

Paul Dacre Editor-in-Chief


Work History:
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Paul Dacre is a British journalist and current editor of the Daily


Mail. He is also editor-in-chief of the Mail group titles, which also
includes the London Evening Standard and Mail on Sunday. He is
also a director of the Daily Mail and General Trust plc.

Guardian Newspapers Limited (GNL)

The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. It is published
Monday to Saturday in the Berliner format. Until 1959 it was called The Manchester Guardian,
reflecting its provincial origins; the paper is still occasionally referred to by this name, especially
in North America (to distinguish it from other newspapers with similar names). The newspaper is
printed in both Manchester and London.

Address: 119 Farringdon Road


London
EC1R 3ER
Telephone: Tel: 020 7278 2332

Simon Waldman Gp Director of Digital Strategy and Development


Work History:
March 2001: Director of Digital Publishing
1999: Head of Guardian Unlimited
1998: The Guardian, internet editor
1996: The Guardan, working on Eurosoccer.com
1993-96: Freelance print and radio journalism
1992: Media Week, deputy editor
1990: Media Week, reporter
1989: Draper's Record, reporter
1988: Shoe and Leather News, trainee reporter
* Recommended.

Tom Turcan Head of Digital Media Development


Work History:
Guardian Newspapers Limited (GNL) today announced a further
strengthening of its senior digital team with the appointment of
Tom Turcan as Head of Digital Media Development for GNL.
Turcan, currently Chairman of publishing services company
Dovetail, will have key responsibility for Guardian Unlimited`s
software development and systems teams. He will work closely
with the Director of Digital Content and the GNL Board to ensure
the strategic expansion of GNL`s digital activities.
His appointment follows the recent appointments of Simon
Waldman as Group Director of Digital Strategy and Development,
and Emily Bell as Director of Digital Content for GNL.
Turcan has worked in media and publishing businesses since the
early 1990s. His experience includes chairing a new publishing
services company, heading business development at News
International, acting as COO for a dotcom start-up, and
development consultancy with Capital Radio, 19 Entertainment
and Spectrum Strategy

News International Ltd

News International Limited is the UK subsidiary of The News Corporation. It publishes four
national newspapers (The Sun, The Times, News of the World, and The Sunday Times). News
International sold its TSL Education unit in 2006. It also publishes several magazines and has
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Internet operations (including adult-oriented Web site page3.com) and interests in satellite
broadcasting, telemarketing, and distance education. In 2006 News International began
publishing a daily US edition of The Times in the New York tri-state area.

Address: 1 Virginia Street


London E98 1XY
United Kingdom
Telephone:

K. Rupert Murdoch Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Work History:

Andrew Perry Smith New Business Development Director


Work History:
He has been involved with the on line/off line
thelondonnewspaper, strategy, acquisitions, growth and new
business.

Mike Anderson x
Work History:
* Recommended.

Mike Gordon x
Work History:
* Recommended.

Telegraph Media Group

Address: 1, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5DT


Telephone: Tel: 020 7538 5000

Murdoch Maclennan CEO


Work History:
Email
Telephone

Dave King Executive Director, Telegraph


Work History:
Dave King left Emap Advertising as the Managing Director to join
The Telegraph Group in January 2005 to act as the Executive
Director.
* Recommended.

Shaun Gregory Director of New Media


Work History:
In 2004 Shaun was MD of National brands at Emap Radio. Prior
to this, he was a strategy and development director, performance
Network. In 1994 he was a sales director rising to MD, Radio City,
Aire and Hallam. In 1998 he was a sales executive at the United
provincial Newspapers.

Katie Vanneck Marketing Director


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Work History:
Katie Vanneck, resigned from News International where she was
the Promotions Director of the Times and Sunday Times,
overseeing the launch promotion activity linked to the compact
edition of the Times.
She is the latest name to be added by Chief Executive Murdoch
MacLennan to the Telegraph Group's senior management team.
Email
Telephone

Chris Lloyd Assistant Deputy Editor


Work History:
Chris has experience in classified ad sales and web business.
* Recommended.

Times Media

The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom since 1788. For much
of its history it has been regarded as Britain's newspaper of record. It has played an influential
role in politics and shaping public opinion about foreign events.
With its sister paper The Sunday Times, The Times is published by Times Newspapers Limited,
a subsidiary of News International, itself wholly owned by the News Corporation group, headed
by Rupert Murdoch. Though traditionally a moderately centre-right newspaper and a supporter
of the Conservatives, it has supported the Labour party in the last two elections, after Murdoch
allied himself with Tony Blair. The newspaper was printed in broadsheet format for 200 years,
but switched to compact size in 2004, in an attempt to appeal to younger readers. In May 2006,
it announced plans to launch a United States edition; it began publishing on June 6 of the same
year.

Address: 1, Virginia St, London, E1W 2XS


Telephone: 020 7782 6000

Zach Leonard Digital Media Publisher


Work History:
Zach Leonard has served as a member of the board of directors
since September 2003. He is Managing Director, UK, Europe,
Middle East & Africa for the Financial Times, a division of
Financial Times, Ltd., a wholly owned division of Pearson Plc,
since 2002. Prior to this, Mr. Leonard was COO for FT.com, the
Financial Times Web site. He previously launched and managed
both FT Your Money, the personal finance portal and
FTMarketWatch.com, Europe's leading Web site for private
investors, where he was the CEO. He joined Pearson in 1999
following seven years at Fidelity Investments, and with 18 years of
experience in marketing, electronic commerce and
communications in the US and Europe. Mr. Leonard holds a B.A.
degree from Harvard University.

Trinity Mirror

Trinity Mirror plc is a large United Kingdom newspaper and magazine publisher. It is Britain's
biggest newspaper group, publishing 240 regional papers as well as the Daily Mirror, Sunday
Mirror, People, Sunday Mail and Daily Record. Its headquarters are at Canary Wharf in London
and as of October 2005 it employs around 11,000 people. It is listed on the London Stock
Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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Trinity Mirror was formed in September 1999 by the merger of Trinity plc and Mirror Group plc.
As a condition of the merger Trinity Mirror was forced to sell the Belfast Telegraph group, a
holding of the former Trinty plc, which was acquired from Thomson Regional Newspapers
during previous acquisition activity.

Address: 1, Canada Square, London, E14 5AP


Telephone: Tel: 020 7293 3000

Sly Bailey Chief Executive


Work History:
Sly joined the Board in February 2003. She started her media
career in advertising sales at the Guardian and then The
Independent. In 1989 she joined IPC Media Limited as Head of
Classified Advertising Sales and joined their Board in 1994 as
Advertising Director.
In 1997 Sly was appointed Managing Director of IPC tx, the TV
listings division. In December 1999 she was appointed Chief
Executive of IPC Media Limited and subsequently led the sale of
the business to AOL Time Warner. Sly was previously a non-
executive director of Littlewoods Plc.
Currently she is on the Press Association Board and is also
Senior Independent Director at EMI as well as President of
NewstrAid, a charity for the distribution and retail trade.

Vijay Vaghela Group Finance Director


Work History:
Vijay qualified as a chartered accountant and worked in private
practice with Deloitte.
He joined Mirror Group in 1994 as Internal Auditor. He was
subsequently Group Treasurer and then Director of Accounting
and Treasury.
He was appointed Group Finance Director in May 2003.

David Black Director of Digital Media


Work History:
In 2006 David was a board member of regional newspaper
division at Trinity Mirror. Prior to this he was an operations
director and then director of regional digital media for Trinity
Mirror. In 1999 he was a Managing editor at Trinity Mirror Digital
followed by Business development director in 2001. He has also
been a Producer at Virgin Net.

Magazines

Conde Nast Interactive

Condé Nast Publications Inc is a worldwide magazine publishing company based in New York
City. Their office is located at Four Times Square. The company also has offices in Sydney,
Paris, and London. Condé Nast is credited with creating the now widely used magazine
marketing strategy emphasizing magazines focused on a particular class or interest, sometimes
known as lifestyle magazines. Many Condé Nast magazines have their principal focus in
fashion, although the company's publications also include travel, food and wine, architecture,
celebrity gossip, and other interests. S.I. Newhouse recently announced the launch of his
newest magazine, a business monthly to be called Condé Nast Portfolio.

Address: Vogue House, Hanover Square, London W1S 1JU


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Telephone: +44 (0)20 74999080

Charles Townsend CEO


Work History:
Charles Townsend has been COO of Advance Magazine Group
since 2001. Advance Magazine divisions include Conde Nast
Publications, Fairchild Publications, Golf Digest Companies,
Parade Publications, and the Shared Services Center in
Delaware. Mr. Townsend was named Executive Vice President of
Conde Nast in 1995 and its COO in 2000. He originally joined the
company as Publisher of Glamour magazine in 1994.
From 1986 to 1994, Mr. Townsend was with The New York Times
Company, where he was President and C.E.O. of the Women's
Magazine Publishing Division. The New York Times Company
published Family Circle, McCall's, American Homestyle, Child,
and other women's magazines.
Mr. Townsend began his publishing career in Miami, where he
owned and operated an independent publisher's representative
company. In 1975, he sold his firm to the Hearst Corporation and
joined the company as Publisher of Motor Boating & Sailing
magazine. He served as Publisher of Sports Afield, then Vice
President and Group Publisher with responsibilities for a number
of Hearst titles. He concluded his career at Hearst as Executive
Vice President and General Manager of Hearst Books and
Business Publishing.

Nicholas Coleridge Managing Director


Work History:
Nicholas Coleridge is the Managing Director of Condé Nast in
Britain, the magazine publishing house that includes Glamour,
GQ, House and Garden, Vogue, Tatler, and Vanity Fair. He is the
great-great-great-great-great grandson of the poet, Samuel Taylor
Coleridge [1], and son of David Coleridge, who was Chairman of
Lloyd's of London during its most troubled period in the late
1980s. He has written several books, based largely upon either
his professional life (The Fashion Conspiracy, With Friends Like
These) or his social life (Godchildren, A Much Married Man). He
was born in Bombay, India and educated at Eton College and
Trinity College, Cambridge. He was awarded the 1982 prize for
British Press Awards Young Journalist of the Year when he was
at the Evening Standard. He reports to Jonathon Newhouse,
Chairman of Condé Nast International and his cousin Si
Newhouse, owner of Condé Nast.

John Bellando Executive President and COO


Work History:
John Bellando has been named Executive Vice President and
COO of Conde Nast Publications. He will assume his new role on
February 16th, along with Mr. Townsend, to whom he will report.
Mr. Bellando continues as CFO of the Advance Magazine Group.
Mr. Bellando has been Executive Vice President and CFO of the
Advance Magazine Group since its inception in 2001.

Jonathan Newhouse Chairman


Work History:

Abigail Chisman Editor in Chief


Work History:
Abigail Chisman has been promoted from editor of Vogue Online,
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to editor of publishing company Conde Nast's entire online


operations. Cambridge University graduate Chisman, studied
fashion journalism before landing her first job at Conde Nast.
* Recommended

Emap plc

Emap plc (LSE: EMA) is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines,
and the organization of business events and conferences. It also owns several radio and
television stations. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange. After a period as a
constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, it has been demoted to the FTSE 250 Index with effect from
16 September 2005.
The group is structurally divided into main branches: Emap Consumer Media, Emap
Communications, Emap Radio and Emap Advertising. In June 2006 Emap France was sold to
Italian press group Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. for €545 million.

Address: 4th Floor, 40 Bernard Street, London


WC1N 1LW
Telephone: Tel: 020 7278 1452

Paul Keenan CEO, Consumer Media


Work History:
Since joining Emap thirteen years ago, Keenan has overseen a
number of developments including launches of Zoo, Closer and
Grazia. He was appointed Chief Executive of Emap Consumer
Media in 2001 taking responsibility for Emap Advertising in 2004
and promoted to the main board last March.

Tom Moloney Group CEO


Work History:
Joined Emap in 1981. In 1989 he was appointed the Group
Managing Director of Emap Metro and Elan. He was then made
Chief Executive, of the Consumer Magazines UK and joined the
Board in 1995. Following this, he joined Emap USA in April 1999
as COO and appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in
October 1999. He was then appointed as Group COO in May
2001 and promoted to Group Chief Executive on the 23rd of
January 2003. T.N.

Alan Cathcar Executive Chairman


Work History:
Joined the Board in June 2005 and was appointed Chairman in
July 2006 having been Deputy Chairman since February 2006.
On 17 May 2007, appointed interim Executive Chairman.
Chairman of Palletways Group Limited and Avis Europe plc.
Spent 14 years in executive positions within the transportation
industry before joining Avis Europe in 1980. Led the Avis Group
from 1983-1999 as Chief Executive and as Chairman from 1998-
2002. Following appointments as Deputy Chairman and Interim
Chief Executive in 2002-2004 he was again appointed Chairman
of the Avis Group in May 2004. Chairman of the Nomination
Committee. A.R.N.

Bruce Daisley Digital Sales Director


Work History:
Emaps digital operations account for 10% of revenue. Emap are
considering following channel 4 and Orange’s move into selling
ads on third party sites as a way of generating additional revenue.
Emap also upped its investment in user-generated revenue. Last
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month it bought Yospace, the company behind mobile operator


3`s mobile social networking platform for £8.7m. Emap reported
sales of £554m for 6 months ending 30/9/06. They have allocated
a budget of £25 to invest in digital products.

Dharmash Mistry Managing Director, EMAP Consumer Media


Work History:
Dharmash Mistry joined Emap in 2000 as Strategy and
Operations Director as part of the start up team to set up Emap
Digital. In 2002 he was appointed Managing Director of Emap
Consumer Media (ECM), working alongside CEO Paul Keenan to
reform the UK consumer facing magazine group. His role over the
past few years has been to develop and implement the ECM
group strategy, in addition to directly managing a portfolio of
businesses (Emap East and Cap). Most recently he has led the
successful launch of Zoo into the UK in January 2004.
In 2005 Dharmash joined the Emap PLC Executive Board, most
recently taking responsibility for Emap’s consumer facing digital
business as Managing Director of Emap Performance and ECM.
After completing a degree in Engineering, Economics and
Management (EEM) at Oxford University, Dharmash joined the
Procter and Gamble Brand Management graduate programme.
He spent the next five years launching, relaunching and managing
a range of health and beauty brands in the UK and across
northern Europe.
* Recommended.

Ian Griffiths Group Finance Director


Work History:
Joined Emap in 1994 and after several years at Emap
Communications became Group Head of Finance before being
appointed Director of Financial Control in 2000. Appointed Group
Finance Director in October 2005 having been Acting Group
Finance Director since April 2005. Before joining Emap, worked at
Ernst & Young in the Audit and Corporate Finance departments.

Scott Monk Digital Director, EMAP Television


Work History:

Derek Carter Chief Executive, Emap Communications


Work History:
Joined the Board in September 2006. After 12 years at Emap
became Managing Director of Emap Maclaren in 1989 and in
1997 was appointed Chief Executive of Emap Communications.
Chairman of the PPA 2001-2002 and a Director of the PPA since
1997.

Gruner and Jahr

Gruner + Jahr publishing house in Hamburg, Germany, is Europe's leading publisher and the
home of Europe's highest quality publications. The world's most international publishing house
with over 285 magazines published in over 21 countries.

Address Silver House


31 Beak Street
W1F 9SX London
Telephone +44 (0)20 7437 4377

Russell Denson President and CEO


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Work History:
Russell also served as president, CEO and director of Weider
Publications, and prior to that, chairman and director of
ICelebrate.com,

Dr. Bernd Kundrun Chief Executive Officer of Gruner + Jahr AG


Work History:
Dr. Bernd Kundrun, born in 1957, earned his degree in business
management at the Universities of Muenster and Innsbruck. In
1984, he started as Executive Assistant at the Bertelsmann Club
GmbH, and was appointed Director of Sales for the Bertelsmann
Club stores in 1987. In 1989, he took the position of CEO of
Marketing, responsible for member acquisition, direct marketing
and all catalogue business. At the beginning of 1993, he was
promoted to Managing Director of the Bertelsmann Club GmbH.
From 1994, Dr. Bernd Kundrun served as Chief Executive Officer
of Premiere Medien GmbH & Co. KG in Hamburg.
Dr. Bernd Kundrun was appointed to the Executive Board of
Gruner + Jahr in August 1997, where he was Executive Director
of the newspaper division until October 31, 2000.
On November 1, 2000, Dr. Bernd Kundrun was appointed Chief
Executive Officer of the Gruner + Jahr AG, Europe´s biggest
magazine publisher, simultaneously taking a seat on the
Bertelsmann AG Executive Board.

Dr. Bernd Buchholz Member of the Gruner + Jahr AG Executive Board


and President of G+J Germany
Work History:
Dr. Bernd Buchholz, born in 1961, studied law and business at the
Freie Universität Berlin and passed his First State Law Exam in
1986. He worked as a research assistant at the Institute for
Environmental, Economic and Tax Law at the University of Kiel
until 1989. In 1990, he earned his doctoral degree in law, followed
in 1992 by the Second State Law Exam. He served as a member
of the Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament from 1992 to 1996 and
FDP Parliamentary Chairman.
In 1996, Dr. Bernd Buchholz joined Gruner + Jahr as Assistant to
the CEO. From 1998 to 1999, he was Managing Director of the
Morgenpost Verlag GmbH. He became Publishing Director of
STERN in January 2000 and then took over as Managing Director
for the entire STERN/GEO group in July.
As Member of the Executive Board and President of G+J
Germany since January 2004, Dr. Buchholz is responsible for all
G+J magazines in Germany and their affiliated online activities.
Dr. Bernd Buchholz is married and has two children.

Dr. Torsten-Joern Member of G+T Executive Board and President of G+J


Klein International
Work History:
In June 1995, Dr. Torsten-Joern Klein joined Club Bertelsmann´s
Sales division, becoming General Manager of Sales and
Distribution in April 1997, responsible for all 300 Bertelsmann
Club stores throughout Germany.
In January 1998, Dr. Torsten-Joern Klein joined Gruner + Jahr
AG, where he was named Publishing Director of the BERLINER
ZEITUNG and the BERLINER KURIER, published by the Berlin
Newspaper Publishing Group. From 2000 through the end of
2003, Dr. Torsten-Joern Klein was Managing Director of the Berlin
Newspaper Group, responsible for all of Gruner + Jahr´s
newspaper operations in Berlin. (BERLINER ZEITUNG,
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BERLINER KURIER, berlinonline, berlin.de, BERLINER


ABENDBLATT and the Berlin printing works).
As a member of the Gruner + Jahr Executive Board and President
of G+J International, Dr. Torsten-Joern Klein has supervised all of
G+J’s international activities in 22 countries since January 2004.

Achim Twardy Member of the Gruner + Jahr AG Executive Board


and President of Corporate Services
Work History:
Achim Twardy, born in 1960, studied business at Hamburg
University following a course of training at Axel Springer Verlag
(1981 - 1984). After graduating in 1988, he joined Axel Springer
Verlag’s Business Management Advertising Journals unit as a
head of division.
In 1990, Mr. Twardy became CEO of the Blitz Tip GmbH
publishing company, before switching to the position of Deputy
Business Manager Advertising Journals at Axel Springer Verlag
AG in 1991. After holding several positions at the "Bild" group of
newspapers after 1992, first as Deputy Business Manager, then
as Business Manager of "Bild," he became the Senior Business
Manager of Axel Springer’s "Bild" group of newspapers in
Hamburg in 1996.
On August 6, 2001, Achim Twardy was appointed to the Gruner +
Jahr AG Executive Board, where he initially headed the
Newspaper division, which includes the "FINANCIAL TIMES
DEUTSCHLAND" and the "SÄCHSISCHE ZEITUNG," among
others. In October 2003, he took over the Newspapers and
Business Publications Germany division and the coordination of
all G+J business publications worldwide.
Since October 1, 2004, as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on
the Executive Board, Achim Twardy has represented the
Corporate Services division, which includes Corporate
Development & Strategy, Finance, Legal, Human Resources &
Development, Internal Administration & Information Technology
and Paper Procurement, as well as Newspapers.

David Hardy Sales Manager, UK


Work History:

Fabrice Boe Member of the Gruner + Jahr AG Executive Board


President of G+J France
Work History:
Fabrice Boé, born in Grenoble in 1962, studied Business
Administration at the renowned HEC School of Management
(Hautes Études Commerciales) in Paris. From 1986, Boé spent
16 years working for L´Oréal: first, three years in Italy as
Managing Director for the L´Oreal product line, later as Managing
Director Worldwide for the company’s Helena Rubinstein product
line, and eventually for the Lancôme product line. In 2002, Boé
left to take become Managing Director of Hermès International.
Since July 2005, Fabrice Boé has served as CEO of Prisma
Presse, where he had been Executive Director in charge of
women´s magazines since March 2004. In January 2006, Boé
became the first French member of the G+J Executive Board.

