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Andrew Croker - Chairman Andrew Croker joined Perform in October 2007. Prior to that he was a member of the Management Board of Sportfive, the world's largest football marketing company. In his role as Executive Chairman, Andrew is responsible for the long term growth and expansion of the business. Andrew has worked in the sports and media business for over 30 years. He was the first Head of Sport at BSB, the forerunner to Sky Sports, started and ran IMG's Worldwide Football Division, and was Marketing Director at Sportal. Simon Denyer - Joint CEO Simon Denyer founded Inform Group in 2005 and during its short life created a series of new revenue streams for rights holders from propositions for the broadband, mobile and online gaming sectors. He successfully negotiated the merger between Inform Group and Premium TV and is now Joint CEO of Perform. Previous to setting up Inform, Simon was the head of new media rights at IMG/TWI and the sales director of Sportal. Over the last 10 years he has worked on the digital media strategy and distribution for most major sports rights holders. Oliver Slipper - Joint CEO Oliver joined Premium TV in 2001 and was promoted to the top role from his previous role as Commercial Director in January 2006. Since taking over Oliver has negotiated the buy out of Premium TV by Access Industries and the successful merger with Inform Group. Prior to Premium TV, Oliver worked in Accenture's Media & Entertainment division, working on clients such as Sony Playstation, Cable & Wireless Communications and NTL. Oliver is a keen sportsman and was formerly a professional cricketer with Surrey County Cricket Club. 
Andy Measham - Managing Director, ServicesAndy Measham - Managing Director, Services
Andy joined as Chief Operating Officer in September 2001. Andy has extensive retail, e-Commerce and commercial experience. He has been Managing Director of Direct Home Entertainment, a division of Carlton Communications plc, and Business Development Director of Appliancezone Ltd, the US based e-Commerce Service Provider for the Consumer Electronics industry. Andy was previously at Kingfisher in various senior Merchandising, Buying, Marketing and Home Shopping roles. Andy started his career in FMCG Marketing at Carlsberg Tetley.
David Surtees - Chief Financial OfficerDavid Surtees - Chief Financial Officer
David joined the Company in January 2008. David qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse and has extensive experience in the television sector having worked at the BBC, Carlton and for the last six years the independent production company, Shine. He is responsible for finance and HR.
Stefano D'Anna - Managing Director, SalesStefano D'Anna - Managing Director, Sales
Stefano is a founder Director of Inform Group and joined Perform through the merger between Inform and Premium TV. A multi platform sponsorship and advertising expert, he is responsible for sales across the group. Stefano previously worked at Jaguar Racing and international sports management agency CSS-Stellar. He is a loyal fan of Wimbledon RFC a keen cyclist and claims to love lycra!
John Gleasure - Managing Director, Asia PacificJohn Gleasure - Managing Director, Asia Pacific
John Gleasure was one of the original Directors of Inform prior to their merger with Premium TV in September 2007. In his role as MD of Asia Pacific, John is responsible for the long term growth and expansion of Perform Channels and Services in the key developed and emerging markets of APAC. John has worked in the sports, media, telecom, gaming and entertainment businesses for over 13 years at leading companies including EMI Records, BSkyB, Hutchison Whampoa and Sony Pictures. John has been at the forefront of mobile service development including first Premier League and UEFA Champions League mobile services and the first made for mobile sports TV channel.
Neil Colligan - Commercial Director - ServicesNeil Colligan - Commercial Director - Services
Neil joined Perform in 2002 from the retail sector and leads Performs' account management and customer facing teams. Neil and his team work directly with all of Perform Services clients and take complete ownership of the growth and development of all our clients' online presence. Neil has extensive online commercial and operational experience and with his background in retail, has a clear understanding of the importance of delivering service excellence to Perform's clients and their customers.
