MEDIAZEST - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Chartered Accountant in London With Ernst & Young
- Chief Executive Officer & Sales Director B.1972
Geoff Robertson qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London with Ernst & Young, and left to join Sony Corporation of America in 1997. There he spent two years in the Operational Review department, working and leading Internal Audit reviews of the international offices of Sony Music and Columbia Tristar Pictures, predominantly in Europe, North America and the Far East. He then moved to a line role within Sony Music for the majority of the next five years, in various senior finance roles within a specialist department sourcing international music repertoire through funding or acquisition deals with independent record labels. Although most of this time was spent based in London, Geoff also worked for 3 months at Sony Music Australia during 2003.
Upon his return from Australia, Geoff moved to Lewis Communications Ltd, a privately owned international Public Relations agency as Group Finance Director. He left in October 2005 and joined MediaZest plc.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Non Executive Director B.1971
James graduated in Marketing and Management Science in 1994 before joining the family business providing in-store music to restaurants in the UK. Within 5 years he became Managing Director, growing the business internationally in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors and culminating in leading the company through sale in 2007.
James then joined EnQii, a SaaS based content management software company, heading up EMEA before setting up the International operations for PlayNetwork Inc. He helped shape the sales strategy for MediaZest Plc delivering innovative digital experiences for major retailers and brands as an Executive Director, and then moved to global design and consultancy Arcadis as the Partner heading up Digital Experience working on innovation, technology and content strategies and delivery, across their client base. Most recently, he joined tech start-up Chirp to help the team drive their growth globally with one of the most exciting technologies in the IoT world.
James also is a qualified Executive Coach and has spent time coaching key executives in a growing number of companies and roles. He also enjoys charity work. From 2003 he started a 3 year non-executive term with the NHS and charity work today continues as Chair of Crawley Open House helping the homeless and disadvantaged, Governor at Copthorne Prep School, and other local and national charities.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Non - Executive Chairman
- Director of DFB ( Australia ) Pty
- Non Executive Chairman B.1956
Lance O'Neill is a London-based director of DFB (Australia) Pty. Ltd, a Sydney based investment adviser. He is also chairman of EP&F Capital Plc and Ragusa Capital Plc. He has worked in international securities and investment markets since 1981. During this time, he spent over ten years based in London and Sydney with periodic work in the United States and the Far East, principally with Prudential-Bache Securities Inc., Societe Generale (Australia) Securities and Rivkin Securities Limited, working in institutional equity and fixed income sales/trading as well as in corporate finance. He is a director of, and investor in, a number of private and public companies in the UK, USA and Australia. He holds a Bsc (Econ) Hons in Accountancy and Law from the University of Wales and is an affiliate member of the Securities Institute of Australia.