Hearst Digital Media

Address: 7 Swallow Place


5th Floor
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London W1B 2AG


Telephone: +44 (0)20 3004 4000

Lincoln Millstein Senior Vice President & Director of Digital Media, Hearst
Newspapers
Work History:
Lincoln Millstein was named senior vice president of Hearst
Newspapers and director of digital media on January 18, 2005.
Millstein was previously executive vice president of New York
Times Digital, where he oversaw the Web sites of the The Boston
Globe (Boston.com) and The New York Times (NYTimes.com).
Millstein helped found Boston.com in 1995 and ran it until 2000
when he was tapped as chief operating officer of New York Times
Digital. He is a 25-year newsroom veteran who spent 14 years in
a variety of editing positions at the Globe, including features
editor, business editor and city editor. In his last assignment in the
newsroom, he served as managing editor for features and new
media. During his tenure, he developed several important
sections in the newspaper, including the expansion of the
Business and Arts sections.
Prior to joining The Boston Globe in 1983, Millstein spent 10 years
at The Hartford Courant both as a reporter and editor, including
business editor from 1981 to 1983.

Nancy Cruickshank Managing Director


Work History:
Nancy has helped launch Conde Nast's online operation and
founding property site Smove.com with her husband, Jim, in April
2000. Smove was later sold to Norwich Union (now CGNU) and
merged with Asserta Home, under Ms Cruickshank's guidance.
She was appointed managing director of Handbag.com in
September after the site parted company ("by mutual agreement")
with Dominic Riley.
* Recommended.

Hearst Interactive media

Address:
Telephone:

Kenneth Brodin President


Work History:
Kenneth A. Bronfin is one of the key forces behind Hearst
Corporation's transformation from traditional media company to
interactive media leader. Bronfin, president of Hearst Interactive
Media, leads a team which initiates new businesses, makes
strategic investments in Internet content and infrastructure
companies, and works with Hearst's other media divisions to
adapt the company's editorial and programming resources to new
formats. He has overall responsibility for the day-to-day
management of the group with emphasis on business
development, strategic relationships, mergers and acquisitions,
private equity investments, and technology. He sits on the boards
of four of Hearst Interactive Media's portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Hearst, he was with the National Broadcasting
Company (NBC), as a founder of the Interactive Media Group as
well as general manager of NBC’s digital television group and vice
president of NBC Cable and Business Development. Bronfin was
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also head of business development for NBC Technology and was


director of NBC's Broadcast Engineering Group, which was
responsible for the research and development associated with
NBC’s technical infrastructure. He joined NBC as part of its
Management Associate program.

Michael Dunn Vice President


Work History:
Michael Dunn joined Hearst Interactive Media as a Vice President
in July 2003.
Previously, he was Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice
President of Encoda Systems, Inc., a global supplier of sales,
traffic, programming and financial systems for the broadcast
industry.
Dunn brings to Hearst Interactive Media a wealth of experience in
real world technology and product development. He has held
senior positions with major companies in media and
entertainment, advertising, and computer industries. In his current
role, Dunn directs many of Hearst Interactive Media’s efforts to
support and lead technology-driven corporate operational
improvement initiatives. In addition, he is actively involved in
Hearst’s strategic investment activity—identifying new investment
opportunities and supporting the companies within the Hearst
portfolio.
Prior to his role at Encoda Systems, Inc., Dunn served as
corporate Chief Technology officer for Time Warner Inc. While at
Time Warner, he held both operational and strategic
responsibilities, providing enterprise-wide leadership for
technology research and development, architecture and
infrastructure design. Dunn was also the lead technologist for
Time Warner Digital Media’s Investment Fund, overseeing the
technical due diligence of prospective companies.

Scott English Vice President, Strategic Investments


Work History:
Scott English is the Vice President, Strategic Investments of
Hearst Interactive Media, a position he has held since January
1999. His responsibilities include pursuing and managing the
corporation's strategic investments and initiating new interactive
businesses in partnership with other corporations and venture
capital firms. He also acts as an internal development resource for
Hearst businesses as they pursue their own interactive strategies.
Since joining Hearst, Mr. English has overseen investments in XM
Satellite Radio, Quokka Sports, Star Media, Circles, MetaTV, and
Cymfony. Mr. English is a board member of Cymfony, The
NewsMarket, and the Online Publishers Association and is a
designated board observer at MetaTV, WideOrbit and Sling
Media.
Mr. English joined the Interactive Group in 1995 and oversaw
business development and strategy for Hearst's HomeArts.com
network of magazine websites. He moved into his current role
after helping to orchestrate the merger of HomeArts.com and
Women.com, which has since merged with iVillage. Prior to
Hearst, Mr. English worked in the magazine division of Condé
Nast. Mr. English graduated with a B.A. in Literature from Trinity
College and earned his MBA from Columbia University.
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IPC Southbank

IPC Media is the UK's leading consumer magazine publisher, with an unrivalled portfolio of
brands, selling over 350 million copies each year. Their magazines reach over 70% of UK
women and 50% of UK men — over 28 million UK adults. With more than 150 years of
publishing heritage, IPC's diverse portfolio offers something for everyone. What's on TV, Now,
Marie Claire, In Style, Woman & Home, Ideal Home, Loaded, Nuts, NME, Wallpaper*, Country
Life, The Field, Rugby World, Practical Boat Owner, Pick Me Up, TV easy and our latest title,
high street fashion and celebrity weekly, LOOK... the list goes on and on. Our magazines are
very simply at the heart of the cultural life of the UK.

Address: Kings Reach Tower, Stamford St, London, SE1 9LS


Telephone: Tel: 020 7261 5000

Sylvia Auton CEO


Work History:
IPC Media Sylvia was appointed CEO of IPC Media in March
2003. A consummate publishing professional, she joined IPC in
1977 as a marketer before moving rapidly through the publishing
ranks to become a core member of the IPC management team.
During her time with the company, Sylvia has held a number of
key senior positions, and in 1998, was appointed managing
director of IPC's Country & Leisure Media division, the UK's
largest specialist publishing company. She was part of the Board
team that drove the Cinvin-backed management buy-out of the
IPC business from Reed Elsevier in early 1998. And in October
2001, Sylvia was instrumental in the acquisition of IPC Media by
the world's largest media organisation, Time Warner, for £1.15bn
- the biggest transatlantic media deal ever made. Sylvia is a
director of ultimate parent company, IPC Group Limited. She is
chairman of IPC Media Pension Trustee Limited, the corporate
trustee of the IPC Media Pension Scheme, and a trustee of the
Time Warner Money Purchase Pension Plan. She is also a
member of the PPA board.

Julie Stuckes Digital Development Director


Work History:
Julie Stuckes was previously Head of New Media Operations at
Future Publishing.

Eric Fuller Managing Director


Work History:
Eric started his career at Spotlight Magazines' music weeklies
Sounds and Record Mirror, both of which he edited. He was
promoted to publishing director of Kerrang! and also worked in the
US as group publisher of Guitar Player and other magazines for
musicians.
He joined EMAP in 1992 as publisher of fashion industry titles
Drapers Record and Menswear, returning to consumer markets in
1994 as publishing director of Dennis Publishing's men's and
music group. He launched Maxim for Dennis in 1995, and Stuff in
1997.
He joined IPC in 2000 and has, at various times, held direct P&L
responsibility for all the ignite! portfolio. He was launch publishing
director of Nuts in 2004, the most successful men's launch for a
decade.
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Time Inc.

Address:
Telephone:

Time Inc is a magazine in partnership with CNN. It is one of the leading international magazine
publishers.
Address

Ann Moore CEO


Work History:
Mrs. Moore is Chairman and CEO of Time, Inc. Prior to assuming
this position in July 2002, Mrs. Moore had been Executive Vice
President of Time, Inc. since September 2001, where she had
executive responsibilities for a portfolio of magazines including
Time, The Parenting Group, People, InStyle, Teen People, People
en Espanol and Real Simple. Mrs. Moore joined Time, Inc. in
1978 in Corporate Finance. Since then, she has held consumer
marketing positions at Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Money and
Discover, moving to general management of Sports Illustrated in
1983. She is also a director of the Wallace Foundation.
Email:
Telephone

Dianne Kent CFO


Work History:
Before being promoted to her current title in July 2004, Dianne
held a variety of senior finance positions in the company's
corporate division. Named VP and Assistant Controller of Time
Inc. in 1998, she was responsible for the controllership functions
of the parent company, including financial reporting, accounting
policies, treasury and financial controls. A CPA, Dianne started
her career with Ernst & Young and then signed on as an Audit
Manager with Time Warner's internal audit department in 1982.
Dianne earned a BS in Accounting from Montclair State University
in New Jersey.
Email:
Telephone

Eric Pooley Editor


Work History:
As Chief Political Correspondent, Pooley writes columns, profiles
and in-depth articles about all aspects of American politics.
Most recently, Pooley was in charge of TIME's political coverage
as acting "Nation" editor, assigning and editing articles about
policy, elections, and issues in Washington and around the
country. This temporary assignment required him to oversee
coverage of the Clinton impeachment trial in 1998. Previously, he
was a senior writer and one the magazine's veteran reporters on
politics and national affairs. He wrote extensively about the
Clinton impeachment scandal, and co-reported and co-wrote
TIME's 1998 "Men of the Year" profile of Independent Counsel
Kenneth Starr; the piece recently won Time Inc.'s Henry R. Luce
Award for Best Story of 1998. In 1996, he was TIME's White
House Correspondent, reporting on and writing about President
Clinton's re-election campaign.
Prior to joining TIME, Pooley was a contributing editor and
political columnist at New York magazine. He joined the staff of
New York in 1983 as an editorial assistant and in 1985 began
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writing features, profiles and cover stories about crime, politics,


and the arts. He became a Senior Editor in 1987 and later
switched to full-time writing and reporting, becoming the
magazine's leading urban affairs specialist.
Email:
Telephone

Nelson Schwartz Editor, Fortune Europe


Work History:
Schwartz has been named one of the Top 30 Business Reporters
under 30 years of age by TJFR Business News. He joined
Fortune in April 1997, after spending two years with Smart Money
and contributing stories to Business Week and the Wall Street
Journal.
Email:
Telephone

Books

Harper Collins

Harper Collins UK is part of HarperCollins Worldwide, one of the leading English-language book
publishers in the world, with operations in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. It is a wholly
owned division of News Corporation, the media conglomerate and parent of Times Newspapers
Ltd, British Sky Broadcasting and Twentieth Century Fox.

Victoria Barnsley CEO and Publisher


Work History:
Victoria Barnsley was appointed Chief Executive and Publisher of
HarperCollins UK in July 2000. She joined HCUK when the
company she founded in 1984, Fourth Estate, was acquired by
HarperCollins Worldwide. During her five years at the helm,
Barnsley has filed record profits and HarperCollins has won the
much-coveted Publisher of the Year award.
Before running HarperCollins UK, Victoria Barnsley founded and
ran Fourth Estate UK, building an enviable reputation for
discovering seemingly esoteric books and turning them into best
sellers. The company was the first-ever winner of The Sunday
Times Small Publisher of the Year award in 1988 and was named
Publisher of the Year at the British Book Awards in 1996, making
Victoria Barnsley the only CEO and Publisher to have won this
award twice. In 2004 Victoria Barnsley was the only woman
shortlisted for the ‘Business Leader of the Year Award’ at the
National Business Awards.
Email:
Telephone

Amanda Ridout MD, General Books


Work History:
Amanda runs Harper Fiction, Harper Entertainment, Harper
Thorsons Harper Element and HarperCollins Children’s Books.
Before joining the company, Amanda was the MD of Headline.
She joined HCUK in December 2001.

Thomas Webster MD, Collins (reference and education)


Work History:
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Thomas oversees the information publishing side of the business,


including Reference, Dictionaries, Education and Maps and
Atlases. Thomas joined HCUK in September 2001. He came from
Oxford University Press where he was Publishing Director of
Trade and Reference.

John Bond MD, Press Books


Work History:
John runs the literary division of HarperCollins, overseeing Fourth
Estate, HarperPress and HarperPerennial. Before joining HCUK
in March 2002, he was Marketing Director at Penguin for 10 years

David Swarbrick Group Sales and Marketing Director


Work History:
David runs the sales and marketing division, including home,
international and special sales and the marketing teams across
General Books, Press Books and Collins. David joined HCUK in
June 2002 from Oxford University Press where he was Marketing
Director of Trade and Reference. He worked for OUP for seven
years and before that worked for a variety of publishers, including
HC, Orion and Larousse.

Jim Green Digital Development Director


Work History:
In addition to his role as Education MD, Jim is responsible for HC
UK’s overall digital strategy, working closely with HC UK and
NewsCorp to optimise group resources. Before joining HC in 2002
as Education MD, Jim worked as President of Pearson Higher
Education UK.

Ed Kielbasiewicz Finance Director


Work History:
Ed manages every area of the company’s finances – from
expenses and payroll, to royalties and company accounts. Ed
joined HCUK in 1991 from Allied-Lyons where he worked as
Group Chief Accountant. After a period as Financial Controller, Ed
was appointed Finance Director in 1999.

Random House

Random House is the world’s largest popular book publisher. In the UK Random House Group
comprises of four divisions with different publishing remits: Random House, Transworld, Ebury
and Random House Group

Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road


London SW1V 2SA
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7840 8400

Gail Rebuck Chair and CEO, Random House Group


Work History:
Gail started her publishing career as a Production Assistant,
moving on to become an Editor and, in 1979, joined the Hamlyn
Group as non-fiction Publisher to launch a new mass-market
paperback list.
In 1982 she became a founder director, with four colleagues, of
Century Publishing and, as a Publishing Director of their non-
fiction list, was instrumental in the rapid growth of the company.
Century merged with Hutchinson in 1985 and was acquired in
1989 by Random House Inc, the world's largest English language
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trade publishing group. In 1991, Gail was appointed Chair and


Chief Executive of Random House UK with overall responsibility
for the publishing company, its three distribution centres and
overseas subsidiaries.
In 1998, Random House was acquired by the Bertelsmann
international media group, uniting all the Random House imprints
with those of Transworld publishers to create The Random House
Group Ltd with Gail as Chair and Chief Executive.
For 10 years Gail was a Trustee of the Institute for Public Policy
Research and also a member of the Government's Creative
Industries Task Force. She launched World Book Day in 1998 and
is currently chairing the Steering Committee of Quick Reads, the
adult literacy initiative to be launched on World Book Day 2006.

Peter Olson CEO


Work History:
Peter Olson began his career as a lawyer. In 1976 he was an
associate in the office of Baker & Botts in Washington. He then
moved to Tokyo for two years, where he worked in the office of
Hamada & Matsumoto. Then for nearly a decade, he was a
banker with the Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt and in Tokyo for six
years, returning to Germany in 1987. A year later, Bertelsmann
was able to recruit him where he first familiarized himself with the
company's strategies and operations working at the Corporate
Centre in Guetersloh.
In 1989, Peter Olson returned to the U.S. for Bertelsmann,
becoming Senior Vice President of the former Doubleday Book &
Music Clubs in New York. From 1990 to 1992 he was President of
Bertelsmann, Inc., the corporate and administrative division of
Bertelsmann AG in the United States. Thereafter, he was one of
the senior executives guiding the destiny of the Bantam
Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, one of the world's most
profitable trade book publishers. As the group's Executive Vice
President and CFO, and later as Chief Administrative Officer, he
was able to immerse himself in book publishing for the first time.
In 1994, Olson became a member of the Executive Board of the
restructured Bertelsmann Book AG. As head of what was then
called Bertelsmann Book Group North America, he was
responsible for the entire English-language trade book publishing
business and the international English-language Book Club
activities including those in Asia. He was one of the chief
architects of the Random House purchase in 1998 and
subsequently oversaw the enormously successful integration of
Random House and Bantam Doubleday Dell. Today, under Olson,
Random House is an unrivalled global publishing powerhouse,
showcasing a peerless array of literary prize winning and No. 1
bestselling authors.

Business to Business

Datamonitor

Datamonitor is a leading provider of online database and analysis services for key industry
sectors. They help clients and 5000 of the world's leading companies, to address complex
strategic issues. Through their proprietary databases and wealth of expertise, they provide
clients with unbiased expert analysis and in-depth forecasts for seven industry sectors:
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Automotive, Consumer Markets, Energy, Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare,


Technology, Transport and Logistics.

Address: Charles House


108-110 Finchley Road
London
NW3 5JJ
Telephone: +44 20 7675 7000

Haymarket

Haymarket provides essential news and information to decision makers and professionals
across a wide range of market sectors.

Address: 174 Hammersmith Road


London
W6 7JP
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8267 5000

Jeremy Duckworth Finance Director


Work History:
Jeremy Duckworth joined Haymarket in 2005 as group finance
director and successor to David Fraser, who retired after 37 years
with the company.
After qualifying as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse,
Jeremy gained considerable experience of the media world in
investment banking roles over 13 years with both BZW and more
recently UBS.
He joined Haymarket from the Williams F1 Racing Team, where
he was responsible for improving the financial performance of the
company as it continues to face the challenges of the F1 industry
as a whole.

Kevin Costello Director


Work History:
Kevin Costello is managing director of Haymarket Consumer
Media, and chairman of Haymarket Network.
After graduating in 1987, Kevin joined Reed Business Publishing
as a Sales Executive. He moved to Bartlett Advertising in 1990,
where he spent four years in a range of roles including media
buying and planning, new business development and account
management.
He joined Haymarket in January 1994 as business development
manager of the newly launched Planning Week. After a period
running the sales operation across a portfolio of weekly trade
titles, he moved into the consumer electronics market, running
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision.
Today he is managing director of Haymarket Consumer Media,
with a portfolio of market-leading consumer brands that cover
sectors as diverse as sport, classical music and technology.
Kevin also oversees the growth of Haymarket Network, which is
now one of the top five UK customer-publishing agencies.
He is a trustee of Masterprize, the classical music charity, a
member of the BPI (British Phonographic Industry Ltd) and sits on
the Frontline board the UK’s no. 1 magazine distributor.
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United Business Media

UBM is an international media and business information company. UBM has two principal
areas of business activity: PR Newswire, a global leader in news distribution
CMP & Commonwealth, bringing B2B buyers and sellers together through events, publications,
online media and business information UBM employs more than 5,000 people in over 60
countries around the world. Over 90% of UBM’s revenue is generated in eight market sectors:
technology, healthcare, news distribution, trade & transportation, built environment, lifestyle,
fashion and ingredients. We aim to deliver strong financial returns to shareholders by driving
operational efficiencies, building businesses organically and through judicious acquisitions.
UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L). In 2005 their continuing businesses
generate revenues of more than £675 million with an underlying operating profit of more than
£137million.

Address: Ludgate House


245 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 9UY
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7921 5000

David Levin Group Chief Executive


Work History:
Has been chief executive of Symbian, a mobile phone software
licensing company, since April 2002. He joined Symbian from
Psion plc, the handheld computing company, where he was chief
executive from February 1999. Prior to that, he spent five years
with the international business-publishing group Euromoney
Institutional Investor, as chief operating officer and before that as
president of Institutional Investor in New York. Previously he
worked with the venture capital group Apax Partners and with the
consultancy firm Bain and Company for five years, mostly in Asia.
David has an MBA from Stanford University and an MA from
Oxford. David is also a member of the finance committee of the
Oxford University Press, a department of Oxford University.

Nigel Wilson CFO


Work History:
Nigel Wilson was appointed to the board as CFO in 2001. Prior to
that he was group finance director of Viridian Group plc from 1996
to 2000, and became managing director of Viridian Capital in
2000. Nigel is a non-executive director of Halfords PLC where he
is the senior independent director. Previous appointments include
Group Finance Director at Waste Management International plc,
Chief Executive, Corporate G.P.A., Head of Corporate Finance
and Group Commercial Director of Dixons Group plc, managing
director of Stanhope Properties plc and a consultant at McKinsey
& Co. Nigel has a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.

Charles Gregson Executive Director


Work History:
Charles was appointed to the board in 1996. He is Chief
Executive of PR Newswire. He joined MAI plc in 1974 as group
solicitor and became a director of that company in 1984. He is
chairman of ICAP plc, and deputy chairman of Provident Financial
plc. Charles graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He has an
MA in Law and is a qualified solicitor.
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Technology and Platforms

Arqiva Ltd (formerly NTL Broadcast)

Arqiva operates at the heart of the broadcast and mobile communications industry and is at
the forefront of network solutions and services in an increasingly digital world.  The company
provides much of the infrastructure behind television, radio and wireless communications in
the UK and has a growing presence in Ireland, mainland Europe and the USA. For
broadcasters, media companies and corporate enterprises Arqiva has end-to-end capability
ranging from outside broadcasts, satellite newsgathering, studios, playout, satellite
distribution and terrestrial transmission, the latter including digital switch over and mobile TV
development

Address: Arqiva Limited


Crawley Court
Winchester SO21 2QA
Telephone: +44 (0) 1962 823434

Dr Hyacinth Nwana Managing Director, Mobile Media Solutions


Work History:
Nwana has been responsible for all of Arqiva's mobile TV and
datacasting activity since his appointment in 2005.
Prior to joining Arqiva, Dr Nwana held the post of Director of
Products, Content and Strategy at Quadriga Worldwide Ltd, a
leading EMEA technology and managed services provider. At
Quadriga Worldwide, Dr Nwana was instrumental in the
introduction of digital technology to the hospitality industry
including high-speed Internet, Wi-Fi, pay-TV and video-on-
demand in hotel rooms. Before this he worked for BT as a senior
manager in the Advanced Communications Research department.
Born in Cameroon, Dr Nwana holds a first degree in Computer
Science & Electronic Engineering from the University of
Birmingham, an MSc in Computer Science, a PhD an Artificial
Intelligence & Computer Science from Aston University,
Birmingham and an MA in Computer Science Education from
Queen’s College, Cambridge. He also holds an MBA from the
London Business School, University of London.

