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Juan Manuel Barreiro commenced his career in 1975 with the Spanish based telecommunications group, Telefonica, where he held several top management positions, including Deputy General Commercial Manager, Deputy General Information Systems Manager and Sales Director. In 1993 he was appointed President of Teleline, an internet service provider, which evolved into Telefonica Servicios Avanzados de Informacion, where he served as Executive President until 1995. He then represented Telefonica on the board of directors of the Europe based telecom consortium Unisource and also acted as Operations Vice President in the Telefonica headquarters in The Netherlands. In 1997 he became Managing Director of Utilitel (a multi-utility joint-venture between Telefonica and Iberdrola) until his retirement in 1998. He holds degrees in physics and data transmission from Madrid universities. He is a Spanish national and fluent in English and French.
Javier Pérez is the founder of Zed Worldwide S.A. and is currently its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In 1992 he became part of the management of Proein, S.L. (a Pérez family company engaged in the distribution of video games), a position that he held until 1999. In 1993, in association with Telefónica, he founded Teleline, S.L. (currently known as Terra) where he served as a board member and as general manager. In 1998 he co-founded Pyro Studios, S.L. and has since been its Chief Executive Officer. In 2002 and 2004, he founded Ilion Studios, S.L. and the Wisdom Group (of which he is the Chief Executive Officer), respectively. He received a degree in economics from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and has an advanced degree in European corporate sciences from Humberside University in the United Kingdom.
Álvaro Gómez is Zed Worldwide S.A.’s Managing Director (Resources) and a member of its board of directors. In the past he has worked for Grupo Ferrovial, where he held various finance and management positions, including Control Director of Ferrovial Agroman and Investment Director of Grupo Multitel. He was also Chief Executive Officer of Val Telecomunicaciones, Director of Genesys Iberia Audioconferencia, S.A., internal auditor of Uni2 and Wanadoo and permanent observer on the board of directors of ONO. He received degrees in economics and law, both from ICADE E-3, and he has an MBA from the IESE (Universidad de Navarra).
Daniel Arteaga has held the position of Corporate Legal Director of Zed Worldwide SA since June 2006. Before then he worked for Ventura Garcés Law Firm where he was an Associate Senior Lawyer and in Multitel (a telecommunication investments company) where he was the Secretary of the Board and Vice-President from 2004. He holds a university degree in business law from CEU San Pablo. He is a Master in Corporate Law (from the Instituto de Empresa de Madrid).
Santiago Benedit has in excess of 15 years experience in business finance. He obtained his degree in economics and business from the Complutense University in 1992. In 1995 he joined Grupo Alcatel where he worked as an International Treasury Director. From 2001 to 2004 he held the appointment of Chief Financial and Administration Officer of Grupo Auna. In 2005 he joined Grupo Proinserga, the principal Spanish company of the livestock sector as the Deputy General Director. In 2007 he joined Zed Worldwide SA as the Group Chief Financial Officer.
Martin Higginson Martin started his first business at the age of 19, a publishing business he later went on to sell to IPC Magazines Limited. Since then he has founded numerous businesses including Megafone Limited, a business he sold to Scottish Power, Monstermob Group Plc, a mobile media business, and Cityblock Plc, an alternative student accommodation business. He has held a number of senior positions including Managing Director of Internet & Interactive Services for Scottish Telecom, Business Development Director at Thus plc, and non executive director positions at Business Serve Plc and IDE Group Limited. Martin is currently Chief Executive Officer of NetPlayTV Plc a company focused on the delivery of interactive TV gaming entertainment solutions to major broadcasters including ITV, RTL, and Virgin Media Television.
