David Williams
Non-Executive Chairman (55)David has 35 years experience in the investment market. He has served as chairman in both executive and non-executive capacities for a number of companies, both public and private. He has overseen the development of these companies through both organic and acquisitive growth as well as dealing with turnaround situations. David is currently chairman of Aldgate Capital Plc, Augean PLC, Drury Lane Capital Plc, Marwyn Value Investors Limited, Marwyn Value Investors II Limited, Silverdell Plc and ZETAR Plc as well as Marwyn Investments Group and its subsidiary companies.
Darren Throop
Chief Executive Officer (43)Darren has over 20 years of executive management experience in the home entertainment products industry. Darren has been chief executive officer of Entertainment One since July 2003 and has been in the group since 1999. Previously Darren was the owner of Urban Sound Exchange between 1991 and 1999 when it was acquired by CD Plus.
Giles Willits
Chief Financial Officer (41)Giles joined the executive board of Entertainment One in May 2007 having previously been director of Group Finance at J Sainsbury plc since 2005. Prior to joining Sainsbury, Giles spent six years at Woolworths Group plc where he was most recently group corporate development director and interim group finance director. During his time at Woolworths Group he was also finance director of Entertainment UK Limited, the largest wholesale distributor of home entertainment products in the UK, and MVC Entertainment Limited, the home entertainment retailer. He has previously held a number of finance and general management positions within Kingfisher plc and Freemans Plc. Giles is a chartered accountant having qualified with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Patrice Theroux
President Global Filmed Entertainment (45)Patrice has over 20 years of experience in the motion picture distribution industry and until June 2006 was president and CEO of Motion Picture Distribution LP, where he managed one of the world's leading independent distribution operations, including MPD in Canada, Momentum Pictures in the United Kingdom and Aurum Producciones in Spain.
Bob Allan
Non-Executive Director (61)Between 1997 and 2006, Bob was vice-president of MDS Capital Corp, a North American venture capital company engaged in health and life science investments. Previously, Bob was vice-president financial operation at the laboratory services division of MDS Inc., a public health and life sciences company. Prior to joining MDS, Bob was a vice-president of Unitel Communications Inc.. Bob is a chartered accountant and a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Sir George Bain
Non-Executive Director (69)Sir George has over 40 years of academic and professional experience in the field of economics. Sir George was principal of the London Business School between 1989 and 1997 and president and vice-chancellor of The Queen's University of Belfast between 1998 and 2004. He was previously a non-executive director of Blackwell Publishers Ltd, The Economist Group, the Northern Ireland Advisory Board of the Bank of Ireland and the Canada Life Assurance Company. Sir George is currently a non-executive director of The Canada Life Group (UK) Ltd, Electra Private Equity Plc, Bombardier Aerospace Shorts Brothers Plc, Canada Life Capital Corporation and Iain More Associates.
Clare Copeland
Non-Executive Director (72)Clare is currently the chief executive of Falls Management Company, a commercial development and casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Clare is also chairman of Toronto Hydro Corporation, a Canadian electricity provider. Between 2000 and 2002 Clare was chairman and chief executive of OSF Inc., a manufacturer of retail store interiors. Between 1993 and 1999, he was chief executive of People's Jewellers Corporation, a jewellery retailer. Clare is also currently a trustee of Chesswood Income Trust, Custom Direct Income Fund and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and a director of Danier Leather Inc.
James Corsellis
Non-Executive Director (37)James is a managing partner of Marwyn Investment Management LLP. James was previously chief executive officer of icollector plc, a leading provider of live auction trading platforms. Over the past two years at Marwyn, James has undertaken 21 transactions raising in excess of £600 million in acquisition funding for Marwyn backed management teams and special purpose acquisition vehicles. He is currently a director of Marwyn Investments Group Limited, Aldgate Capital Plc, Drury Lane Capital Plc, Concateno Plc and deputy chairman of Catalina Holdings Ltd and is a member of Marwyn Capital LLP.
Garth Girvan
Non-Executive Director (58)Garth is currently a partner at the Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP having joined the firm in 1978. Garth is currently a non-executive director of the Canadian entertainment company Imax Corporation and the Canadian beverage distributor Corby Distilleries Limited and was previously a director of Silcorp Limited. Garth is called as a barrister in Ontario (1978), Alberta (1982) and New York (1986).
Mark Trachuk
Non-Executive Director (46)Mark is currently a partner at the Canadian law firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. Mark practised in Osler's London office from 1991 to 1994 and 1996 to 1999 when he was managing partner and spent extended periods in Asia practising in Osler's Singapore office. Mark is called as a barrister and solicitor in Ontario (1989) and British Columbia (1993) and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales (1993).
Mark Opzoomer
Non-Executive Director (50)Mark is currently CEO of Rambler Media Limited (AIM, RMG.L.), one of the largest internet portals in Russia with over 35 million monthly visitors and over 2.5 billion monthly page views. Previously Mark was the Managing Director and Regional Vice-President of Yahoo! Europe from July 2001 to December 2003, where he successfully restored growth by focusing on specific product lines. Prior to joining Yahoo! Europe, Mark was Deputy Chief Executive of Hodder Headline plc, a LSE-listed book publishing company, and previously Commercial and Finance Director of Sega Europe Ltd and Commercial Director of Virgin Communications Ltd.
Mark is one of the founding partners and a director of Bond Capital Partners Ltd, a provider of late stage structured finance to mid-market companies in Europe. Mark is also a director of Newbay Software Limited, Web Reservations International Ltd , MIVA Inc., and Blinkx plc. Mark is a chartered accountant, a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and has an MBA from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.