Tom Bennie CEO


Work History:
Tom Bennie was Managing Director of Broadcast Australia
between April 1999 and April 2002. From April 2002, Tom held
the position of Managing Director of NTL's UK broadcast division
and has subsequently become CEO of Arqiva following its
acquisition by an MCG-led consortium in January 2005.
Tom has 20 years' experience in the broadcast industry having
joined the UK's Independent Broadcasting Authority in the mid-
1980s. Prior to joining Broadcast Australia, Tom was Business
Development Manager for NTL following its privatisation out of the
IBA's engineering division. Tom is a chartered engineer and a
member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology.

Peter Harbsion COO and CFO


Work History:
Peter Harbison was appointed COO and CFO of Arqiva in March
2006. In late 2004, he had been part of the bid team that resulted
in the consortium led by Macquarie Communications
Infrastructure Group (MCG) acquiring NTL Broadcast, now Arqiva.
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Peter's path to Arqiva has been a circuitous one. Having worked


for 10 years in chartered accounting firms and investment banks
(including Macquarie Bank), Peter joined what was then NTL
Australia in 1999, shortly after NTL had acquired the privatised
assets from the Australian government.
During the three years of NTL ownership, Peter worked closely
with Tom Bennie (now Arqiva's CEO) as the business went
through its transformation from the government owned National
Transmission Network to a stand-alone commercialised company.
The primary focus during that period was securing digital
transmission contracts with the government-owned broadcasters,
ABC and SBS. Peter co-ordinated the bid-team that was
successful in securing national contracts with the ABC worth in
excess of A$1 billion.
With the acquisition of NTL Australia (renamed Broadcast
Australia) by Macquarie Bank in April 2002, Peter rejoined
Macquarie but was seconded full-time back into the business as
its CFO. Peter played a pivotal role in the establishment and
listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in August 2002 of MCG,
with Broadcast Australia as its seed asset, and the management
of that business for the following three years.
Arriving back in the UK in January 2005, Peter accepted the role
of Arqiva's CFO and re-established his working relationship with
many of the Arqiva senior management team he had worked with
in Australia.

BestBefore Media Ltd

Address: 109 Maltings Place, Tower Bridge Rd, London, SE1 3LJ
Telephone: Tel: 020 7403 6688

Mark Rock Partner


Work History:
* Recommended
Email: markrock@bestbefore.tv
Telephone: 02074036688

Dovetail Services

Dovetail is the new brand for the merged Galleon and Customer Interface, the subscription
fulfilment businesses of BBC Magazines and Dennis Publishing. Galleon CI was created in
April 2005 as a 50:50 joint venture between BBC Magazines (previous owner of Galleon Ltd)
and Dennis Publishing (previously joint shareholder in Customer Interface Ltd). The new
company inherits its shareholders' reputation for subscriptions excellence and Galleon and CI’s
adaptability towards publisher needs.

Address: 800 Guillat Avenue


Kent Science Park
Sittingbourne ME9 8GU
Telephone: +44 (0)870 220 0280

Julian Thorn Managing Director


Work History:
Julian has extensive experience of circulation and planning. He
has held past positions as Circulation Director of Dennis
Publishing (paid for subscription file of 400k+) and Marketing
Director of Saga Publishing Ltd (paid for subscriptions file of
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600k+). He has also served as Chairman of the PPA


Subscriptions Committee. Julian has client side experience of
integrating web based delivery and service systems into
traditional fulfilment systems when he led a successful £0.5m data
warehousing project for Dennis Publishing.
* Recommended

Tony Evans Managing Director


Work History:
Tony Evans was appointed in October 2006 as Dovetail's
permanent Finance Director. Tony has a very strong track record
having spent the last 15 years as Finance Director with TSL
Education, a £60m turnover publisher who are also one of
Dovetail’s clients.

Kontiki

Kontiki is a digital media distribution technology company, acquired by VeriSign in March 2006.
Kontiki's peer-to-peer software, the Kontiki Delivery Manager provides the basis to many of the
UK's video on demand services, including Sky Anytime, 4od and the up-coming BBC iPlayer

Todd Johnson CEO


Work History:
Todd is Kontiki's CEO and a 22-year silicon valley veteran. He
has extensive experience leading companies ranging from start-
ups to multi-million dollar technology companies, overseeing the
direction of business development, strategic alliances, sales and
infrastructure operations. Todd most recently served as President
of Jamcracker, which provides software and services that enable
companies to manage their on-demand delivery and software-as-
a-service solutions. While President of Jamcracker, Johnson was
responsible for sales, alliances, product development,
engineering, marketing and service delivery. Prior to Jamcracker,
he held positions at BackWeb, a leading provider of push
communications infrastructure for e-business. Previously, he
directed Silicon Graphics' server solutions division, as well as
worldwide marketing and communications and the industry and
applications marketing organizations. Before Silicon Graphics,
Todd spent seven years at Hewlett-Packard in a number of key
marketing and operations positions. He holds a Bachelor's degree
in marketing from Santa Clara University.

MIG
Mobile Interactive Group was formed in 2004 with the sole purpose to create the UK's most
exciting mobile interactive business. They are a multimedia mobile interactive service provider
as well as the market leader in the UK and Ireland. Using their own purpose built technology
and the experience of a team of mobile experts, MIG focuses on five core areas: Mobile Billing -
Multi-operator billing and payment services across SMS, premium-SMS, MMS, WAP billing,
Video shortcodes and Voice shortcodes. Mobile Applications - High capacity and high-
performance technology purpose built for the interactive mobile services market. Mass
Participation Events – ranging from Live8 ticketing to mass TV-votes and event services such
as The X Factor and O2 Wireless. Interactive Marketing Services – CRM services, interactive
services to TV advertisers and agency services to on-mobile advertisers
Mobile Video Production – A complete turnkey solution for mobile video including concept,
filming, pre-and post-production, distribution and delivery
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Address: Mobile Interactive Group


The Tower Building
11 York Road
London SE1 7NX
Telephone: +44 (0) 870 235 4042

Eileen Mcdevitt Managing Director


Work History:
At the MEMS Industry Group (MIG), Ellen serves as Executive
Director, a position she was promoted to after serving as both
Managing Director and Director of Member Services and
Marketing at MIG.
Ellen joined MIG in 2002 after working with the international
MEMS industry for three years at the Hannover Industrial Fair, the
largest industrial trade fair in the world, which includes an
extensive MEMS/MST Exhibit. Ellen has been instrumental in
growing the membership and profile of MIG; membership in MIG
has quadrupled and MIG is a well-known participant in and
supporter of international MEMS events.
Prior to her time at MIG, Ellen's experience included account
management positions at Jostens, Inc., Protective Coatings
Europe, and project management at Hannover Fairs USA.

Octoshape

Open TV

OpenTV is one of the world’s leading providers of solutions for the delivery of digital and
interactive television. Their software has been integrated in over 81 million digital set-top boxes
and digital televisions around the world—a powerful testament to the reliability and flexibility
OpenTV brings to the market.

Address: Ground Floor, Block C


5- 23 Old Street
London, EC1V 9HL
Telephone: Tel: 44 (0) 20 7250 1244
Fax: 44 (0) 20 7251 0263

Alan Guggenheim President and CEO


Work History:
Before joining OpenTV in March 2007, Guggenheim was CEO of
NagraStar LLC, a company owned equally by EchoStar and the
Kudelski Group. He also served as Executive Vice President and
Member of the Executive Board of the Kudelski Group as well as
Chairman of NagraUSA, Inc. Guggenheim was Founder,
Chairman, and CEO of CIS, Inc., an international strategic and
business development and consulting company that represented
and developed strategic alliances. He was also a founder of the
Board of Pacific State Bank in Stockton, CA. Guggenheim began
his career as an engineer in France and the French Antilles and is
an engineering graduate from the ESTP (France) and a graduate
of the French Command and General Staff Reserve College

Ben Bennett Senior Vice President and Managing Director


Work History:
Ben Bennett is Senior Vice President & Managing Director for
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OpenTV Corp.'s European operations. Mr. Bennett is responsible


for managing OpenTV's operations and relationships with
European network operators, broadcasters and STB/CA
manufacturers. He brings significant international management
experience in the commercial deployment of Advanced Digital and
interactive TV and has overseen a number of OpenTV's major
customer deployments worldwide.
Prior to assuming his current post with OpenTV, Mr. Bennett
served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of
OpenTV's Worldwide Professional Services and Support group.
He was responsible for managing the company's product
deployment and integration teams. He oversaw teams in the U.S.,
Europe and Asia Pacific and has looked after projects in over 30
countries worldwide.

Shum Mukherjee Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Work History:
Shum Mukherjee is CFO for OpenTV. Mukherjee leads OpenTV’s
worldwide finance organization and has the responsibility for
accounting and reporting, strategic planning and analysis,
treasury, tax, audit, and investor relations.
Prior to joining OpenTV, Mukherjee served as Executive Vice
President and CFO at Genus, Inc., a semiconductor equipment
company then publicly-traded on NASDAQ. Before that, he
served as Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller for
E*Trade Group, as well as CFO for E*Trade International. In
addition, Mukherjee also served in various financial roles for
Raychem Corporation, including Worldwide Group Controller.
Mukherjee holds a Masters degree in Management from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of
Management, a Masters in Operations Research and Statistics
from the Indian Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor’s degree
from St. Xavier’s College, India.

Picsel Technologies

Founded in 1999, Picsel Technologies is a leading global player in the rapidly expanding mobile
content industry. Headquartered in the UK, with offices in Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia and
the US, we create revolutionary ways of engaging with a mobile-connected audience of billions.
Working across the industry spectrum, with manufacturers, network operators and content
providers, our unrivalled software engineering capability is helping to shape the whole mobile
device market.

Address: Picsel Technologies Ltd, Titanium House, Braehead Business


Park, King’s Inch Road, Glasgow, G51 4BP, UK
Telephone: Tel: +44 (0) 141 885 5588
Fax: +44 (0) 141 885 5599

Imran Khand CEO


Work History:
A graduate in Computer Science from Paisley University, Imran
has enjoyed a distinguished career. Prior to co-founding Picsel in
1998, Imran established two other highly successful technology
companies, among them one of Scotland’s leading e-business
solutions providers. Before that, he led a Scottish Government
initiative for the development and training of young people and
was actively involved in a number of other government and
community joint ventures. His extensive experience of raising
funds for the development of these businesses has proved
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invaluable to Picsel.

Ali Adnan Chief Operating Officer, Japan, Picsel Technologies K.K.


Work History:
Ali Adnan, joined Hermstedt, Inc. in 1997 and set up Hermstedt
Asia Pte Ltd as Managing Director and was responsible for
developing the company’s sales channels with key partners,
including NTT DoCoMo, Dentsu Tech, Singapore Telecom and
Hong Kong Telecom. In 2000, Ali joined Picsel and established
Picsel Technologies KK (Japan) in 2001 where he has since been
instrumental in ensuring the success of Picsel Document Viewer
in Japan, which has now shipped on more than 25 million
shipments. More recently, he has evangelized the concept of
Keitai Browsing 2.0 - the next breakthrough in browsing on
mobile.

Tandberg Television

The world's leading network operators, broadcasters and content owners use our award-
winning solutions to create new viewer experiences and advertising opportunities. They offer a
broad suite of open, standards-based products that provide the highest-quality digital TV
solutions, including IPTV, HDTV, video on demand, advertising on demand, IPTV and
interactive TV applications. All of which are designed to maximize service offerings and
generate greater returns on network investment.

Address: Strategic Park


Comines Way
Hedge End
Southampton SO30 4DA
Telephone: +44 (0) 23 8048 4000

Mike Hudson Business Development Director


Work History:
After graduating from Durham University, Miles was recruited by
the BBC and worked for several years in both radio and television
engineering and resource management balancing the demands of
the creative production teams with the available technologies. He
then established a media operations company working with a
number of clients to provide enabling technologies and services to
the commercial sector. He has also worked for Sony and Snell &
Wilcox during the emergence of MPEG technologies followed by
period as a COO for a transmission presentation SME prior to
joining Tandberg Television in 2001. He is responsible for
championing Tandberg Television’s content management
business segment in EMEA, promoting and encouraging debate
on the new technologies that enable new business models to be
created around advertising and the repurposing of content.
Establishing revenue streams from content and advertising is a
key tenet with product solutions such as AdPoint as a proven
technology. Miles has also been extensively involved with the
introduction of Europe’s first open multi-vendor cable VOD system
due to go live at the end of this year. He has recently been
responsible for the introduction of a fully flexible, standards-based
ingest solution capable of supporting multiple encoding standards,
including high definition MPEG4 content which has currently been
adopted by Red Bee and was used to ingest the high definition
programming used by Telewest for their HD service launch earlier
this year.
* Recommended
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Eric Cooney President and CEO of TANDBERG Television


Work History:
Eric Cooney is President and CEO of TANDBERG Television. He
leads the company in its mission to be the world's leading
provider of live and on-demand digital TV delivery solutions,
enabling broadcasters, operators and content owners to realize
the full potential of their networks and to deliver digital video
across any platform to any device. Eric has a strong track record
in the digital broadcasting industry gained from many years of
helping operators around the world to deploy digital video
platforms and services.
Eric joined TANDBERG Television in 1997 and assumed his
current position in June 2003. Over the past four years he has
steered TANDBERG Television into profitable growth and
provided the strategic vision that has enabled the company to
deliver best-in-class technology and achieve a strong industry
lead. Eric has driven a series of strategic acquisitions that have
enabled the company to expand its market presence and
leadership and deliver pioneering technology that enables new
business models through IPTV, HDTV, video on demand (VOD)
and interactive television.
Prior to entering the digital broadcasting market with NDS, Eric
spent five years as a U.S. Naval Officer, followed by a career in
systems engineering and sales in the computer process control
industry. He holds an MBA degree from the University of Southern
California, a Masters education in Nuclear Engineering from the
U.S. Navy, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University
of Rochester.

Fraser Park Chief Financial Officer


Work History:
As CFO of TANDBERG Television, Fraser Park plays a vital role
in building on the company's leading position in the global digital
video compression market. Based at the company's headquarters
in Southampton, UK, Fraser has responsibility for TANDBERG
Television's global financial strategy and operations and his role
encompasses managing the finance, IT and legal departments.
A member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland,
and a former strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co, Fraser Park,
he has spent over fifteen years in senior financial management
positions across Europe, the UK and the US in technology,
internet and manufacturing organisations including: Via Net.Works
Inc, LSE listed Nettec plc and Stanley Tools. With a strong track
record in multinational financial strategy and management he is
recognised as an effective leader in profitable change
management and business systems implementation and
combines a results-driven approach with analytical thinking. He
previously led the successful flotation of internet services
company Nettec on the LSE. He holds a BA (Hons) in
Accountancy and Finance from Strathclyde University, Scotland
and qualified as a chartered accountant in 1988.
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Digital strategy consultancies


and media corporate finance boutiques

Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.


Its organizational structure includes divisions based on client industry types and employee
workforces. Industry divisions, referred to as Operating Groups, include Products,
Communications High Technology and Media ('CHT'), Financial Services (e.g. banking,
insurance), Resources, and Government. The employee workforce divisions are respectively
titled Consulting, Services, Enterprise, and Solutions.

Address: 60 Queen Victoria Street


London EC4N 4TW
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7844 4000

Theresa Wise Partner, Global Director of Digital and Online, Accenture


Work History:
Wise was recently promoted to the newly created role of the
global director of digital and online media, where she is
responsible for leading the company's online marketing
expenditure analysis and will advise companies on maximising
the return on investment of their online marketing spend and how
to integrate online with offline expenditure. Previously, Wise
worked in Accenture's media and entertainment practice, where
she led projects in digital, interactive television, broadband
strategy, gaming content and mobile content strategies. She has
worked across Europe, Japan and the US, for global cable
companies, media conglomerates and both public service and
commercial broadcasters.

Cap Gemini

John Birch New Business


Work History:
* Recommended.

Circus Street Communications

Circus Street works within the digital media market, where technology is evolving at break-neck
speed. We help our clients to understand how these advancements are affecting their business,
and how they are able to change and evolve to meet the opportunities they create, delivering
clear strategies and plans that provide real business value.

Address: 77 Weston Street


London SE1 3RS
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7407 5126

Jeremy Hill Managing Director


Work History:
12 years media experience (7 online). Previously headed up
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Starcom Digital UK (04-05). Established agency's interactive TV


unit. Prior to Starcom, worked in Asia at Saatchi & Saatchi,
heading up their programme and syndication department.

Richard Townsend Director


Work History:
13 years media experience (8 online). Previously headed up
Starcom Digital UK, establishing the agency's interactive
department (97-04). Prior to Starcom worked at MGM on Nike.

Henry Stokes Director


Work History:
9 Years media experience (7 online). Previously Group Account
Director at WPP's Mindshare Digital working on Nike, IBM and
American Express. Spent 2 years as a press buyer prior to
working in digital. Currently works with Nestlé, advising on all
digital and interactive media.

Ruth Brownlee Director


Work History:
12 years media experience (7 online). Previously Advertisement
Director at Handbag.com. Commercial Development Controller at
Channel 4 and Group Head of Agency Sales at Yahoo! UKIE.

Deloitte

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (branded as Deloitte) is the second largest professional services firm
in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst &
Young and KPMG. In addition to its accounting practice, Deloitte is one of the largest business
advisory firms in the world, providing strategic and operational management consulting services
to many major companies. According to the firm's website, as of 2006, Deloitte had a total of
135,000 professionals at work in nearly 140 countries, delivering audit, tax, consulting and
financial advisory services to more than one-half of the world's largest companies. The US firm
employs over 33,000 people (2005) and the UK firm employs over 11,000 people (2007).

Address: Stonecutter Court


1 Stonecutter Street
London EC4A 4TR  
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7936 3000

Fathom Partners
Fathom Partners is a strategic innovation firm, focusing on media, telecoms and technology.
The firm helps clients develop new products and services, solve business problems and
improve operations. Fathom consultants work in all areas across our sectors but have particular
expertise in digital and interactive services, including mobile. This has expanded their client
base to include a range of companies that need to find their space in these emerging markets –
for example brands and financial institutions.

Address: 23-25 Eastcastle Street


London W1W 8DF
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7636 6800

Harry Blundun Partner


Work History:
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Harry is a partner and co-founder of Fathom with over 10 years’


experience of consulting and management in the technology,
media and telecommunications sectors.
Prior to founding Fathom in 2001 Harry was CTO at a web start-
up. Before taking up that role, he was a manager at Merrill Lynch,
responsible for designing and delivering systems to support the
company's European debt derivative business.

Harry Hobson Partner


Work History:
Harry is a partner and co-founder of Fathom with over 13 years’
experience of consulting and management in the technology,
media and telecommunications sectors. At Fathom he runs large
consulting projects related to broadcasting, telecoms, marketing
and organisational change.
Before founding Fathom in 2001 Harry was Managing Director of
Helpful Media, an online community and retail web business,
which he developed, raised VC capital for and ran for two years.
Previously, Harry worked at Spectrum Strategy Consultants, Kroll
Associates and the Economist Intelligence Unit. Harry has
Masters Degrees from Cambridge and London universities.

Stephen Adshead Head of Media


Work History:
Stephen leads fathom’s media work, bringing to bear nearly 10
years experience in strategic consulting and analysis in the
broadcast, telecoms and technology industries. He focuses on
supporting media companies, telecoms operators and regulators
in understanding and exploiting the opportunities presented by
convergence. He has particular expertise in the mobile
advertising, mobile television and online video content areas.
Prior to joining fathom, Stephen held senior positions at Chrysalis
Television Group (All3Media), the UK’s largest independent
television production company, where he led the development of
the company’s interactive television strategy. He has also worked
with Datamonitor, where he managed the ‘Digital Home’
programme, which analysed and reported on the interactive
television, PC and console games, consumer Internet access,
web content and mobile sectors.
Stephen holds a first class degree in chemistry from Cambridge
University.

Generator Consultancy
Address: 16-18 Strutton Ground
London SW1P 2HP
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7340 2760

Generator is a digital management consultancy that works with some of the UK's leading brands
helping their business to grow successfully online.

Martin Sutton Managing Director


Work History:
Martin Sutton joined the Generator team in November 2006. He is
responsible for the company's strategic business development
and client relationship management.
Martin has spent the past thirteen years working in client facing
businesses and business assurance.
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At PricewaterhouseCoopers, he worked at senior management


level with major UK, US, Eastern Europe and South East Asian
corporations in the telecoms, media and lottery industries. In the
past three years he has been working at Centrica Plc, focussing
on the retail operations of British Gas.
Martin is a Chartered Accountant and an associate member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Human Capital

Simon Tarrington
Work History:
* Recommended.

Robin Foster
Work History:
* Recommended.