James Rushton - Managing Director - omnisport.tv and Sports News ChannelsJames Rushton - Managing Director - omnisport.tv and Sports News Channels
James joined Perform in 2004 and is responsible for the commercial marketing and product development across Perform's client portfolio. James joined from Birmingham City Football Club where he performed various commercial marketing roles and has an MBA from Birmingham University.
Howard Kitto - Chief Technology OfficerHoward Kitto - Chief Technology Officer
Howard joined PTV in July 2001 and has unique experience of managing large scale technical projects at the cutting edge of the new media industry. Howard was educated at the London School of Economics where he conducted some of the very first research into real world methodologies for web site development. Howard came to PTV having been Technical Development Director at web consultancy Hyena Ltd where he delivered number of complex projects for public sector and SME clients. In his time at PTV has been responsible for the development of our market leading content and subscription management systems and overall technical strategy. He currently responsible for Infrastructure, Software Architecture, Project Delivery and Client Services.
Oliver Smith - Director, SalesOliver Smith - Director, Sales
Oliver joined Perform in 2003 after a period working agency-side with Lowe & Partners and IMG. Oli's current role is firstly to ensure that the websites and content owners that Perform represents achieve maximum return from their digital inventory. Secondly, it is to help brands reach their target consumers effectively via the powerful channels Perform manage.
Serge Taborin - Head of Group StrategySerge Taborin - Head of Group Strategy
Serge joined Perform in 2006, following an 8-year career in consulting and digital media. He is responsible for Services strategy and business development, as well as generation of all commercial models on projects involving multiple solutions across the group. A keen sportsman and a competitive skier in his younger days, Serge holds a degree in Engineering from Oxford and an MBA from INSEAD.
Alex Peebles - General Manager, AustraliaAlex Peebles - General Manager, Australia
Alex joined Premium TV as Head of Mobile Products and Services in 2003, before taking over Premium TV's rights sales division in 2005. In November 2006 Alex moved to Sydney to set-up and manage the business' first office outside of the UK and is now General Manager of Perform Australia. Alex joined from Omnicom where he performed a variety of commercial and marketing roles.
Ross MacEacharn - Managing Director - watchandbet.tv and BettingRoss MacEacharn - Managing Director - watchandbet.tv and Betting
Ross joined Perform in January 2008 to manage the commercial development of Watch and Bet and the betting channel. He joins from the Racing Post where for 4 years he was responsible for the commercial development of their online business.
Prior to this Ross has worked for many years in sales and business development roles in the online and publishing industries.
Jamie Rice - Head of ProductionJamie Rice - Head of Production
Digital Media specialist Jamie Rice started his career as a production manager at Universal Sports Marketing. At Video Networks Limited he extended his production responsibilities as the company pioneered VOD content of the Premier League for the Home Choice brand. In 2002 he was involved with the creation of a broadband sports portal (ultimately sold to UK Betting PLC) where he was responsible for the production and delivery of all the sports content produced. Jamie joined Perform in June 2007 as Football Production Executive where he oversaw the launch of the Premier League production for international broadband and mobile partners and Virgin Media's award winning football site. He was promoted to Head of Production responsible for the department's production content output across TV, broadband and mobile in February 2008.
Melanie Denning - Head of HRMelanie Denning - Head of HR
Melanie joined Perform in May 2007 and has rapidly changed the face of HR within the Company through process improvement the importance of good communication, as well as ensuring the company maintains good employee relations. She has brought with her a wealth of experience from a number of different sectors such as Retail, FMCG, Service and Pharmaceutical.
Arjen Robijn - Managing Director, Global Sports Media and Soccerway.comArjen Robijn - Managing Director, Global Sports Media and Soccerway.com
Arjen is the founder and managing director of Global Sports Media (GSM), the sports data company aqcuired by Perform in 2009. GSM provides real-time sports information to the international betting, media and mobile industries.
With offices in The Netherlands, India and Peru, Arjen drives the development of the sports data business and the associated football portal www.soccerway.com. Arjen holds a degree in Business Economics and Information Management and has worked for several online publishing firms.
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