EA Mobile, Omnifone and Telefonica all take up seats for the first time
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has unveiled its new Global Board, with Andrew Bud re-elected as Global Chairman and Pete Wood of Sony Pictures elected as Vice-Chairman.
Luca Pagano (Vice President Publishing, EA Mobile), Rob Lewis (Executive Chairman, Omnifone) and James Parton (Head of Developer Marketing, Telefonica) were voted onto the board for the first time.
Also for the first time two awards were presented at the MEF AGM to recognise individual leadership and commitment to the trade body and the mobile media industry.
The Member of Distinction Award was given to Alex Haffner of Denton Wilde Sapte, while the Director of Distinction Award was presented jointly to MEF North America Chairman Gary Schwartz and MEF EMEA Chairman Gerrit Jan Konijnenberg.
The MEF Global Board in full:
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Chairman: Andrew Bud, Executive Chairman, mBlox
Vice Chairman: Pete Wood, VP International Mobile Business Development, Sony Pictures
Board Directors
Ron Czerny – Founder & CEO, Playphone
Mark Harding – Media and Digital Content Director, KPMG
Gerrit Jan Konijnenberg – VP Interstandard Roaming, Vodafone
Rob Lewis – Executive Chairman, Omnifone
Luca Pagano,Vice President Publishing – EA Mobile, EMEA
Patrick Parodi – Board Director, Shazam
James Parton – Head of Developer Marketing, Telefónica
Neeraj Roy – MD & CEO, Hungama Mobile
Gary Schwartz – CEO, Impact Mobile
Billy Wright – Head of Sponsorship, Nokia
MEF Chair Andrew Bud said: “I look forward to working with this exceptionally strong Board to support our $36 billion industry as it matures. In this time of rapid change and opportunity, our mission to improve, inform and protect the market for MEF members, both globally and nationally.
"I would also like to take this opportunity to pay special thanks to outgoing board members Ingrid Silver of Denton Wilde Sapte, Miguel Lopez-Quesada of Zed Group and Seth Schachner of Sony Music for their outstanding contributions to the Board."