IconZest

IconZest is a web communication consultancy that specialises in helping the public sector make
the most of communications and the web, from developing strategies through to making them
happen.

Address: 13A Bridge House


18 St George's Wharf
London SW8 2LP
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7793 9322

Gunveer Mahandru Managing Director


Work History:
Gunveer is the Managing Director and founder of IconZest. Prior
to creating IconZest, Gunveer was an Account Director at
IconMedialab (new media solutions provider) from 2000 to 2002
where he worked with financial services clients such as Charles
Schwab to help them improve their online offerings. Before
IconMedialab, he headed the Consultancy function of Predictive
(network solutions) from 1998 to 2000 where he advised telecoms
clients such as BT and Cisco on improving their operational
capability.
Before this, Gunveer ran niche IT consultancies advising a range
of clients, including British Airways, Deutsche Bank, and the
National Grid on improving the productivity of their system
development staff. From 1988 to 1994, Gunveer ran the Public
Sector Services division of Learmonth & Burchett Management
Systems. Gunveer started his career in 1986 as an Electronics
Engineer, working for a range of specialist technology companies
researching analogue and digital voice compression techniques
and designing noise reduction filters.
He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and
a postgraduate diploma in Industrial Management.

Niclas Ljundberg Principal Consultant


Work History:
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Niclas is a Principal Consultant with IconZest, leading digital


strategy and branding engagements. He has led branding and
digital innovation programmes at major clients such as
Department of Trade and Industry, Government of Ecuador,
Samsung, NatWest, LG Group, the Economist, and Quaker Oats.
In 2002-2004, Niclas co-founded Placebrands Ltd., a niche
consultancy specialising in developing brand strategies for cities,
regions, and countries, bringing together the public and private
sector in creating long term visions and communication platforms.
He also founded and still co-chairs the UK Intellectual Capital
Network; and is co-founder of Unic, Universal Networking of
Intellectual Capital with world leading guru Leif Edvinsson.
Prior to this, Niclas was Director of Strategic Development and
Head of Knowledge Management at digital consultancy Razorfish
in London between 1998 and 2001. During this time he also held
positions as Account Director in London, and Operations Director
in Milan leading the start-up phase of the Italian office.
Niclas worked in Hong Kong from 1994 to 1998, as branding
consultant with Landor Associates.
He holds an MBA in international business and industrial
marketing, and is multilingual with extensive international and
cross-cultural experience, born in Sweden and having worked and
lived in Europe, Asia, and Africa for more than 15 years. He is a
member of a range of forward thinking organisations such as
branding think-tank The Medinge Group; the Digital Storytelling
Association; and the editorial board of the Journal of Digital Asset
Management.

Matthew Woolf Principal Consultant


Work History:
Matthew is a Principal Consultant, specialising in emerging
technologies. Matthew has almost 20 years experience in the
application of advanced networking and communications
technologies to areas as diverse as financial trading information,
multimedia and more recently telecoms and marketing.
Prior to IconZest, Matthew was a Technical Director at Razorfish,
the digital solutions agency, where he worked with client such as
British Aerospace, NatWest, Nokia, RAC and BP. Matt left
Razorfish in 1999 to run Pogo, the company he had co-founded to
develop and market the award-winning Pogo, the UK's first colour
handheld mobile internet device.
After graduating, Matthew spent 4 years with Midland Montagu,
developing world-leading distributed trading and risk analysis
systems, including 24-hour FX trading between London, Tokyo
and New-York and realtime options pricing.
Matthew is author of two world-wide patents, winning the City
University annual prize for his a Masters' degree in Media and
Communications Policy, originally graduated with a BSc(Hons) in
Computer Science.

Longacre

Eric-Lawson Smith Managing Director, Longacre


Work History:
Eric’s previous roles include
Principal, Broadview – jointly managed the highly successful
European Media team, focusing on the UK, French and German
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media markets
Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions, J.P. Morgan –
responsible for transactions in media and telecommuincations in
Western, Central and Eastern Europe
Investment Associate, Prudential Investment Corporation, New
York – responsible for private equity and private placement
investments in broadcast and print media.
* Recommended.

Mediatique
Address: 21 Little Portland Street
London W1W 8BT
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7291 6900

Mediatique Limited is a strategic advisory, corporate finance and research firm specialising in
the media industries in the UK, the rest of Europe and the US. Now in its fourth year of
operation, Mediatique advises a number of media clients, providing strategic advice, fund-
raising advice, deal negotiation services and general market intelligence. Regulated by the
Financial Services Authority (FSA), the business has three main operations: Strategic Advisory,
Corporate Finance and Independent Research.

Janet Goldsmith Joint Managing Director


Work History:
Janet Goldsmith has more than 20 years' experience working in
UK and international media. One of the leading proponents of
multichannel television in the UK, Janet appears as a regular
commentator in newspapers and magazines. She combines
strategic business skills with sound creative management and
over the past 12 years has specialised in launching and
restructuring a number of television networks, both for start-up
independent companies and multinational corporations.
From 1998 to 2003 Janet was Managing Director of Universal
Studios Networks, responsible for the development and operation
of Universal's multichannel business in the UK.
Prior to joining Universal Janet had worked for companies
including Carlton Communications, Meridian Broadcasting and
Kinnevik.
Originally from the US, Janet has been resident in the UK for
more than 20 years, and has extensive knowledge of the
television markets in the US, UK and all major European
territories.

Matthew Horsman Joint Managing Director


Work History:
Mathew Horsman is founder and principal of Mediatique, and has
nearly two decades of experience in the media and finance. He is
one of the most respected commentators on the broadcasting
sector with an incisive understanding of how finance, content and
rights management interact. Horsman was formerly Research
Director, Media, at stockbroker Investec Securities, where he
covered large and small media companies including BSkyB,
Carlton and the commercial radio sector.
Prior to joining Investec in 1997, Horsman was Media Editor of the
Independent, following a career in financial journalism spanning
10 years on both sides of the Atlantic. A graduate of Harvard and
the Sorbonne, he has covered digital TV, commercial radio,
independent television production, the cable industry, print and
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new media.
He is the author of Sky High: the Inside Story of BSkyB (Orion,
1997, 1998) and, with Andrew Marshall, of After the Nation State:
Citizens, Tribalism and the New World Disorder (HarperCollins,
1994, 1995).

Conrad Roeber Partner


Work History:
Conrad Roeber has been a senior consultant to the media,
telecoms and information industries for over twelve years. He has
worked with leading broadcasters, network operators and
regulators in the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, Hong Kong,
Singapore and Taiwan, developing new business strategies and
shaping competitive responses to rapid market and technological
development.
Prior to joining Mediatique in 2005, Conrad was Partner at
Spectrum Strategy Consultants where he worked for eight years,
and was at Booz Allen & Hamilton. He also worked for five years
as an Associate Producer for the BBC, Sky and Channel 4. He
has an MBA from Wharton and a MA from Edinburgh University.
* Recommended.

Paul Fleming Senior Associate


Work History:
Paul Fleming joined Mediatique in March 2004, and specialises in
broadcasting, advertising and digital media, including the
development of new revenue models. He has also worked on
digital rights, carriage arrangements for pay channels and the
development of strategies for sports rights companies.
Prior to joining Mediatique, Paul spent three years working in
corporate finance at Investec, where he focused primarily on the
telecoms, media and technology sectors. He worked on a number
of public flotations, acquisitions and fundraisings while at
Investec.
Paul has an Economics degree from the University of Durham.

OC&C

Paul Zwillenberg? Consultant


Work History:
* Recommended.

Spectrum Strategy Consultants

Spectrum Strategy Consultants is a leading consultancy firm, focused exclusively on the media
and telecoms sectors worldwide. Founded in 1994, the firm has offices across Europe, Asia
and the Americas, and clients in over fifty territories.

Address: Greencoat House


Francis Street
London SW1P 1DH
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7630 1400
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William Field Partner


Work History:
William Field is a Partner at Spectrum. He has undertaken a wide
range of strategic, financial and operational projects in the online,
broadcasting and telecommunications industries. He has led
many of Spectrum’s projects in the sports industry, particularly
football – where he has advised the FA Premier League, UEFA
and numerous football clubs.
He has also worked with leading media companies on
broadcasting and online projects and has consulted on
telecommunications industry projects around the world.
Prior to joining Spectrum as a founding member, William was a
Principal Associate at Coopers & Lybrand. He gained a BA
Honours degree in PPE from Oxford University and then went on
to study television production at the Royal College of Art.

Janice Hughes Partner


Work History:
Janice Hughes is a co-founder of Spectrum Strategy Consultants.
She is an economist with many years of experience in fixed and
mobile telecommunications. She also works with the television
sports and film industries.
Janice is an adviser to many government bodies. She has been
instrumental in influencing telecoms and media policies worldwide
including the unique structure for UMTS in Hong Kong. In addition
Janice has published several books and studies on the
converging industries.
Prior to founding Spectrum, Janice was European Practice Leader
for the Telecommunications and Media strategy practice at Booz
Allen & Hamilton, Director of CSP and was also Managing
Director of the Economists Advisory Group.
Janice has an MA Honours degree in Economics and Statistics
from Cambridge University.
* Recommended.
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Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Firms

Accel Partners

Accel, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has offices in London and China. Accel has
been an active investor in internet start-ups including Glam Media, BitTorrent and Facebook.

Address: 16 St. James's Street


London SW1A 1ER
Telephone: Tel: (+44) 20 7170 1000
Fax: (+44) 20 7170 1099

Simon Levene Partner

Work History:
Simon joined Accel having spent over a dozen years in the
Internet, media and communications industries. His areas of
expertise include consumer, Internet (media and infrastructure),
software and services.
Immediately prior to Accel, Simon served for four years as
Managing Director of Corporate Development at Yahoo!, where
he was a key thought leader in the company's international
strategy, and responsible for sourcing and pursuing new business
opportunities in Europe and Israel through internal development,
M&A, investment, and partnerships. His scope covered all of
Yahoo!'s activities, including search, media & advertising,
premium services, marketplace/listings, communications, mobile
and core technology infrastructure. Simon also led the acquisition
of seven companies, deploying $650M of cash, and played a point
role in turning around Yahoo!'s European operations, growing
revenues ten-fold.
Before Yahoo!, Simon was VP of Business Affairs at Time
Warner, focusing on global cross-divisional investments and M&A.
Earlier, he spent five years in Silicon Valley. Simon began his
career at The LEK partnership, an international strategy
consulting firm, focusing on the telecoms, information and
logistics industries. Simon graduated from Cambridge University
with a double first, was elected to a Choate Fellowship at
Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and earned an
MBA from Harvard Business School.

Advent International

Advent has the broadest geographic reach of any private equity investor with 15 offices and 6
affiliates in 23 countries. Worldwide, Advent has invested in over 25 media companies giving
the company a first-hand appreciation of the dynamics of what is a constantly evolving industry.

Address: 111 Buckingham Palace Road


London SW1W 0SR
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7333 0800

Tim Franks Director

Work History:
Tim Franks joined Advent in 1999, moving from the investment
banking division of Credit Suisse First Boston in London. Prior to
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that, he worked in the project finance group at Deutsche Morgan


Grenfell. Tim specialises in media, retail and leisure sectors.
Tim has been involved in Advent's investments in Fat Face,
Sportfive SA, VRON Investment Holding (Radio 538), Poundland
Holdings Limited and Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG.
Tim has an MA from Cambridge University, where he was
awarded the Dr. Herchel Smith Scholarship for continued study at
Harvard University. At Harvard, he received a Master of Public
Policy focusing on international finance & development from the
John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Fred Wakeman Director

Work History:
Fred Wakeman joined Advent in 1998 and has 11 years private
equity experience. Prior to Advent, he was a director in GE
Capital's equity capital group, where he specialised in later-stage
growth capital investments, primarily in the media and business
services sectors in both the U.S. and Europe.
Fred has led or participated in 12 Advent investments including,
PrimaCom, Eurozet Sp. Zoo, Radio Kolor, Pemco International
BV, HMV Group plc, Poundland Ltd., Radio 538 and Fat
Face.Fred received joint BAs in economics and history from the
University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from the
Georgetown University School of Business.

Apax Partners

Apax Partners is a global private equity group that invests in five industry sectors. Founded
more than 30 years ago, the firm uses its sector expertise, deep local presence and broad
global platform to create value for its stakeholders.
Apax Partners’ goal, as the largest and longest-established media team in the industry, is to be
positioned at the forefront of the media sector’s growth. Recent investments by Funds advised
by Apax Partners span sectors as diverse as children’s entertainment, directories, newspapers
and music publishing.

Address: 15 Portland Place,


London W1B 1PT
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7872 6300

Stephen Grabiner Partner

Work History:
Stephen leads the Media sector team globally and the London
office. Member of the global Executive Committee and
Apax Investment Committee. Apax deals include Bezeq, PCM 
and Yell. Joined Apax in 1999. Prior experience at On Digital and
The Daily Telegraph. BA in Economics from University of
Sheffield.  MBA from Manchester Business School.

Tom Hall Partner

Work History:
Apax deals include Thomson, The Stationery Office, 20 Minutes,
Zeneus Pharma and World Directories. Joined Apax in 1998.
Prior experience at S.G. Warburg and Deutsche Bank. MA from
Cambridge University.
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Paul Fitzsimons Partner

Work History:
Chairman of the Exit Committee and member of the Approval and
Investment Committees. Apax deals include HIT Entertainment,
Kabel Deutschland Group and Future Publishing. Joined Apax in
1993. Prior experience at Arthur Andersen. Chartered
accountant (ACA).

Ariadne Capital
Ariadne Capital is an investment and advisory firm focused on Software and Services, New
Media, Communications and Life Services. They are backed by 40 entrepreneurs who founded
the firm in 2000 in order to build the market leading companies of the new millennium.
Headquartered in London, their network of Executives, Investors and Partners extends from
Asia to North America to Europe.

Julie Meyer CEO


Work History:
Julie has 18 years of investment and advisory experience.
As Chief Executive of Ariadne Capital, she has overall general
and financial management responsibility for the group, which she
founded in August 2000. She created the Ariadne Investor
Member Network with the leading entrepreneurs who have
capitalized Ariadne Capital, are a source of funds for Ariadne`s
portfolio, and who bring their expertise to the portfolio in a variety
of ways. She has led Ariadne’s work with Zopa, Monitise,
SpinVox, and Intamac.
From 1998 to 1999, Julie was part of the team at NewMedia
Investors [which became NewMedia Spark, an early stage
investment firm, in October 1999] where she helped several
companies, including lastminute.com, WGSN and Arc Cores,
raise significant venture capital financing and internationalise.
Each of these businesses had successful exits for their investors.
She previously worked for Andy Cunningham in Boston, MA, and
through Cunningham Communication she consulted for Motorola,
Inc, on the PowerPC initiative. She has also consulted for Hewlett
Packard and 3Com in France. Named a 'Global Leader of
Tomorrow’ by the World Economic Forum and one of the top 30
most powerful women in Europe by the Wall Street Journal.
Julie graduated from INSEAD with an MBA in December 1997,
and from Valparaiso University with a BA in Humanities and
Literature in 1988.

Paul Flanagan Director


Work History:
Paul Flanagan focuses on the digital entertainment and financial
services sectors at Ariadne Capital where he has worked on
corporate advisory, business development, capital raising, and
M&A assignments.
These assignments have included: peer to peer music
distribution; social networks; mobile telephony services, content
and software; video gaming; on-line gambling; VoIP; IPTV;
interactive education; on-line and mobile payments; on-line
trading platforms; news distribution; satellite distribution; and
innovations in wholesale telecommunications.
Paul has over 20 years experience selling, marketing and
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managing in the high-technology, entertainment and banking


industries. This experience spans large corporates through start-
ups and he has worked extensively in North America and Europe
with dealings in Asia and the Middle East.
Paul initially worked for I. P. Sharp Associates in Toronto, using
the building blocks of international networking, mainframes,
databases, and software to build and sell international solutions
for the oil, banking and securities industries with partners
including McGraw Hill, Citibank, and SWIFT.
Based in London in the late 1980's with Reuters, he set up and
ran a European sales and marketing structure for financial
services applications. Notable successes included the
establishment of the Blend stock borrowing and lending system as
the market standard and ramped up market penetration for the
securities trading and clearing system across Europe.

Julian Hardy Director


Work History:
Julian Hardy is a serial entrepreneur and has been involved in
numerous start-ups and business projects. As co-founder in his
latest venture, Sennari Entertainment Inc, he aims to bring loyalty
platforms and new forms of gaming from traditional platforms to
the mobile device.
Whilst his interests are now primarily focused on the wireless
(mobile) media sector, his experience is diverse. Julian has
extensive experience in mobile games publishing having worked
with two of the industries larger players. As the President of
EMEA for Sorrent he managed the team that was responsible for
the launch of a number of Atari consoles titles on mobile
throughout Europe including Driv3r, the most successful mobile
game of 2004, and an execution that changed the way mobile
games are marketed to consumers. Hardy was also instrumental
in the acquisition of Macrospace – a London based developer –
by Sorrent, leading to a broadening of their operations in Europe
and Asia and a balancing of their global revenues.
Julian is the former EMEA president of MFORMA, the world's
leading wireless entertainment publisher. Julian was also a
managing director at Freeserve, the UK's first free ISP and portal.
Earlier, Julian was commercial director at Capital Interactive, part
of Capital Radio Group, an innovator of digital entertainment and
cross media promotion; and a co-founder of EMAP Online, part of
EMAP PLC, one of Europe's largest media groups.
Julian is an investor or advisor to the following companies: Hands
On Mobile Inc, Telcogames Ltd, Oberon Media Inc., Globalia Corp
SA and Vividas PLC.

Balderton Capital / Benchmark Capital

Benchmark Capital is a venture capital firm focused on the technology industry. Its investments
range in size from as little as $100,000 to as much as $10 or $15 million.

Address: Balderton Capital


20 Balderton Street
London W1K 6TL
Telephone: +44 (0)207 016 6800

Ymon Kreiz General Partner


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Work History:
Ynon was previously Chairman of the Board of Management,
President and CEO of Fox Kids Europe N.V. (FKE), which he co-
founded with Haim Saban in October 1996.
Under Ynon's management, FKE was established as a leading
pan-European integrated children’s entertainment company, with
localized television channels, programme distribution, and
consumer products as well as online and interactive businesses.
In less than 5 years from its launch, Fox Kids became the fastest
growing pay-TV channel and most widely distributed children’s
channel in Europe and the Middle East, broadcasting via cable
and satellite in 56 countries, reaching more than 32 million
households in 17 languages. In addition, FKE was a leading
provider of children’s programming, distributing content to more
than 110 different terrestrial, cable and satellite channels in over
53 markets across Europe and the Middle East. FKE was also
one of the largest independent merchandising operations in
Europe, active in 33 countries.
Ynon resigned from his position at FKE in December 2002, but
remained affiliated with Saban Capital Group. Ynon recently
joined the Supervisory Board of the leading German broadcasting
group ProSiebenSat1, which was acquired by Saban Capital
Group along with a group of private equity investors.
Ynon is a graduate of UCLA's Anderson School of Management
(MBA, 1993) and Tel Aviv University (BA, Economics and
Management, 1991).

Klaus Hommels Venture Partner

Work History:
Klaus is a seasoned entrepreneur and well respected business
angel. Prior to joining Benchmark, Klaus spent several years as a
private investor. He has a successful investment track record in
European technology and media companies including Skype,
Midas Player (king.com), StarDoll and OpenBC. In addition to
investing in Europe, Klaus has spent considerable time in China,
and has an extensive network in the Chinese Internet/Media
sector, including working closely with TomGroup.
Earlier in his career, Klaus joined AOL in 1995 and spent several
years on the Management Board where he was responsible for
business development, content and advertising sales. He was
also involved in the establishment of Freenet.de AG and served
on its Supervisory Board for a number of years. After AOL, Klaus
was at Apax Partners in Munich and Zurich. Klaus started his
career at Deutsche Bank.
Klaus serves on the board of Whisher and Zubka.
Klaus holds a master and PHD in Finance from Fribourg
University (Switzerland). Klaus was recently elected Europe's
"Entrepreneurial Private Investor 2006" by the three leading
European education and research institutions IESE, INSEAD and
the University of St.Gallen.

Esprit Capital Partners

Esprit Capital Partners provides Venture Capital funding for European technology, media,
telecoms, life science and medtech companies with exceptional growth prospects and high
calibre management teams.
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Address: 14 Buckingham Gate


London SW1E 6LB
Telephone: +44 (0)207931 8800

Simon Cook Director

Work History:
Simon is the CEO of Esprit Capital Partners and has over 13
years venture capital experience, including previously being a
partner with Elderstreet Investments and a Director at 3i
Cambridge. He has been involved with a number of successful
high tech UK start-ups including Cambridge Silicon Radio, Virata,
nCipher and KVS. Simon is now responsible for Esprit’s
investments in LOVEFiLM and PacketExchange.
Prior to venture capital, Simon worked as a strategy and IT
consultant at KPMG and as a computer games developer, and
graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science
and Technology (UMIST).

