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| Chris Wronski |
| Chairman |
| Chris established Chello Zone (then Zone Vision) in 1991 and has spearheaded its development and expansion since then.
In 2005, Chellomedia, a subsidiary of Liberty Global Inc., acquired a majority share in Zonemedia.
Chris trained at the Barbican Overseas Film Training School in London and began his professional life in the music business. He launched his career by representing blue chip entertainment clients on media strategy and distribution in Eastern and Central Europe.
Chris lives life in top gear; to relax he indulges in a personal passion for fast cars and Formula One racing.
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| Dermot Shortt |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| Dermot joined Chello Zone as CEO in January 2002. He was responsible for expanding the group’s global broadcasting division from seven million to 150 million households and guiding the company though its sale to Chellomedia in 2005.
Prior to Zone he was a founding member of Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) and took the reach of the company and developing their digital channels growing subscribers to 92 million across the region. Prior to joining DNE, Dermot worked in Corporate Recovery and for General Electric’s NBC.
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| Shane O'Neill |
| Chief Strategy Officer - Liberty Global |
| President - chellomedia |
| As the Chief Strategy Officer of Liberty Global, Shane heads up the company’s strategic planning, M&A and corporate development activities. He is also President of chellomedia, Liberty Global’s European content and services division, and responsible for the division’s development. Shane joined UPC NV in 1999 and was appointed to his present positions in April 2002 and January 2003 respectively.
From 1992 to 1997, Mr. O'Neill worked at Goldman Sachs in its New York, Sydney and London offices. Most recently, he was an Executive Director in the Advisory Group for Goldman Sachs in London where he was responsible for providing advice on mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate finance to a number of companies in the media and communications industry, including UPC. |
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| Angela Mcmullen |
| Chief Financial Officer, chellomedia |
| Angela has been with chellomedia since 2001. Prior to joining chellomedia, Liberty Global’s content and services division, Angela was with the Walt Disney Company for 8 years where she was SVP of Finance for Walt Disney International - UK and prior to that she had the role of VP European Finance for the Buena Vista Home Entertainment division.
Angela has a BA (Hons) in Economics and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. |
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| Niall Curran |
| Chief Operating Officer, chellomedia |
| Niall Curran is Chief Operating Officer of the chellomedia division of Liberty Global. Niall has been with the group since 2000.
Prior to this, Niall was with the Walt Disney Company and part of the management team responsible for the international development of Disney channels, TV investments and programme distribution and production businesses. |
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| Chris Wronski |
| Chairman |
| Chris established Chello Zone (then Zone Vision) in 1991 and has spearheaded its development and expansion since then.
In 2005, Chellomedia, a subsidiary of Liberty Global Inc., acquired a majority share in Zonemedia.
Chris trained at the Barbican Overseas Film Training School in London and began his professional life in the music business. He launched his career by representing blue chip entertainment clients on media strategy and distribution in Eastern and Central Europe.
Chris lives life in top gear; to relax he indulges in a personal passion for fast cars and Formula One racing.
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| Dermot Shortt |
| Chief Executive Officer |
| Dermot joined Chello Zone as CEO in January 2002. He was responsible for expanding the group’s global broadcasting division from seven million to 150 million households and guiding the company though its sale to Chellomedia in 2005.
Prior to Zone he was a founding member of Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) and took the reach of the company and developing their digital channels growing subscribers to 92 million across the region. Prior to joining DNE, Dermot worked in Corporate Recovery and for General Electric’s NBC.
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| Chris Sharp |
| Chief Programming Officer |
| General Manager |
| Chris Sharp joined Zone Vision in 1992 with joint responsibility for establishing and managing the company.
Chris began his career in the media industry in 1986 at The Music Channel and from there he joined Super Channel, gaining wide experience in a number of positions in ad sales and finance. He joined thematic channel Music Box in 1989 and was responsible for the international distribution of its portfolio of programming.
Chris oversees and manages all programming, scheduling and on-air at Chello Zone.
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| Tanya Gugenheim |
| Chief Business Development & New Media Officer |
| Tanya is Chief Business Development and New Media Officer at Chello Zone. She joined the company in 1999 and has headed up a number of the company’s key departments including legal, business development and corporate PR.
Prior to joining Chello Zone, Tanya worked at Chiltern Group Plc where she was involved with the management buy out of the company from UBS and the subsequent reorganization and strategic direction of the group.
Tanya has a Masters degree in Military Strategy from the University of London.
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| Rhiannon Harries |
| Chief of Operations & Services |
| Rhiannon joined Chello Media as Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 2001. She moved to across to Chello Zone in 2005 and is responsible for Zone Studios across Central and Eastern Europe and the company’s central services departments including marketing and pr and IT.
Prior to joining the Chello group, Rhiannon spent three years at Flextech as Group Reporting Manager. She is a chartered accountant (Coopers Lybrand) and graduated from UCL with a degree in geography. |
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| Daniel Verwer |
| CFO |
| Daniel graduated from the University of Southampton. He then joined, trained and qualified as an accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers). In 1992 Daniel joined Carlton Television (part of the ITV network), where he stayed for 13 years.
In 2005 Daniel joined Chellomedia as the CFO of the Interactive Services Division and then transferred to head up the finance team at Chello Zone in the summer of 2006.
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| Louise Cottrell |
| VP Affiliate Sales |
| Louise joined Chello Zone’s sales department in 2003 and is responsible for overseeing and managing channel sales worldwide.
Prior to that, Louise spent seven years at The Travel Channel as Head of Affiliate Sales and Marketing, joining the company at its launch in 1994. She also enjoyed a marketing career within The Economist’s Intelligence Unit.
Louise graduated from UCL with a degree in Economics and Politics.
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