Tom Bradley Director

Work History:
Tom has been in VC since 2000, with SOFTBANK Europe
Ventures and then with Cazenove Private Equity. He was
responsible for those funds’ initial investments in businesses such
as Volantis Systems, Picsel Technologies, LOVEFiLM
International and DisplayLink. Tom has responsibility for Esprit’s
marketing activity and deal generation processes. He is also a
founder member of the London Venture Network, an organization
of young European Venture Capitalists established to foster closer
inter-investor relationships and better working practices. Tom is
currently responsible for Esprit's investments in Callserve,
Clearswift, DisplayLink and Celoxica.
Prior to joining SOFTBANK, Tom was a consultant with
Datamonitor where he undertook assignments for blue-chip
clients such as IBM and Microsoft and helped to build the US
consulting practice. Tom is a graduate of Oxford University where
he studied Modern History at Brasenose College.

Stuart Chapman Director

Work History:
Stuart joined Esprit from Cazenove Private Equity. Prior to joining
CPE in Febuary 2005 he was a Partner of 3i Ventures. He was
also a founding partner of 3i US, based in Menlo Park, CA. and
was responsible for 3i's investments in Still Secure, CollegeNet,
Appshop and Digital 5. He had 13 years of venture capital
experience with 3i in Europe and the USA. Following his return
from the US in October 2003 he was responsible for 3i’s
investments in The Cloud and Searchspace, the IPO of Pixology
and sale of Magic 4 to Openwave. Stuart is now responsible for
Esprit’s investments in Blackspot, and Lagan Technology and
Where-Are-You-Now (WAYN.com)
.Stuart is a member of the British Venture Capital Association
High Tech Committee. Prior to 3i, Stuart was involved in software
and systems implementations for Midland Bank. He is a graduate
of Loughborough University.

Nic Brisbourne Director


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Work History:
Nic has over seven years experience in venture capital, working in
London, Europe and Silicon Valley. His main areas of focus have
been software and media. Prior to Esprit he was with Reuters
Venture Capital. Nic has been involved in a number of
investments including UltraDNS (acquired Neustar - NYSE NSR),
Zeus Technology and Perfiliate (trading as Buy.at). He manages
Esprit's investments in Buy.at, Zeus Technology, Axiom Systems,
SRC, Cityspace and Tribold.
Prior to joining Reuters Nic worked for Operis, a software and
services start-up, and Cap Gemini.
Nic also authors a blog commenting on the European technology
and venture capital markets. www.theequitykicker.com

Index Ventures

Index Ventures is dedicated to working with entrepreneurs who have the drive and ability to
build world-class technology companies that can become global players in their market. They
focus on investing in information technology and life sciences. These are markets in which they
have direct experience and where their advisors, limited partners and their extensive networks
can bring significant value-added to our portfolio companies.

Address: 52-53 Conduit Street


London W1S 2YX
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7154 2020

Saul Klein Venture Partner


Work History:
Saul joined Index at a Venture Partner in February 2007, having
worked with the Index team as a founder (Video Island), an exec
(Skype) and as a co-investor (Spotrunner, Moo, Mind Candy,
Last.fm, Stardoll).
He remains an advisor to Skype, where he served as a member
of the executive team from 2005, running global marketing and
subsequently eCommerce where he focussed on developing new
revenue streams
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Pascal Jouin Director


Work History:
Pascal is the Director of Investor Relations at Index Ventures,
which he joined in 1999. Prior to joining Index, Pascal worked for
six years in institutional sales of derivative products at ABN
AMRO Capital Markets in London and Credit Commercial de
France in Paris. He is a graduate of ESSEC Business School and
holds a Specialised Masters in Technology and Management from
Ecole Centrale Paris.

Nunu Tadesse Director


Work History:
Nunu is the Director of Finance and Administration at Index
Ventures, which he joined in 1999. Prior to joining Index, Nunu
worked for two years at Medtronic Europe in Lausanne as a
financial analyst. Before this, Nunu spent seven years at Price
Waterhouse Geneva as an auditor of banks and other financial
institutions. He has a BA in Economics from University of
Massachusetts. He is also a member of the Institute of
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Management Accountants (IMA).

NewMedia Spark Investors

NewMedia Spark is a venture capital investor based in London and listed on the Alternative
Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. Formed in 1999, the firm has built up a
portfolio of investments in the technology, media and telecom sectors (TMT) ranging from
enterprise software to digital media and semiconductors. As an investor, New Media Spark
works closely with management teams providing active strategic and commercial support. Their
current focus is on early stage investments in digital media, software applications and
communications technology with the objective of developing significant capital growth over the
medium term.

Address: 4th Floor, 33 Glasshouse Street, London, W1B 5DG


Telephone: +44 (0)20 7851 7777

Andrew Carruthers CEO


Work History:
Andrew sits on the Board of FootFall, Aspex Semiconductor, DX3
and NMH, leading SPARK's active participation in their
development over the last five years. He also led the sale of
Pricerunner to Valueclick for $30m having been on the board of
that company since 2002. He was previously a Director of
NewMedia Investors responsible for capital raising and corporate
finance for a range of technology businesses including
Lastminute.com. Prior to that he was involved in the operational
management of technology and finance as a Director or Founder
of online information, TV and digital distribution companies in the
US and UK. He qualified as an accountant with KPMG.
Appointed to the Board on 27th September 1999.

Jay Patel Executive Director


Work History:
Jay is a director of NewMediaSPARK plc and was part of its
founding team in 1999. SPARK is an early stage technology
investment company managing $100m of assets. Jay is currently
focused on opportunities in the mobile sector and India. He has
previously held executive positions at UBS Warburg and BSkyB.
He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG and holds
degrees from INSEAD and the London School of Economics.

Providence Equity Partners

Providence Equity pursues a strategy of specialized investing in communications and media


companies. As focused investors with in-depth knowledge of the industries in which the
company invests, Providence Equity brings value-added expertise from both a financing and
operating perspective to our portfolio companies.

Address: 78 Brook Street


London W1K 5EF
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7514 8800

Karim Tabet Director

Work History:
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Karim Tabet is a Director of Providence and is a member of the


London-based team responsible for Providence's European
investment activities. Mr. Tabet is a director of Nordic Cable
Acquisition Company AB (known as com hem), Hallmark
International and Digiturk Digital Platform lletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş.
Prior to joining Providence in 2002, Mr. Tabet was an Associate in
the Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs. Prior to
Goldman Sachs, Mr. Tabet worked in mergers and acquisitions
with Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Tabet received a Masters in
Business Administration from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Ecole
Polytechnique.

Quadrangle Group

Quadrangle Group LLC is a private investment firm with over $6 billion in assets under
management. Quadrangle Group is organized into three separately managed investment areas:
distressed debt, private equity, and public equity. All three investment strategies seek to
maximize value by leveraging the firm's extensive experience, knowledge and industry
relationships. Quadrangle Group was founded in March 2000 and has offices in New York and
London. The firm does not offer investment services to the public.

Address: Quadrangle Group Europe Ltd


15 Conduit Street
London W1S 2XJ
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7317 3800

Gordon Holmes Director

Work History:
Gordon Holmes, who is based in the London office, joined
Quadrangle Group in 2005 and is a Managing Principal focused
on the firm’s $2.9 billion media and communications private equity
business. He has had over a decade of experience in buyouts and
investments, both in the US and overseas.
Prior to joining Quadrangle, Mr. Holmes was a general partner of
Forstmann Little & Co., where he spent over seven years and
worked on a range of acquisitions, including those of Citadel
Broadcasting Corporation and 24 Hour Fitness. He had previously
spent over five years working in the Singapore, New York and
London offices of Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he gained
experience in equity and debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions,
private equity investments and acquisitions, and restructurings.
Mr. Holmes is a member of the board of directors of Capella
Education Company, a Minneapolis-based post-secondary online
education provider. Mr. Holmes received an M.B.A. from Stanford
University in 1995 and was named the Henry Ford II Scholar on
graduation, which is awarded to the student with the highest
academic achievement. He graduated from University College,
Dublin, Ireland in 1990.
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Digital Marketing Agencies and Inhouse Departments


3T Productions Ltd
3T Productions is a learning solutions business, specialising in developing bespoke software
solutions for: Skills Assessment Software, Professional Development and e-Learning
Programmes, Teaching and Learning Software and Bespoke Internet Solutions

Address: Pennine House


Carrs Road
CHEADLE
Cheshire
SK8 2BL
Telephone: +44 (0) 161 492 1400

Agency.com
Agency.com is a full service interactive agency, and creates effective marketing campaigns and
world-class websites.

Address: 85 Strand
London WC2R 0DW
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7964 8200

Matt Curtis Joint Head of Creative


Work History:
For the past 12 years, Curtis has worked exclusively in interactive
marketing. At Agency.com he has created innovative solutions
across all channels, from traditional websites to mobile sites and
banner ads, working for numerous clients including Sony
PlayStation, Harper Collins, Christian Aid, Goldman Sachs, British
Airways, BT, GNER and One 2 One.

Olly Robinson Joint Head of Creative


Work History:

Nick Corston Head of Business Development


Work History:
A pioneer of the industry, Nick brings to Agency.com over 17
years of experience in digital communications, having worked in
every aspect from online advertising and web design to direct
marketing and events. In his position at Agency.com, Nick is
responsible for the dedicated UK Sales and Marketing team.
Nick joins Agency.com from fellow Omnicom agency, Craik Jones
where he was Head of Digital. Whilst at Craik Jones, Nick worked
to establish a totally integrated digital capability.
Prior to Craik Jones, Corston was the Founder/Director of Arawak
Interactive Marketing (1994-2002), working with clients such as
Microsoft, Sony Playstation and the British Heart Foundation to
create cutting edge and truly integrated digital marketing
campaigns, webcasts and CD ROMs.

AKQA
AKQA is an independent, ideas-led agency that exists to help its clients lead in the digital age.
Named Agency of the Year in the UK by Revolution magazine in 2006, AKQA is the first agency
to hold the Agency of the Year title on both sides of the Atlantic at the same time. Their team
works globally because their clients have offices in the USA, Europe and Asia.
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Address: 1 St John’s Lane


London
EC1M 4BL
Telephone: +44 (0)207 7804786

Daniel Bonner Creative Director


Work History:
Daniel began his career at TayBurn McIllroy Coates, an
Edinburgh design agency, after graduating from Edinburgh
College of Art. His work then focused mainly around corporate
literature, brand development and corporate identity design. After
a year with TayBurn McIllroy Coates and numerous independent
projects, he moved to AKQA in 1997 as Creative Director.
As well as working with AKQA’s clients such as BMW, Land
Rover, Mini, Nike, Microsoft and Sainsbury’s, Daniel has also
been instrumental in developing effective design practice
workshops for the Design Museum London. He was recently
invited to contribute to the UK Government taskforce responsible
for devising best practices for interactive online services.

Dan Rosen Head of Mobile


Work History:
Dan Rosen started his mobile career in 1995 as a client side
marketer within Orange UK before moving into media by joining
Express Newspapers as Group Marketing Manager.
In 2000 Mr Rosen launched 12snap UK’s mobile marketing
business running pioneering campaigns with brands including
McDonald’s, Coke, Proctor & Gamble, Cadbury, Walkers Snacks
and MTV. Industry awards included New Media Age’s "Mobile
Campaign of the Year " for McDonald’s and Orange’s "Small
Business Award for Innovation" in 2002.
Associated Newspapers recruited Mr Rosen early in 2004 as
Managing Director of their new media subsidiary Greenland
Interactive. A series of successful mobile initiatives were launched
with clients including mobile operator 3, EMAP, ITV, Daily Mail,
and GSK. Revenue growth exceeded 60% within 18 months,
resulting in the company’s successful sale in September 2005.
In January 2006, he launched AKQA Mobile. AKQA Mobile is the
specialist mobile division of AKQA working with clients globally;
clients include Nike, Xbox, Coca Cola, Diageo, Cadbury, Yell.com
Mobile, Target, Palm and Visa.
Mr Rosen is the mobile columnist for Marketing Week magazine
in the UK and regularly speaks at mobile marketing industry
events.

Amaze Digital
Address: Warren Mews, Warren Street, London W1T 6AP
Telephone: 0870 2401700

Ivan Skoric Business Development Director


Work History:
Ivan worked for Amaze, where he headed up key accounts
including Toyota Europe. Before that, Ivan worked for
Wunderman where he held the position of European Business
Director and was responsible for running European marketing
accounts for organisations such as Ford, Orange and the
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European Space Agency. Ivan has also worked closely with


several agencies within the WPP network

AtticMedia
Atticmedia is a New Media Age top 25 agency specialising in:
Digital Strategy and Implementation, Design and Development, Education and Games, Training
and Simulations

Address: 34 Waterside, 44-48 Wharf Rd, Islington, London, United


Kingdom N1 7UX
Telephone: +44 [0]20 7490 8789

BDP Media Ltd


The BDP Media Group comprises a number of specialist, integrated communications
companies. Our experienced teams of educational consultants, trainers and multi-media experts
work with public and private sector organisations - enabling them to communicate, learn and
bring about change through the effective use of digital media, print and live training. We take the
time to understand our clients' needs and create innovative and effective communication and
learning solutions.

Address: BDP Media Group


Units 10-13, The Leathermarket
Weston Street
London SE1 3ER
Telephone: 020 7407 7060

Bryan De’Ath Group Managing Director


Work History:
Group Managing Director, founded The BDP Media Group in
1991. From its roots in broadcast television production, BDP has
grown to become a group of specialist, integrated
communications companies serving all industry sectors.

Broadview Communications Ltd


BroadView provides leading edge dynamic visual communications to educate and engage
customers and employees. They have a background as TV journalists and offer consultancy,
production and delivery.

Address: First floor


Enterprise House
1-2 Hatfields
London
SE1 9PG
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Jake Ward Broadcast Services Director


Work History:
One of the most experienced professionals in the area of
streaming media, Jake leads BroadView's team delivering web-
based broadcasts. Former Deputy Editor of video service at
ft.com.

Stuart Masiter Founder


Work History:
Founder of BroadView and a leading authority on best practice
using broadcast techniques within the corporate sector. Former
BBC and ITN journalist with 12 years experience in corporate
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communications.

BYG Systems Ltd


Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Chemistry Communications

Address: Melbray Mews


158 Hurlingham Road
London SW6 3NG
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7736 5355

Prof. Richard Adams Digital Strategy Director


Work History:
Since the early 90's Richard has developed numerous interactive
TV, Mobile and online services and campaigns. Immediately prior
to joining Chemistry he launched the BBC Blogs Network and
Comedy Soup service. Richard is a published author on digital
advertising and media. He is a BAFTA judge and a member of the
Society of Authors.

Claire Elworth Creative Director


Work History:
Claire has over eleven years experience across a broad range of
clients in all media and sectors - FMCG, leisure, public sector,
financial and charity barely touches the surface. She has been
awarded some of the most highly regarded creative awards
including Gold at the DMAs, ISPs and MCCA to name but a few.
Claire is passionate about ensuring insightful, effective creative
ideas.

Neil Cowan New Business Director


Work History:
Neil has experience both as client – he worked at Boots the
Chemist as a buyer – and as agency man. Previous clients have
included Barclaycard, British Airways, Automobile Association,
Tesco, Lloyds Bank, IBM, Royal Bank of Scotland, Peugeot and
others. Neil is a member of the IDM and the DMA.

Dare Digital
Dare is an interactive marketing agency which was founded on the core belief that strong ideas
lead to better business results. They specialise in seven areas: website development
online advertising, interactive content, email marketing, Digital outdoor, iTV and Mobile
marketing.

Address: The Telephone Exchange


5 North Crescent
Chenies Street
London WC1E 7PH
Telephone: 020 7446 7171
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Lee Wright MD, Client Development and New Business


Work History:
Lee began her advertising career at Modem Media joining as
graduate trainee in 1993. She joined DDB Needham/Tribal DDB
in 1995 running the Volkswagen and Guardian business before
progressing to Head of Account Management and ultimately
Business Development Director. Lee oversaw the merger of Tribal
DDB and Billco to form a new digital division and was part of a
management team charged with developing a European rollout
strategy which saw expansion into five European cities.
She joined Grand Union in September 2003 to run the Britvic and
Abbey account portfolio and oversee the Account Management
function. She was appointed Managing Director in April 2005.
Lee joined Dare in May 2006 as Managing Director with core
responsibility for client development and new business.
She is Vice Chair of the IPA Digital Marketing Group and sits on
NABS' Fast Forward Committee.

James Cooper Digital Director


Work History:
James originally studied history at Manchester before specializing
in advertising at Watford College in 1996. He began his creative
career above the line at D'Arcy and Ogilvy.
In 1999 he joined the newly created Ogilvy Interactive as their first
copywriter and won awards on IBM, Kodak and Orange before
rising to become deputy creative director.
In 2003 he left Ogilvy to join Agency Republic as Creative
Director. After two successful years working on O2, BBC and
Smirnoff he left for a new challenge with Dare – becoming
Creative Director in January 2005.

Flo Heiss Creative Partner


Work History:
Flo studied design in Augsburg, Germany, where he won the
Erasmus scholarship to the Institute of Art in Urbino. A further two
years spent at the Royal College of Art led to an M.A. in graphic
design. In 1996 Flo joined Scholz and Volkmer to apply his design
skills and from here moved on to Razorfish in 1998.
Flo joined Dare in October 2000 as design director and was
promoted to creative director in June 2003.

Delib Ltd
Delib gets people thinking, engaging and participating using new technologies. Governments,
charities and businesses use our tools to create a dialogue with people and make a difference.
People use our tools because they want to participate and we make it enjoyable and easy.
Good communication is at the heart of our award-winning approach; we favour websites,
software and games, but also work with media such as print and film. Their clients include the
European Parliament, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minster, the YMCA, the BBC, Fortis,
Publicis and over 100 UK councils.

Address: 50 Frith Street


Soho
London
W1D 4SQ
London
Telephone: 0845 638 1848
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Dialogue DLKW Ltd


Dialogue (est. 1994) is a world leading provider for interactive mobile solutions for entertainment
and business. It provides aggregation services for bulk SMS, Premium rate SMS, MMS and
Location based Services (LBS) through APIs including HTTP and SMPP.

Address: Dialogue Communications Ltd


48-54 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 2NS
UK
Telephone: +44 (0)8700 790 300

Digit

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Digital Outlook Communications Ltd


Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Digital TMW

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Ross Taylor Managing Director


Work History:

DNA Consulting Ltd

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Draft London Ltd

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207
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E3 Media
E3 is a full service digital agency with 60 staff working in both Bristol and London studios.
Highlights in 2007 already include being voted 'South West digital agency of the year' by their
peers, and they are currently the 5th in Design Week's digital top 20 and Revolution magazine
ranked them 11th out of 395 agencies in their Client Satisfaction Survey.

Address: Central Court, 25 Southampton Buildings, WC2A 1AW


London
Telephone: +44 020 7427 2600

Wesley Hogg Creative Director


Work History:
Prior to joining E3media, Wesley was the Creative Director at
Rufus Leonard.

Enteraction TV Ltd
Enteraction TV create content for digital TV, the web, IPTV, the mobile and any other devices
where consumers want to watch television. They currently produce and run Thomas Cook TV
(Sky Digital 645); Thomas Cook Broadband; London TV Broadband; The Great Big British Quiz
(Sky Digital 840, ntl 770 and five); “The Mint”, an interactive gameshow which is broadcast on
ITV1 and ITV Play, as well as 3’s daily mobile TV service, “Today on 3 Live”. We’ve also
recently completed projects for COI Communications, Allied Domecq, Chanel, Five, Cartier,
Investors in People, Eckoh Technologies, Nike and Channel 4.

Address: 8 Park Place, Lawn Lane, Vauxhall, London SW8 1UD


Telephone: +44 (0)20 7820 4470 f

Udi Regev Creative Director


Work History:
Udi is responsible for the cross-disciplinary development and
execution of etv’s creative strategies as well as representing and
communicating etv’s creative values to current and potential
clients.
Udi joined etv from Red Bee Media where he served as a Cross-
Platform Content Producer. In this role, Udi played an integral part
in devising and producing a number of high profile iTV campaigns
for major UK brands, as well as developing engaging functionality
and bespoke video content for TV, Web and 3G mobile phones.
In 1999 Udi began his design career as Promo Producer at the
BBC and was quickly promoted to Producer of programming and
sponsorship. As Producer, Udi spearheaded many branded
content projects consisting of commercials, commercial-
presentation films and informercials for leading international
brands including Sony, Philips, Shell and Motorola.

Euro RSCG
The world's fifth-largest global agency, Euro RSCG Worldwide has 233 offices across the globe
that specialize in advertising, marketing services, interactive, healthcare, and corporate
communications.

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207
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Glue London Ltd

Address: glue London Ltd


31 Old Nichol Street
London E2 7HR
Telephone: 020 7739 2345

Good Technology

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Grand Union

Address: Eardley House, 182 – 184 Campden Hill Road, London, W8 7As
Telephone: 02079080700

Hall Moore CHI


Hall Moore CHI is a partnership between CHI and former Proximity Worldwide direct, digital and
data specialists Simon Hall and Warren Moore. It is a new model of integration where direct
and digital account teams and creatives collaborate in-house with CHI advertising, media
experts Naked Inside – and clients – to find big ideas for ambitious brands. Then we work side
by side to develop creative work in the most effective media.

Address: 7-9 Rathbone Street, London, W1T 1LY


Telephone: 02074628600

Ewan Carpenter Head of Digital


Work History:
Prior to working at Hall Moore ChI, Ewan worked for Key
Communications as an Account Manager, his clients included
P&O Trans-european, Toyota, BT and Electrolux. In 1999 until
2002 he was appointed as the Director at Traffic Interative where
he was responsible for BT Group, Royal Mail, Whiskas and Shell.
Following this, in 2002, he moved to AKQA Ltd as the Group
Account Director where his main client was Orange. In 2004,
Ewan was appointed the Digital Director for the Royal Mail at
Proximity London, In 2005, he moved to Hall Moore.

Hildbrand
Hildebrand provides creative and technology consulting for service organisations. They combine
innovative technology with real-world experience turning complex problems into a source of
competitive advantage. Hildebrand is a well-established business founded in 1986 as a creative
agency and has a reputation for innovation, quality and reliability.

Address: 19 Bulstrode Street, Marylebone


London, W1U 2JN
Telephone: +44(0)20 7486 1020
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I-Level
In 1999, they had a vision of creating an independent digital communications agency that would
specialise in digital communications and only digital communications. They wanted to lay the
foundations for a new breed of agency, one that would set the standards for others to follow.
Now with 120 staff and growing rapidly, i-level offers a full range of digital communications
services.

Address: Strutton Ground


Victoria
London
Telephone: +44 (0)2073402700

Mark Creighton Managing Director


Work History:
Mark graduated from Durham University with a degree in Politics
and still retains his links with his student days through
involvement in his college’s alumni association.
At i-level, Mark has worked as an Account Director and Group
Account Director on a variety of acquisition driven accounts
demonstrating how online can be effectively used as a recruitment
channel for a wide variety of client sectors. He was a driving force
behind the development of i-level Search, helping to initiate this
specialised division that delivers the search requirements of
clients across the agency.
In a previous life in his role as Digital Manager at All Response
Media, Mark was responsible for the growth and development of
the agency’s digital offering over four years. His remit was to
deliver domestic and international digital requirements across a
client base including Betfair, Reckitt Benckiser, Megastar,
One.Tel, British Gas Services, Lineone, Dotmusic and Hewlett
Packard.

Imaginet
They provide customers with quality and value for money web designs and technological
expertise. Their services are broad including: creative design, on-line marketing, e-commerce,
customer relationship management, internet strategy, content management and hosting.

Address: Suite 21
Greyfriars House
Greyfriars Road
Cardiff
CF10 3AL
Wales (UK)
Telephone: +44 (0)29 2025 5515

Work History:

IMG New Media

Address: The Telephone Exchange


5 North Crescent
Chenies Street
London WC1E 7PH
Telephone: 020 7446 7171
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Adam Kelly Business Affairs Director, Sales and Marketing


Work History:

Inferno
Inferno is a small independent agency that produces integrated work for clients such as
Budweiser, ASDA, Britvic, Honda and Hiscox. It was set up six years ago and now has seventy
people situated in Soho.

Address: Palladium House, 1-4 Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TA


London
Telephone: +44 (0)2072927070

Ingram Partnership
Ingram Partnership helps to power brands with impartial strategic thinking. The business is
segregated into secen areas: Brand Definition, Brand Innovation, Brand Connection, Brand
Insight, Brand Futures, Brand Stewardship and Brand Mentoring.

Address: 7-10 Beaumont Mews


London
W1G 6EB
Telephone: +44 (0)207 3172900

Ioko
Founded in 1996, the vision was to build a broad based IT services company capable of
delivering excellent services to corporate clients where new technologies were involved. The
inspiration came from David Griffiths and Mark Christie's early work with BT developing some of
the UK's earliest commercial Internet applications.
The strategy was to pull together fantastic people and to deliver fantastic services and since
launch the company has achieved growth of over 200% per annum. They now have strong
management team, strong technology partnerships and a broad base of highly satisfied long
term clients. Looking into the future, they are enhancing and scaling our platform to continue to
deliver successful business-critical technology applications and services to their growing client
base.

Address: The Telephone Exchange


5 North Crescent
Chenies Street
London WC1E 7PH
Telephone: 020 7446 7171

John Griffin Sales and Marketing Director


John heads up ioko's sales and marketing activities including
channel partners and alliances.
John is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin in engineering and
mathematics and has a technical and programme background in
designing and delivering enterprise technology solutions for large
corporates - particularly data warehousing, business intelligence
and portals. John is currently specialising in innovative solutions
for on-demand content delivery to the media and broadcast
industry.
Work History:
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LBI
LBI is the leading European full service and fully integrated digital agency network servicing
clients with marketing and technology solutions. With a combined force of over 1200
professionals in 26 offices across the globe, annual sales of €161 million and a combined
market capitalization of € 275-325 million, LBI has achieved the necessary critical mass to lead
this business category now and in the future. LBI is Europe's only fully integrated digital agency
network. LBI was formed by the merger of LB Icon and Framfab on 1 August 2006.

Address: The Telephone Exchange


5 North Crescent
Chenies Street
London WC1E 7PH
Telephone: 020 7446 7171

Luke Taylor Chief Executive Officer


Work History:
FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference

David Hurren Creative Director


Work History:
Hurren was appointed creative director at FramFab UK in 2004,
and consequently creative director of the joint agency creative
team that resulted from the summer 2005 merger of Framfab and
Oyster Partners.

Julie Lane Sales and Marketing Director


Work History:

Lean Mean Fighting Machine

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Light Maker Group Ltd


Lightmaker is a professional services agency that has been creating award winning interactive
experiences the world over since 1997. A privately owned and funded company, Lightmaker
Group consists of six companies located in the UK, Europe, the USA and Australia. Their
service offering includes Adobe Flash Specialists, Web Development, Mobile device integration
and development, Technology and Application Development, Rich Media Content development,
Website Hosting, Creative consultancy and Strategic consultancy

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Marvellous
Address:
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London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Maverick Media Ltd


Address: Ground Floor, Moray House,
23-31 Great Titchfield Street
London
W1W 7PA
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7291 3450

Will Jeffery Managing Director


Work History:
Will graduated from film school in 1989 and set up Maverick in
1995 having worked as a producer at Working Title and other
independent production companies.
Following Maverick's success, Will established a Japan office
earlier this year; strengthening Maverick's reputation as one of the
world's foremost viral producers.
Will has also established a number of other media companies
including Traffik, The Viral Chart and The Viral Awards.

Modem Media
Modern Media provide outsourced media services — marketing, conference management,
content development, and sales — to media companies, associations and business marketers.

Address: London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Tonia Ries General Managing Partner


Work History:
Tonia co-founded Modern Media, and manages marketing
services, sales strategy and brand development for the
company's clients. Tonia brings more than 15 years experience
as a sales and marketing executive in the media industry. She
was the VP Marketing for Ziff Davis Media, overseeing research,
marketing and promotional activities for six of the company's
brands. Prior to joining Ziff Davis, she was VP Marketing and
Sales at CMP Media, where she developed and led integrated
sales and marketing programs for the company's Business
Technology Group. As Associate Publisher, Marketing for
InformationWeek from 1994 to 1999, Ries developed marketing
strategy that resulted in the brand's dominant market position.
Working closely with Charles, Tonia created multi-million dollar
events, online and newsletter brand extensions for
InformationWeek.

Mook
Address: First Floor
25 Bedford Street
Coven Garden
WC2E 9ES
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207
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MRM Partners UK Ltd

Address: Lynton House


7-12 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9LT
Telephone: 020 7278 3856

Nestlé
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Yvonne Richardson ? at Nestle


Work History:
* Recommended.

New Media Collective Ltd


Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

New Media Maze

Address: The Telephone Exchange


5 North Crescent
Chenies Street
London WC1E 7PH
Telephone: 020 7446 7171

Dave Smith Managing Director


Work History:

Ogilvy Interactive

Address: The Telephone Exchange


5 North Crescent
Chenies Street
London WC1E 7PH
Telephone: 020 7446 7171

Serge Nichols New Business Director


Work History:
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Oyster Partners

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Panlogic

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Pavillion Communications Ltd

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

PhD IQ

PHD iQ is one of the leading online media specialists in the UK. It takes the best principles of
direct response media and fuse them with the latest online and interactive media opportunities.

Address: The Telephone Exchange


5 North Crescent
Chenies Street
London WC1E 7PH
Telephone: 020 7446 7171

Woman ex Sky – recommended.

John Murray X
Work History:
* Recommended.

Play

Matt Gorzkowski Managing Director


Work History:

Poke London Ltd

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207
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Precedent Communications

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Profero

Profero is a digital marketing agency. Profero was founded on the belief that digital marketing
would change the way consumers behave forever. It has produced 4,000 campaigns in the eight
years since it was founded.

Address: Cento 3
19 Mandela Street
London NW1 ODU
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7387 2000

Leo Pang Head of Creative


Work History:

Ross Jenkins Head of Media


Work History:

Publicis Dialog
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Rainey Kelley Campbell Rolf

David Golding
Work History:
* Recommended.

Reading Room
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Red Bee Media

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207
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Pam Masters CEO


Work History:

Senior Creative Director: Jane Walker


Creative Director: Steven Aspinall

John Pink Commercial Director


Work History:
John Pink is the Commercial Director at Red Bee Media and has
led the successful growth of the company into new areas such as
video-on-demand, content to mobile and navigation services. Red
Bee Media was formerly part of the BBC and John played a key
role at the time of sale and has worked with the new owners to
develop it into an independent company.
John continues to be responsible for delivering growth; company
strategy; sales, marketing and communication; company-wide
client management; and the research and development of new
technologies and products - all of which have been brought
together under an integrated Business Development department.

Dave Adey Head of Business Development


Work History:

Jane Walker Senior Creative Director


Work History:

Steven Aspinall Creative Director


Work History:

Red Nomad
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

RPM
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Rufus Leonard

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207
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S8080 Ltd
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Saatchi & Saatchi

Adam Kirby Executive Director of Business Development and Growth


Work History:

Sapient

Joey Wilson Director for Marketing Strategy


Work History:

Soup Ltd
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Sponge
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Start Creative Ltd


Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Storm

Joe X
Work History:
* Recommended.

James Murphy
Work History:
* Recommended.
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Tequila

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Tim Bonnet X
Work History:

Cordell Burke X
Work History:

Tribal DBB

Bill Brock Managing Director


Work History:
Bill Brock has been working in the interactive marketing space for
10 years. His career has taken him from the frontlines of business
planning and marketing strategy, to technical and creative
development.
In 1996 Mr Brock worked with a company called Multimedia
Resources to help MasterCard plan, develop launch and
communicate to the masses SSL technology, a proprietary
system for secure online credit card transactions that welcomed
the first customers into the world of e-commerce.
Since those early years, Mr Brock has worked across a variety of
disciplines of interactive marketing – Client Services, Production,
Strategy & Planning, Concept Development and Technology –
developing industry-leading integrated marketing programs for
clients, such as Miller Brewing Company, Citigroup, Levi Strauss,
British Telecom and Ladbrokes.
While online focused, Mr Brock recognises the importance of
channel integration. Not just in terms of creative output (matching
luggage, as some call it), but fundamental strategic integration
that fully utilises the power of each channel to deliver the greatest
return on investment for clients. As part of this focus he has work
closely with some of the largest through-the-line agencies in the
world including AMV, TBWA, St Lukes, Saatchi, JWT, WWAV,
Ogilvy, Ketchum, and many more.

Janet Winslade Head of Media


Work History:

True Digital
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207
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Twentysix London
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Unilever
With 400 brands spanning 14 different categories of home, personal care and foods products,
no other company touches so many people's lives in so many different ways. Their brand
portfolio ranges from much-loved world favourites including Lipton, Knorr, Dove and Omo, to
trusted local brands such as Blue Band and Suave. They are constantly enhancing their brands
to deliver more intense, rewarding product experiences. They invest €1 billion every year in
cutting edge research and development, and have five laboratories around the world that
explore new thinking and techniques to help develop their products.

Address: Unilever House


100 Victoria Embankment
London EC4Y 0DY
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7822 5252

Caroline Slootweg Director Digital Marketing and New Media


Work History:
Caroline Slootweg is in charge of a team of marketing specialists
who have been charged with developing Unilever’s roster of
digital agencies.
* Recommended

Unit 9 Ltd
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

The Viral Factory


Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Walker Media
Walker Media is a media planning and buying company that Christine Walker founded with Phil
Georgiadis and M&C Saatchi in 1997. Walker Media is the eighth largest media agency in the
U.K., with annual billings in excess of GBP300 million.

Address: Middlesex House


34-42 Cleveland Street
London
W1T 4JE
Telephone: +44 (0)207 447 7500

Mark Syal Head of Digital Media


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Work History:
Before Mark joined Walker Media he was Account Director at
Diffiniti Ltd. Prior to that he was Associate Director at Carat Digital
UK, and before that he worked as Internet Manager at EHS.
Mark has a degree from the University of York.

Alexandria Oliver New Business and Marketing


Work History:

WDMP

Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Chris Clarke X
Work History:

Caroline McGuckian X
Work History:

Weapon 7 Ltd
Address:
London
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Wheel
Address: x
London
x
Telephone: +44 (0)207

Worth Media
Address: x
London
x
Telephone: +44 (0)207
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Music

Last.fm

Music Choice Europe


For the past 13 years Music Choice has been at the forefront of digital music broadcasting
across Europe and Asia, providing high quality non-stop music channels like Total Hits,
Classical Greats, Freedom, Hip Hop, Revival, Schlager, Cool Jazz and the Greatest Rock
Anthems Ever. They are also rolling out new niche channels like Bollywood Hits and Hindi
Classics in India.
Their channels are totally free from interruptions like adverts, DJ’s or presenters and combine
innovative On-TV graphic solutions that allow consumers to know exactly what they are
enjoying on every channel at anytime. Their award winning programming and music producers
offers creative programming solutions through 90 exciting international and local channels,
available in over 40 million homes across 18 countries around the world.

Address: Fleet House


57-61 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5AR
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7014 8700

Margot Daly CEO and Director


Work History:
Before joining Music Choice in 1995, Margot was one of five people
brought to Europe by DMX Europe to launch the digital audio
concept in 1993. Prior to this she worked in the audio compression
and radio industry for Cutting Edge Technologies, based in Ohio and
in brokerage with Citibank in New York. She was appointed Sales
and Marketing Director of MCE Limited in July 1999 and Chief
Operating Officer of MCE Limited in August 2000.

Ashley Mckenzie Managing Director


Work History:
A graduate of Harvard Business School, and son of former editor of
The Sun Kelvin Mackenzie, Ashley has led a successful career in
media for over a decade. Most recently, he was part of the
management team at The Wireless Group Plc (TWG) where he
began as Managing Director of their local radio business and, in
2002, was appointed as Managing Director of the company's
commercial operations, where he was responsible for the company's
national sales strategy.

Andrew Jeffries Head of Programming


Work History:
New Zealand-born Andrew Jeffries is the former Programme
Director of London’s number 1 youth entertainment radio station.
Having worked previously for a number of the UK ’s largest
commercial radio companies, Andrew is in charge of developing
Music Choice’s music and content strategies across the company’s
multiple distribution platforms.
In an 18 year broadcasting career throughout Europe and
Australasia, he has amassed extensive experience in multiple
formats and developed award-winning programmes. In 2001 and
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2004, Andrew won UK Programmer and British Radio Programme


Director of the Year and his team has twice been presented National
Station of the Year, NTL Digital Station of the Year and Music Week
Station of the Year awards.

Jeff Clarkson CFO


Work History:
New Zealand-born Jeff Clarkson moved to the UK in 1989, and was
Finance Director and Company Secretary for a worldwide brewer
before becoming Vice President of Finance for a major television
network in April 1996.
Whilst working there, he project managed the Finance department’s
transformation through the decentralisation to a regional
broadcasting operation and oversaw a series of major cost reduction
exercises while undertaking the daily responsibilities of his role. He
became Finance & Operations Director for the international
operations of a computer games developer and publisher in July
1999, managing finance teams in the UK , Spain, France, Australia
and Germany as the industry transitioned to next generation games
platforms. Jeff joined Music Choice in January 2004 to lead the
company’s financial function and is an Associate Chartered
Accountant accredited in New Zealand.

Simon George Director, Music and Marketing


Work History:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/481/521

Recording companies

EMI

A division of EMI Group, EMI Music is one of the top recorded music companies in the world,
operating directly in nearly 50 countries worldwide, with licensees in a further 20.
EMI’s record labels, which include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville,
EMI, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Televisa Music, Manhattan, Mute, Narada, Parlophone and
Virgin sign and develop artists, market and promote them and distribute their music to retailers.
Through consistent and long term success they have built up an outstanding catalogue of
recorded music covering all key genres.
In the six months ended 30 September 2006, EMI Music had revenues of £720.7 million,
earning £11.5 million operating profit. It employs around 5,600 people.
EMI Music's distinctive approach to the development of its roster focuses on making consistent
investments in artists with long-term career potential and is designed to maximise both local and
global sales. Its rich and diverse catalogue and roster includes legends such as: The Beatles,
the Beach Boys, David Bowie, Maria Callas, Nat King Cole, Miles Davis, Herbert von Karajan,
John Lennon, Dean Martin, Paul McCartney, Yehudi Menuhin, Pink Floyd, Queen, Frank
Sinatra, the Rolling Stones and Mstislav Rostropovich.

Address: EMI Group plc


27 Wrights Lane
London
W8 5SW
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7795 7000

Jean-Francois Chairman and CEO, EMI International


Cecillon
Work History:
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Jean-Francois Cecillon has been chairman and CEO of EMI


Music International since January 2007. Reporting to Eric Nicoli,
CEO of EMI Group, he has regional responsibility for all of EMI
Music’s operations outside North America and the UK. He is
based at EMI Music’s global headquarters in London.
Born in 1958 in Lyon, Cecillon has over 20 years’ experience in
the entertainment industry. He began his music business career in
France in 1983 working at several companies including EMI. In
1987 he became Marketing Director of Polydor/A&M before
rejoining EMI in 1990 as Vice President, Marketing, at EMI
International in London.He was named Managing Director of the
EMI UK label in 1992 and subsequently became President and
CEO of EMI Records Group, UK and Ireland. During this time he
was responsible for signing Robbie Williams as he embarked on
his solo career and who has since become Britain’s biggest-
selling male recording artist.
From 1998 to 2001 Cecillon was CEO of Sega Europe where he
launched the game console, Dreamcast, which sold over 1.3m
units in its first year across Europe. He left Sega in 2001 and co-
founded the music-marketing consultancy The Music Matrix of
which he was Chairman. Its aim was to help bridge the worlds of
business and entertainment by better understanding the
communication and branding needs of artists and corporations. In
2001 and 2002 he was a Media Advisor for management
consultancy Accenture and in early 2003 he founded and became
Managing Partner of Fleming Media, an investment fund he
founded with the Fleming family. Also, in 2003 he became director
and producer of the 46664 project, a music-led worldwide
HIV/AIDS awareness-raising initiative in partnership with Queen
manager Jim Beach and the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
In April 2004 he rejoined EMI as chairman and CEO of EMI Music
Continental Europe, taking regional responsibility for all of EMI
Music’s operations in Continental Europe, the Middle East and
Africa, and since 2005, he has served as a Chairman of the
International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI)
European Executive Committee.

Tony Wadsworth Chairman and CEO, EMI Music UK & Ireland


Work History:
Tony Wadsworth was appointed to his current position as
chairman and CEO of EMI Music UK & Ireland in January 2002
after a 20-year career with EMI.He joined EMI Records in 1982
and, in 1984, in addition to other responsibilities, he took charge
of EMI’s entry into the compact disc format.Wadsworth moved to
Parlophone in 1987 as marketing director, working with artists
such as Tina Turner, Crowded House, Pet Shop Boys, Paul
McCartney and Queen, and in 1993 was promoted to managing
director of the label.Under Wadsworth’s leadership, Parlophone
enjoyed sustained success with many new signings, including
Blur, Radiohead and Supergrass.After his appointment as
president, EMI Records UK and Ireland, in April 1998, the
company saw consistent successes with artists as diverse as
Robbie Williams, Radiohead, Coldplay, Kylie Minogue and the
Beatles.In January 2002, Wadsworth was promoted to chairman
and CEO EMI Music UK and Ireland, adding Virgin Records UK
and its roster of artists ranging from Massive Attack, Chemical
Brothers and the Rolling Stones to Richard Ashcroft and Blue to
his responsibilities.Recent successes for EMI Music UK also
include Corinne Bailey Rae, Lily Allen, Joss Stone, Norah Jones,
KT Tunstall, Athlete, Gorillaz and Coldplay whose latest album
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X&Y was a huge hit all around the world, reaching number one in
28 countries.Prior to joining EMI, Wadsworth worked as
production manager at Warwick, Logo and RCA Records and
earlier enjoyed three years as a musician with friends from
Newcastle University where he holds a degree in economics.From
2000 to 2003 he held the post of Brit Awards chairman. He is a
trustee of both the BRIT Trust and of the EMI Music Sound
Foundation music education charity.

John Gildersleeve Chairman


Work History:
John Gildersleeve joined the board of EMI Group in February
2004 when he also became deputy chairman and senior
independent non-executive director. In January 2007 he was
appointed non-executive chairman of EMI Group.Until February
2004, Gildersleeve was the commercial and trading director of
Tesco plc. He joined Tesco in 1965 and became an executive
director in 1984.John Gildersleeve is also non-executive chairman
of The Carphone Warehouse Group plc.

Martin Stewart CFO


Work History:
Martin Stewart was appointed chief financial officer and became a
member of the EMI board on 1 February 2005, having joined EMI
on 7 January 2005. In January 2007 he assumed direct
responsibility for the management of the finance function of EMI
Music.
Before joining EMI Stewart was chief financial officer of British
Sky Broadcasting Group plc. He held this post from May 1998
until August 2004 having joined the company in 1996.
Stewart, who is a chartered accountant, worked for PolyGram UK
(now Universal Music) from 1991 to 1996, latterly as finance
director of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.

Sony BMG

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music
Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann) completed on
August 5, 2004. It is one of the Big Four music companies, and includes ownership and
distribution of recording labels such as Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J
Records, RCA Victor Records, RCA Records, Legacy Recordings, Sonic Wave America, and
others.

Address: Bedford House, 69-79, Fulham High St, London, SW6 3JW
Telephone: Tel: 020 7384 8131

Rolf Schmidt-Holtz CEO


Work History:
Rolf Schmidt-Holtz was named CEO of Song BMG Music
Entertainment in February of 2006. He served as Chairman of the
Board of Sony BMG Music Entertainment from August 2004 to
February 2006. Since January 2001, Rolf headed the
Bertelsmann Music Group, New York as Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. He led BMG into the merger of the recorded
music business with Song Music Entertainment in August of 2004.
At the same time, Rolf was a member of the Bertelsmann AG
Executive Board and headed the BMG division which, today,
consists of the joint ventures share in Song BMG Music
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Entertainment and of BMG Music Publishing, He also served as


Chief Creative Officer of Betelsmann AG.
Rolf’s career spans high profile positions for major European
television and print media, having worked as a journalist,
television editor and correspondent, magazine editor in Chief and
Publisher, newspaper publisher and television executive. In 1986,
he was appointed Editor in Chief of German public broadcaster
WDR where he ran a weekly political talk show. In 1988 he
became Publisher and two years later, Ediror Chief Gruner +
Jahr’s Stern news.

Tim Bowen COO


Work History:
Tim Bowen was named COO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment
in March 2006. Most recently, Tim served as the Chairman of the
UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, a post he
held since February 2004. Tim joined BMG in 2002 when he was
appointed COO, BMG Europe and carried out a number of
international assignments before he was appointed Chairman,
BMG, UK and Ireland in 2003. In the role of Chairman, Mr Bowen
oversaw the operations of BMG and Zombia in the UK and Ireland
and SYCO, the company’s television production company with
Simon Cowell.
Prior to joining BMG, Tim worked for Universal Music International
as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Affairs and
following the merger of Polygram and Universal Music he became
Executive Vice President of Universal Music International.

Kevin Kelleher CFO


Work History:
Kevin Kelleher was named Executive Vice President and CFO of
Sony BMG Music Entertainment as the company’s formation in
August of 2004. In this role, Mr Kelleher is responsible for
overseeing the music company’s worldwide financial and
information technology operations.
From 1999 and 2004, Mr Kelleher served as Executive Vice
President and CFO of Sony Music. From 1994 to 1999 he was
Senior Vice President and CFO. He joined Sony Music in 1992 as
Senior Vice President and Controller, Sony Music Entertianment.
Prior to joining Sony, Kevin was a partner in the Media
Entertainment Group of Price Waterhouse. He has extensive
experience in the entertainment industry, having worked with an
array of clients including cable operations and networks, radio and
television broadcasters and production and music companies.

Ole Obermann VP Digital Business Development Europe, Sony BMG


Work History:
* Recommended.

Alex Vlassopoulos Business Development Director, Song BMG


Work History:
Alex Vlassopulos started working for Universal Music International
in 2003, specialising in the mobile sector as Production Manager.
Then he transferred to Universal Music UK as Product
Development Manager for Digital in 2005.
Having moved to Sony BMG in 2006, he is now the Senior
Manager of Business Development for Digital, looking after the
commercials and new business aspects of the digital sales team.
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Universal Music UK

A 100% equity owned by Vivendi. The worlds No. 1 recorded Music Company, selling more
than one out of every four albums worldwide; they also hold significant positions in the digital
music market.
Universal was industry leader in digital music distribution before EMI poached their head of
digital.

Address: 364-366 Kensington High St


London, W14 8NS
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8752 2600

Lucian Grainge Chairman and CEO


Work History:
In his new capacity, Grainge, 45, will assume responsibility for all
aspects of Universal Music International, while continuing to run
Universal Music U.K. He will report to Morris. Grainge has been
Chairman and CEO of Universal Music U.K. since July 2001,
during which time the company has dominated the U.K. music
market, the world's third largest.
Grainge has worked in the music business for 27 years, beginning
his career as an A&R scout for April Music/CBS in 1978. He
joined PolyGram as Managing Director of its U.K. music
publishing company in 1986, and subsequently rose to posts as
Head of A&R and Managing Director of Polydor Records, Deputy
Chairman of Universal Music U.K., and, in 2001, Chairman and
CEO.
* Recommended

Rob Wells Senior Vice President of Digital Media


Work History:
Wells is responsible for directing and executing all aspects of
UMGI’s digital strategy. His appointment completes an important
phase in the integration of the company’s new media and mobile
units into the Digital division, which began in 2006.
For the past two years, Wells has been Divisional Director, Digital
Services, at Universal Music U.K., which he joined in November
2000. He has established the company as a world-class player in
digital, positioning it firmly ahead of the competition.
For the first nine months of 2006, Universal Music U.K. took four
of the top five best-selling digital albums, including the year’s No.
1, “Eyes Open” by Snow Patrol, according to statistics from the
Official U.K. Chart Company.
In addition to his new responsibilities, Wells will continue to be
responsible for Universal Music U.K.’s digital operations.
* Recommended

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group (WMG) became the only stand-alone music company to be publicly traded
in the United States in May 2005. With its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, WMG
is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry including Asylum,
Atlantic, Bad Boy, Cordless, East West, Elektra, Lava, Maverick, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino,
Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner Bros. and Word.
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Warner Music International, a leading company in national and international repertoire operates
through numerous international affiliates and licensees in more than 50 countries. WMG also
includes Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world's leading music publishers.

Address: 28 Kensington Church Street


London, W8 4EP
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7368 2500

Edgar Bronfman Chairman and CEO


Work History:
Mr. Bronfman also serves as general partner at Accretive
Technology Partners, LLC, a venture capital firm specializing in
the business process outsourcing area. Before joining Warner
Music Group, Mr. Bronfman served as Chairman and CEO of
Lexa Partners LLC, a management venture capital group based in
New York City.
Mr. Bronfman was appointed Executive Vice Chairman of Vivendi
Universal in December 2000. He resigned from his position as an
officer and executive of Vivendi Universal on March 31, 2002, and
resigned as Vice Chairman of Vivendi Universal's Board of
Directors on December 2, 2003.
Prior to the December 2000 formation of Vivendi Universal, Mr.
Bronfman was President and CEO of The Seagram Company
Ltd., a post he held since June 1994. During his tenure as the
CEO of Seagram, he consummated 85 billion dollars in
transactions and transformed the company into one of the world's
leading media and communications companies. He was the chief
architect behind the leadership positions achieved by Universal's
entertainment business in music, film and recreation.
From 1989 until June 1994, Mr. Bronfman served as President
and Chief Operating Officer of Seagram. Between 1982 and
1989, he held a series of senior executive positions for The
Seagram Company Ltd. in the U.S. and in Europe.
Michael Fleisher CFO
Work History:
Michael D. Fleisher, Warner Music Group's (WMG) Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for
WMG's worldwide financial operations. Fleisher previously
served as the Chairman and CEO of Gartner, Inc., the world's
leading technology research company.
Fleisher joined Gartner, Inc. in 1993, leading the company's initial
public offering, as well as the company's move to the New York
Stock Exchange. At Gartner, Fleisher completed more than 30
acquisitions and investments. As head of the Gartner Events
organization, Fleisher developed Gartner Symposium/ITxpo into
the world's premier IT strategic planning event. Fleisher was
appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1998, became Chief
Executive Officer in 1999, and was elected Chairman of the Board
in 2001.
Fleisher's previous business experience includes working from
1990 to 1993 as an associate at Bain Capital, a venture capital
and buy-out firm. He was a consultant at Bain & Company, a
strategy-consulting firm, from 1987 to 1990. Fleisher holds a
bachelors degree in economics from the Wharton School of
Business.

Patrick Vien Chairman and CEO of Warner Music International


Work History:
Patrick Vien is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner
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Music International (WMI), responsible for Warner Music Group's


international recorded music business (excluding U.S.) conducted
through various affiliates and licensees operating in more than 50
countries around the world.
Vien joined WMI in February 2006 after serving as President of
NBC Universal's Global Networks Division where he oversaw the
division of the company that wholly owns and operates 11
television channels in territories around the world. Vien oversaw
all aspects of programming, marketing, distribution and finance,
and was charged with creating new channel brands for distribution
platforms worldwide. The entertainment television channels
under Vien's supervision reached more than 70 million
subscribers across 40 countries.
Before joining NBC Universal, Vien was President of Universal's
Television Network Enterprises where he led the operations of
digital networks and new digital products, including the critically
acclaimed channel TRIO: pop.culture.tv, Newsworld International
(NWI), Crime TV, and an early video-on-demand service,
Universal On Demand.
Prior to this position at Universal, Vien was President and COO
of North American Television (NATV) where he founded TRIO
and NWI.

Alejandro (Alex) Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business


Zubillaga Development.
Work History:
Zubillaga is responsible for the company's worldwide digital music
strategy and business development activity including its strategic
initiatives in wireless, e-commerce, Internet, electronic music
distribution and new music formats.
Since joining WMG in March 2004, Zubillaga has aggressively
developed new product and distribution opportunities for WMG in
the mobile space and online music space. Under his leadership,
WMG was the first music company to sell mobile music video
downloads in the U.S. through an agreement with Verizon
Wireless in January 2005; the first music company to execute a
multi-territory, cross-platform "triple-play" agreement, reaching
more than 110 million subscribers in 12 countries through an
agreement with France Telecom in May 2005; and has been a
carrier launch partner supporting the introduction of major new
products including full-track downloads, ring back tones and video
ring tones through agreements with leading mobile carriers
including Vodafone, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and Sprint.
Before joining WMG, Zubillaga served as managing director and
co-founder of Lexa Partners LLC, a management venture capital
group based in New York City, where he was responsible for
sourcing, analyzing and managing investment opportunities in the
media and technology sectors. Lexa Partner investments he
helped direct include the purchase of WMG with Thomas H. Lee
Partners, Providence Capital and Bain Capital, as well as the bid
for Vivendi Universal's entertainment assets.
Previously, Zubillaga was founder and managing partner of E-
Quest Partners, a venture capital firm focused on Latin America,
where he directed the origination of all potential investment
opportunities and assisted portfolio companies in raising in excess
of $100 million of private equity capital from institutional sources.
Prior to that, Zubillaga served as founder, chairman and chief
executive officer of NETUNO, a leading provider of broadband
communication services in Venezuela.
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David Johnson Warner/Chappell CEO


Work History:
David H. Johnson was named Warner/Chappell's Interim CEO in
December 2006. He was previously Warner Music Group's
(WMG) Executive Vice President and General Counsel.
Widely considered a leading legal expert in the music industry,
Johnson joined WMG in 1999 and has considerable experience in
a broad range of music and entertainment matters. Johnson has
also played an instrumental role in some of the music industry's
major acquisitions.
Johnson spent nine years as Senior Vice President and General
Counsel for Sony Music Entertainment. He also held several
posts at CBS and was an associate in the New York City law firm
Mayer, Nussbaum, Katz & Baker.
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Free Agents, Consultants and Corporate Advisors

Oli Barrett Entrepreneur and Consultant


Work History:
Oli is a 28-year-old internet entrepreneur and networking guru.
He is a Programme Director at Horse’s Mouth, an online
mentoring website. Previously he was Director at Stem Ventures
Ltd, a software company; prior to that he was in a business
development role with FriendsAbroad.com and a Marketing
Director with Infinite Marketing Ltd.
*Recommended.

Julian Ellison Internet Entrepreneur and New Media Consultant


Work History:
Currently Ellison is Managing Director of InTime Media, an
interactive media start-up founded in early 2007.
Julian founded the BBC Networking Club and created the first
BBC Web site. He has been involved with a number of internet
projects such as Tablane Technology and Stealth Project.
* Recommended

Carl Von Doussa Independent Strategy Consultant


Work History:
Carl is currently working as an independent strategy consultant.
His two main clients are BBC and QVC. He is working closely with
the chief exec at QVC in the UK on formulating strategy for that
business. Carl's interest in/knowledge about shopping TV dates
back to his role at Flextech where he was involved in the
acquisition of "Sit Up TV" which became the UK's biggest home
shopping retailer.
Carl is a Chartered Accountant, qualified in Australia (Adelaide).
In 1995 he came to the UK and joined the Associated
Newspapers, working in finance. After about one year he joined
Disney and then spent one year or so with Buena Vista Home
Entertainment
Carl was then headhunted to join Flextech as Head of Business
Development for UKTV. Thereafter he focused on developing the
channel portfolio and deepening ties with Telewest. Around this
time he was also involved in the investment in the home shopping
business mentioned above.
He was first promoted to CFO, then in 2001 sent to Harvard to the
Advanced Management Programme. On his return he was made
COO of Flextech, notably focusing on improving the company's
rights management

Angel Gambino New Media Consultant


Work History:
Angel was VP strategy and digital media at MTV networks until
Jan 2006. She was responsible for creating and implementing
MTV’s digital strategy across the company’s 11-channel portfolio,
including MTV, VH1, VH2, TMF, Paramount Comedy, etc. She
was also responsible for launching MTV Flux.
* Recommended.

Nick Heller New Media Consultant


Work History:
Nick recently left MTV having been there for a year. He was
working for Angel Gambino doing commercial strategy and digital
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media.
*Recommended.

Robert Loch Internet Entrepreneur


Work history:
Robert Loch is an entrepreneur who has founded 5 companies.
Robert founded Soflow Inc that runs the online student network
Wis.dm and professional network Soflow.com.
Robert is the co-founder of Internet People at
www.internetpeeps.com (with Paul Birch), which is the UK's
leading community for the Internet sector, and Connected Clubs
which is a new venture that provides networking by combining
physical venues with an online environment and events. Robert
also runs CreativeOut, which provides events for people from
across the creative industries.
* Recommended

Lucius Peart Consultant


Work History:
Lucius was an original co-founder of the mobile marketing
company Whoosh. Having worked for the past 20 years in
marketing, sales and brand promotion, Lucius has extensive
experience both in the broadcast market and in account
management. His clients at YooMedia included Celador, Sky, and
Nestle. Prior to joining Whoosh, Lucius spent 18 months
consulting to Vodafone on the commercial and technical viability
of SMS lotteries.
* Recommended.

Norman Rosenberg Consultant


Work History:
Currently Norman is doing freelance work for News International
and Vodafone. He worked at BBC, Deloitte focusing on mobile
strategy. Available for technical analyses for Private Equity
companies.
Previously he worked at Ecosse, a provider of satellite
programming for schools that recently bought Channel 4
Learning. He left it to join €1bn joint venture of Vodafone and
Vivendi.
* Recommended.

Sam Sethi Internet Entrepreneur


Work History:
Sam Sethi is a London based entrepreneur, technologist and
consultant. Sam has worked in the IT industry for over 18 years
for companies including Microsoft, Netscape, Gateway Computers
and CMGi, in a variety of senior technical and marketing roles.
Sam has also initiated and ran several of his own start-ups.
Recently Sam has been working as a freelance consultant with
companies such as MSN (UK) and BT, helping develop their Web
2.0 strategies. Sam writes a blog at www.vecosys.com about
talent in new media. He works/worked with Mike Butcher, who
used to work for NMA.
* Recommended.

Lloyd Shepherd Consultant


Work History:
Formerly Head of News, Sports and Weather at Yahoo! UK,
focusing on executing a pan-European product strategy as well as
market and partnership development. Lloyd Shepherd returned to
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Yahoo! Europe in March 2006 following five years with the


Guardian.
Previously Mr Shepherd worked as a journalist writing about the
film and television industry. In 1998 he joined Yahoo! UK &
Ireland where he spent three years as production director. He
then went on to work for the Guardian, initially as chief producer
and most recently as deputy director of digital publishing.
* Recommended.
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Other

Cachelogic
CacheLogic provides a suite of complementary products that deliver traffic management and
network intelligence solutions to the Internet Service Provider and telecommunications sectors.
CacheLogic's core products provide carrier-grade solutions that enable ISPs to achieve
significant cost savings through the intelligent management of Peer-to-Peer traffic across their
networks, without affecting the end-user experience.
In January 2004 CacheLogic set up its analysis network to provide traffic analysis from within
the ISP networks across the Globe. The network ensures CacheLogic maintains leadership in
understanding the changing nature of traffic across the Internet and, in particular, its impact
upon Service Provider networks.

Address: 326 Cambridge Science Park


Milton Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WG
England
Telephone: +44 1223 395 915

Tony Illsley Chairman


Work history:
Tony was the former CEO of Telewest plc the broadband cable
TV/telecoms operator, after a career in international FMCG with
Colgate Palmolive and PepsiCo. He held various senior marketing
positions at Colgate Palmolive. He then joined PepsiCo Inc. and
during his 14 year career was President for Pepsi Cola Japan,
then President Pepsi Cola Asia Pacific, and finally President of
Walker Snack Foods. He left Telewest in 2000, following the
merger with Flextech and launched a portfolio career. He was on
the board of easyJet plc as Senior Independent Director from
2000 to 2005. He is also an NED on GCAP Media plc, and has
added to this with roles in various private equity-backed
companies, and is currently also Chairman of Plastic Logic Ltd.

Pat Chapman-Pincher CEO


Work history:
Pat brings invaluable knowledge and depth of experience to
CacheLogic with over 30 years' working in the
Telecommunications industry, ranging from multinational Internet
and telecoms and companies to technology start-ups.
Pat was formerly President of UUNET International, responsible
for operations in Europe, Asia and Latin America; Senior Vice
President at WorldCom and Director of Commercial Operations at
MFS International. Additionally Pat has held various senior
business development roles with IBM UK, Logica and BT.

CMGI

CMGI, Inc. provides technology and e-commerce solutions that help businesses market, sell
and distribute their products and services. CMGI offers targeted solutions including industry-
leading global supply chain management and web-based distribution and fulfillment. The
company owns some of the world’s foremost internet brands including Alta Vista and Lycos.

Address:
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Telephone:

Marcus Bicknell Former European Head of CMGI


Work History:
Once manager of rock supergroup Genesis, Marcus also set up
A&M’s European division and grew the business 10 fold in just 7
years.
He was also responsible for the launch of the VideoPlus instant
video programmer and as Commercial Director for Société
Européenes des Satellites he delivered satellite TV into the
households of Europe with the launch of ASTRA in 1988.
As Managing Director of European Channel Management Ltd.,
which was a joint venture of BBC Worldwide, Pearson television
and Cox of Atlanta he was responsible for the distribution of the
television channels BBC Worldwide and BBC Prime into
continental Europe.
Currently Marcus is involved in non executive roles.
* Recommended.

The Glass House

The Glass House is a registered charity that supports and encourages better working
partnerships between communities and professionals who are working together to improve the
quality of a neighbourhood. The Glass-House works nationally, offering design advice, training
and project support to projects focussing on neighbourhoods, housing, public space, community
buildings, play areas and facilities for young people.

Address: 2a Kingsway Place, Sans Walk, London, EC1R 0LS


Telephone: Tel: 020 7490 4583

Michael Smith Second Chance Tuesday


Work History:
* Recommended

Interactive Rights Management Ltd

Address: Interactive Rights Management


3-5 Rathbone Place
London
Telephone:

Bruce Vandenberg Founder and CEO


Work History:
Prior to founding IRM, Bruce held the position of Director of
Interactive Media at Celador International Limited, from January
2001 until September 2004. At Celador, he was responsible for
conception and execution of the interactive strategies for
Celador's program brands, including Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire?.
Specifically, Bruce was responsible for the global rollout of
revenue generating interactive brand extensions to Celador's
formats across seven different platforms (Internet, Wireless (SMS,
WAP, Java), Interactive TV, Fixed Line Telephony, Interactive
DVD, PDA's and In-flight Entertainment). He has launched
interactive services in more than 45 countries through partnering
with major broadcasters, fixed line and mobile network operators
and technology service providers on every continent.
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Prior to joining Celador, Bruce worked for Talkcast Corporation


plc, a dotcom start-up (1999 to 2000); News International's
Internet Service Provider, the CurrentBun; and Siemens, where
he was responsible for the global roll-out of the BT/Concert VPDN
project (1998-1999).
* Recommended.

Justin Figgins Head of Group Strategy, Rightmove


Work History:
Justin joined Rightmove in 2005 as Head of Group Strategy
responsible for activities beyond the existing business, such as
M&A opportunities, new business ventures and execution of an
initial public offering. He has 12 years of experience in corporate
finance and strategic planning. Justin spent two years at Dresdner
Kleinwort Wasserstein in London as Vice President of TMT
banking focusing on capital raising and M&A for various clients
across Europe. More recently, he was Director of M&A at Cendant
Europe, focusing on leisure and on-line travel acquisitions. Justin
began his career in the United States at Prudential Financial,
where he spent six years in their investment banking and strategic
planning divisions. He received his B.A. in Economics and
Political Science from the University of Rochester in 1992, and a
M.B.A from the Johnson School at Cornell University in 2000.
* Recommended.

I-Rights Ltd

i-Rights specialises in acquiring, managing and generating revenues from new and existing
content on digital platforms such as mobiles and IPTV and provides a one-stop shop for content
and rights owners in bringing their content to the digital marketplace, thereby leaving them free
to concentrate on their core competence - content production.

Address:
Telephone:

Justin Judd Managing Director


Work History:
Justin Judd is a senior TV industry professional with 25 years
commercial and creative experience and a proven reputation for
attracting and engaging mass audiences. Justin established i-
Rights Ltd in December 2004. Justin was Controller of Interactive
Media for Granada plc (until 2004) and was responsible for the
development, production and exploitation of cross platform and
interactive content across Granada’s entire programme portfolio.
Previously Justin worked as a producer of comedy, drama and
entertainment programmes both at Granada and for other major
producers and broadcasters in the UK and US. He won an
International Emmy Award in 1994.
* Recommended.

MCPS

The MCPS-PRS Alliance is home to the world's best music writers, composers and publishers.
Formed in 1997 between two royalty collection societies (MCPS and PRS), it exists to collect
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and pay royalties to its members when their music is recorded and made available to the public
(MCPS); and when their music is performed, broadcast or otherwise made publicly available
(PRS).
Ten years since joining forces, the MCPS-PRS Alliance is one of the world’s most efficient
combined rights collecting operations. Offering its members more money, more often, at less
cost and its customers the most efficient means by which they can use music.

Address: 29-33 Berners Street


London, W1T 3AB
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7580 5544

Adam Singer Former CEO


Work History:
Adam Singer was appointed to the Content Board in May 2003.
Adam Singer has worked at the most senior levels in
Broadcasting and Telecoms, in the UK, the U.S. and Japan. He
launched the Discovery Channel in the UK and Europe and was
its first MD. He helped create UKTV with the BBC and is a former
Chairman and CEO of Flextech plc, whose portfolio included the
Living, Bravo and Trouble channels. For two years he was CEO of
Telewest plc, providing telephone, broadband and TV
programming.
Adam is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and began his
media career in a variety of programming roles, with companies
such as the BBC, Viacom and United Artists. Adam Singer is a
member (on a rotational basis) of the Fairness Committee and the
Content Sanctions Committee. In February 2005 Adam joined the
MCPS-PRS Alliance as Group Chief Executive.
* Recommended.

Andrew Shaw Managing Director


Work History:
Andrew Shaw was appointed Managing Director, Broadcast and
Online, at the MCPS-PRS Alliance in October 2006. His
background is in broadcasting. Hebegan his television career in
1985 with Britain’s Flextech Television (now Virgin Media TV)
where he was responsible for channel distribution across Europe.
He was closely involved in the negotiation of Flextech’s joint
venture with the BBC in 1996 to create the UKTV portfolio of
channels.
In 1999, Andrew joined Britain’s second largest cable operator,
Telewest Communications as Commercial Director for the launch
of digital TV. After Telewest’s acquisition of Flextech, he headed
up content acquisition and development opportunities across the
group.
At the end of 2001, Andrew joined Liberty Global Inc. and was
seconded to Tokyo as Director of Strategic Development at
Jupiter TV, a 50/50 joint venture between Liberty Global and
Sumitomo Corporation.
In early 2004, Andrew was appointed EVP & COO of Jupiter VOD
where he oversaw the business planning, staff recruitment and
operations of the start-up.
By the time he left in July 2006, the service was available in over
750,000 Japanese households and offered content from five
Hollywood studios as well as all the main Japanese distributors.
* Recommended.
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Ofcom

Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications
industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless
communications services

Address:
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7981 3040

Ed Richards CEO
Work History:
Ed Richards was appointed Ofcom Chief Executive in October
2006. He was previously Chief Operating Officer where his
responsibilities included strategy, research, consumer policy,
business planning, finance, human resources and Ofcom’s
functions in the Nations and Regions.
Prior to Ofcom Ed was Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister
for Media, telecoms, internet and e-govt. Before that he was
Controller of Corporate Strategy at the BBC. He also worked in
consulting at London Economics Ltd, as an advisor to Gordon
Brown MP and began his career as a researcher with Diverse
Production Ltd, where he worked on programmes for Channel 4

Justin Le Patourel Manager of Market Intelligence


Work History:
* Recommended.

Jim Egan
Work History:
Currently on secondment to the Department of Culture, Media and
Sport as personal advisor to Tessa Jowell on digital Media.
Jim studied economics and joined PwC Consulting after
university. Then he worked in strategy and business development
roles at Sky, focusing on new media. He left Sky in 2002 to join
Ofcom.
* Recommended.

TV Guide Mobile Entertainment


Gordon J Mattey Head of European Sales and Business Development
Work History:
Previously at FT.com.
* Recommended.

Ed Howard Editor of Question Time


Work History:
* Recommended.

Grant Keys
Work History:
Formerly at Channel Four.
* Recommended.

Symax


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Decipher

Nigel Walley Managing Director?


Work History:
* Recommended

Visit London

Josephine Adams Director of Digital


Work History:
Josephine Adams filled the newly created director of digital post in
September 2006, recognising the critical importance of digital
communications for the travel and tourism industry, in particular in
the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games. With a career spanning
25 years in the digital and publishing worlds, Josephine is
responsible for leading and directing Visit London’s digital
strategy, both internet and TV.
Initial roles at Emap as editor then publisher, were followed by a
move to Ziff-Davis Europe, where Josephine oversaw a number of
successful magazine and digital launches, including PC
Magazine, Yahoo! UK & Eire and ZDNet UK. Josephine
subsequently worked in MD roles for Aspen Media Services, and
then Emap again. In 2001, as CEO of netdecisions’ ventures, she
worked on e-businesses with shareholders including Channel 5
and Carphone Warehouse. Most recently Josephine was MD of
Personals for Yahoo! Europe and then CEO of YooMedia Dating.

Alex Balfour 2012


Work History:
* Recommended

Jennifer Rigby
Work History:
* Recommended.

Mark Janes ? at Tamblin


Work History:
* Recommended.

Lee Bailey
Work History:
Formerly with Saatchi & Saatchi
* Recommended.

Robert Senior ? at Fallon


Work History:
* Recommended.

Fiona Romeo Head of Digital Media, National Maritime Museum


Work history:
Fiona worked at BBC, then she left to work on a virtual world
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project for a large entertainment company together with Sulake.


Now back in London, she is working on Digital Heritage projects
(including Science of Spying).
* Recommended.

Josh Bergen Warner Bros.


Work History:
* Recommended.

Stuart Collingwood Vice President EMEA, Sling Media


Work History:
FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference

Federico Grosso Global Vice President, Business Development, blinkx


Work History:
FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference

Andy Nobbs President and Managing Director, Teletrax


Work History:
FT Digital Media and Broadcasting Conference

Sanjay ? Managing Director, Ingenious (fund)


Work History:
* Recommended.

Jason George
Work History:
Jason set up Victoria Road and sold it to Endemol. He was head
of digital at Flextech for a year.
Recently he moved to LA to set up a participation TV focused
production business affiliated with Harvest Media.

Peter Brimacon Jetix?


Work History:
Previously Peter worked with Fox News, and before that at
Pearson Strategy Group.
* Recommended.

Nigel Pockridge FT.com


Work History:
* Recommended.

Martha Glass
Work History:
Former Head of Strategy Fremantle. Currently serves on several
company boards.
* Recommended.

Nathalie Tideman
Work History:
Currently involved with PE. Previously was responsible for new
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ventures at Fremantle.
* Recommended.

Dick Emery Chairman of Iostar


Work History:

Mark Grenside Founder of Iostar


Work History:

Andre Singer Factual President, Iostar


Work History:

Erik Pack Distribution President, Iostar


Work History:
After spending years working at companies specializing in high-
quality television mini-series and movies, such as RHI
Entertainment and Power, Erik Pack is transferred his experience
in international distribution to the new company Iostar Plc.
Based in London, Iostar will concentrate on two main
programming genres, high-end drama and documentaries.
At MIPTV, Pack offers buyers three TV movies in the
suspense/thriller genre, in addition to Iostar’s factual
programming.
On the documentary side, Pack has a three-part Animals Are
Amazing, which reveals some of the most intriguing secrets of the
animal kingdom; the six-part Last Chance To See, which finds
extraordinary creatures on the verge of extinction; and the 90-
minute Stairway To Heaven, which documents efforts to rebuild
the vandalized al-Aqsa mosque and rekindle centuries-old skills
and workmanship.

Laurence Parkes Head of Digital Strategy WCRS


Work History:
As Head of Digital Strategy, Laurence works across WCRS's
clients (including Sky and BMW) and new business.
Previously, he was a Senior Planner at Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
Laurence has also worked for Audi which involved working on the
"Spider" campaign for RS4 (inc.PSP graphic novella),
TT:Remastered" for new TT, "Level 3 game" for S3 and "Patents"
campaign for A6.
Laurence was involved in the Robinsons campaign "Raise them
on Robinsons.”
Between March 2000 and December 2005 Laurence worked
Reuters, Marmite, Knorr, Hasbro and Kwik Fit.
Laurence was an Account Planner for AMV BBDO.
In 1997 and 2000 Laurence was involved within The Economist,
Guinness, Sainsbury's, Pizza Hut.
Laurence attended the University of Cambridge where he
obtained an MA Hons in History between 1994 and 1997

Edmund Coulthard Director and Producer, Blast! Films


Work History:
His works have included being the Executive Producer for Sex,
the City and Me (2007) (TV), Hair Wars (2007), Million Dollar
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Pigeon (2007), Blue Suede Jew (2007) (The Last Days of the Raj
(2007) Michael Jackson and the Boy He Paid Off (2004) and
Secrets & Lines (2000).
He has also been Director for Soundproof (2006), The Year
London Blew Up: 1974 and "Tales from Pleasure Beach" (2001)
(mini). He has also been involved in I'll Be Your Mirror (1996)
"The Promised Land" (1995) a TV Series.

Mark Waugh Deputy Managing Director , ZenithOptimedia


Work History:
When Mark joined the UK media planning fraternity from Oxford
University, media was seen as an exceptional, trading-based
discipline that followed the strategic lead offered by the
advertising agency. In the intervening 16 years Mark has been a
key player in driving the strategic importance of media planning in
the industry and at the age of 28 became the youngest ever
Managing Partner of Optimedia. He grew his expertise beyond the
traditional ‘Big Five’ advertising media into events, ad-funded
programming, sponsorship, product placement, field marketing,
and now digital. Mark joined market leader ZenithOptimedia as
Deputy Managing Director in 2003.
In his career he has amassed experience across almost every
market category, from motors to luxury goods and financial
services to FMCG. This, coupled with ZenithOptimedia’s 100
clients, including blue chip companies such as British Airways,
L’Oréal, Toyota and Masterfoods, who spend over £700 million
in the UK, allows Mark a unique scaled perspective on the
behaviour of Britain’s brands. Furthermore, Advertising Age
named ZenithOptimedia Global Agency of the Year in 2005.

Stuart Feathers Managing Director, Feather Brooksbank


Work History:
Stuart set up Feather Brooksbank with fellow Yorkshireman Giles
in 1991 having a background in TV trading. He is very much
involved with every aspect of the business.

Rod Lewis CEO, Omnifone Limited


Work History:
Cambridge graduate Rob Lewis has founded numerous
successful businesses in the media and technology space. He
was Founder CEO of Silicon.com (now part of NASDAQ-listed
CNET Networks), and its German and French sister products,
Silicon.de and Silicon.fr. In this role he was instrumental in the
move to digital media in the late 1990s and the introduction of
online advertising media in Europe. He was also Founder CEO of
Business & Technology Magazine, later sold to Dennis
Publishing. In addition to his role as CEO of Omnifone, Lewis sits
on the board of a number of companies as a non-executive
director and has interests in renewable energy and the
entertainment sector. He is a non-executive director of The
Century Club and the recently announced Paramount Club at the
summit of Centrepoint in London.
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Andrew Thomas E-business Director, Bounty


Work History:
Andrew has over twenty years marketing and agency experience
having joined BMP DDB in London in the late eighties, after
completing five years as a captain in the British Army. He spent
most of his agency time working for McCann-Erickson in London
and Manchester on brands such as Black & Decker, Clarks,
Unilever and Philips.
He set up McCann UK Network’s digital operation in 1999 and
was responsible for helping brands such as Sainsbury’s Bank,
Thomson Holidays and Magnet migrate their marketing spend
online and develop significant digital propositions.
Andrew joined Bounty – the UK’s No 1 parenting club – in 2005 to
develop their e-business practice and capitalise upon the leading
online meeting point for mums in the UK – Bounty.com. With over
half a million opted-in members and 19 million pages viewed each
month, the site is the UK’s favourite parenting and specialist
female site. Andrew has responsibility for all Bounty’s consumer
facing activity both in terms of its own brand and third party
relationships.

Michael Ross Ecommerce Advisor, Baugur


Work History:
Michael Ross has joined the Baugur Group Retail division as e-
Commerce Manager. His role is to help the Baugur portfolio
companies build eCommerce revenue and to create new
businesses that can offer eCommerce services to the Baugur
portfolio. Prior to Baugur, Michael spent the last 7 years as co-
founder and CEO of figleaves.com, the world's largest online
retailer of branded intimate apparel. Before figleaves, Michael was
a manager at McKinsey and Company specialising in internet and
digital television. Prior to that, he co-founded a business which
published a range of 3-d advertising funded maps across the UK.
He is also chairman of Radcliffe Denim and is a non-executive
director of the German custom t-shirt business, Spreadshirt.net.

Mark Read Digital Strategy, WPP


Work History:
Mark Read was appointed a director in March 2005. He has been
WPP's director of strategy since 2002. He worked at WPP
between 1989 and 1995 in both parent company and operating
company roles. Prior to rejoining WPP in 2002, he was a principal
at Booz-Allen & Hamilton and founded and developed the
company WebRewards in the UK.

Nick Robertson CEO, ASOS


Work History:
Following a number of successful ventures, Nick Robertson
launched AsSeenOnScreen in 2000, in an attempt to cash in on
the public’s desire for clothes worn by celebrities. Renamed
ASOS in July 2003, Robertson’s website has received plenty of
media attention and, importantly, a flood of buyers. The site now
sells jewellery and make up alongside the clothes of the stars.

Ian Kenny Commercial Director, Decipher Consultancy


Work History:
Ian Kenny is the Commercial Director at Decipher. He has
extensive experience in the advertising and communication
environment, having worked for some of London's leading
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creative and media agencies.

Kevin Baughan Head of Technical Strategy, Virgin Network


Work History:
Kevin Baughan is an experienced telecoms professional with a
proven track record of delivering commercial results for UK and
European Service Providers. In his current role, Kevin is
responsible for Technical Strategy across Virgin Media and is
actively involved in understanding the business impacts of new
technologies and in the overall evolution of Virgin Media’s
communication and entertainment portfolio. Prior to Virgin Media,
Kevin was co-founder with colleagues at the University of
Birmingham of a Start Up which carried out pioneering research
into novel networking technologies for the US Air Force Research
Labs. Kevin has also had a distinguished career with Nortel
Networks, in both R&D and as their Chief Architect for Cable
Operators across Europe. Kevin is an Honorary Professor at the
University of Birmingham where he advises the communication
networks research team and holds an MBA with distinction from
Imperial College.

Chris Bunyan Director of Portal Management, Virgin Media Plc


Work History:

Alex Hole Media Director, Tiscali


Work History:

David Bullman Ex Director of Digital Technology and Operations, News


International
Work History:
Ion the 21st June 2007, David Bullman, the director of digital
technology and operations resigned. Bullman, who oversaw
technical aspects of News International's websites, was part of
the management team behind the relaunch of the Times Online
website on 1 February, which was struck by initial technical
difficulties. Times Online's user numbers dipped following its
relaunch to 8m unique users in March, from 10.8m in January
2007.

Ed ling Strategy Development Director, I-level


Work History:
Ed was i-level’s first employee when the company launched in
early 1999. One of the most experienced operators in the online
space, Ed had developed strategies, planned and bought online
media for client such as Gillette, Vodafone, Best Foods,
Budweiser, BT, COI and Pepsi.
Work with ABC Electronic steering group, IAB and the IPA has
made him a driving force behind industry initiatives both to
professionalise new media and to introduce common standards.
With substantial previous experience in traditional media, Ed was
trained at MediaVest where he had his first encounter with the
internet developing an early strategy for Dixons Stores Group's
PC World brand (early online brochure).
At i-level, he is responsible for the quality and breadth of i-level’s
planning across all clients as well as new product development.
He was recently appointed vice-chair of the IPA Digital Marketing
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Group and is a member of JICNET and JICIMS.

Paul Vassallo Head of Digital, Walker Media


Work History:
Vassallo joins from Aegis-owned Carat, where he was interactive
European account director for Dell and reports to Mark Syal, head
of Walker-i.

Richard Firminger Regional Sales Director, Yahoo/Overure


Work History:
Overture Services today announced the appointment of Richard
Firminger as Sales Director, Overture UK. He will be responsible
for managing and directing UK Sales; accelerating growth, best
practice and service levels within the search market.
A sales authority in the marketing and publishing industries,
Firminger has held positions at leading sales agencies and
publishers including AdLINK, DoubleClick, CMP Media and VNU
Business Publications.
As Deputy Managing Director of AdLINK Internet Media UK,
Firminger directly managed the sales, client services and
business development teams, taking AdLINK to its status as No. 1
digital sales agency in the UK in 2002. Here, he forged strong
relationships with digital agencies and their clients, including key
web brands like Autotrader, Handbag and Expedia.
At DoubleClick, Firminger established the sales team as the
leading digital sales network at the time, managing rapid growth,
emerging media formats and forging online sales for brands such
as Wanadoo, AltaVista UK, Kelkoo and Big Brother.
Firminger previously spent 10 years at VNU Business
Publications. As Head of Corporate Sales, he managed the sales
team responsible for the top 30 accounts for the UK's computer
portfolio - with clients such as Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM and
Microsoft.
Most recently, Firminger was Managing Director of the mobile
marketing company Enpocket. Under his direction, Enpocket
trebled UK turnover and headcount last year and exclusive media
partnerships for permission-based mobile marketing were secured
with companies such as Emap and Claritas (Acxiom).

Kat Vitou Head of Online Business Development, Hachette Filipacchi


Work History:
Kat Vitou was appointed head of business development and
operations at Hachette, and reports directly to Killeen. Vitou joined
from Emap where she was the business development director and
online publisher for two years.

Heidi Browning SVP Client Solutions, Fox Interative


Work History:
Heidi Browning is SVP of client solutions for Fox Interactive
Media, which has quickly become one of the world's largest
interactive content networks-- now reaching more than 100 million
unique monthly visitors to its combined properties worldwide. A
pioneer in the interactive advertising space who has worked with
top advertisers across all categories, she comes to Fox Interactive
Media from the Organic interactive advertising agency and
remains based in San Francisco, CA, splitting time between Fox
Interactive Media's Beverly Hills and New York offices.

Peter Levinsohn Head of Digital Division, Fox Entertainment


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Work History:
Peter Levinsohn has been president of Digital Media for the Fox
Ent. Group since 2004, where he has been responsible for
developing and managing overall digital media strategy, including
identifying digital content distribution opportunities, pursuing long-
term strategic initiatives with major technology players and
leading the company's effort to establish robust content protection
measures.
Peter Levinsohn was a key architect in the groundbreaking digital
revenue sharing agreement with Fox affiliates and also led the
FOX on Demand effort, which brought primetime series to the
Internet on an ad-supported basis through MySpace.com and the
MyFoxLocal websites. Additionally, he's headed Fox's
development of the VOD business and electronic sell-through for
film and television product, including recent deals with iTunes,
Amazon, AOL, MSN, MovieLink and CinemaNow.
He had a dual role as president of Worldwide Pay Television,
overseeing strategy and distribution for licensing Fox's feature film
and television programming to pay television, pay-per-view, video-
on-demand and electronic sell through outlets throughout the
world. He joined Fox's Worldwide Pay Television division in 1990
and served in a variety of positions before becoming the unit's
president in 2004. He joined 20th Century Fox in 1989 as a
manager in the International Theatrical division.

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