Senior Leadership Team

Urban Gillström

President and CEO since 2010.
Born: 1964
Education: M.Sc. Industrial Management and Engineering, Linköping Tekniska Högskola.

Previous assignments: Urban Gillström was formerly group President and responsible for global sales at the US IT/telecoms company, Comverse Inc. Before then, he had a long career with Ericsson, including head of Ericsson's corporate market worldwide, and as President of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications in the USA.
Based: Stockholm
Holdings: 45,000 shares and 0 employee stock options.

Erik Skånsberg

CFO since 2010.
Born: 1964
Education: MSc Stockholm School of Economics.

Previous assignments: Erik Skånsberg was previously CFO of COOP Norden as well as CFO within the Orkla Group, including as CFO of companies such as Carlsberg Sweden, Kemetyl and BOB. Most recently Erik Skånsberg has been running his own consulting business where he held assignments at Vårdapoteket, Capio and SATS, among other companies.
Based: Stockholm
Holdings: 15,565 shares and 0 employee stock options.

Elaine Safier

CCO since February 2011.
Born: 1966
Education: BSc Economics and MBA from Wharton.

Previous assignments: Elaine Safier has spent over 10 years in the digital media space, managing business units and corporate development activities for large multinational organisations including AOL, Cable & Wireless, and United News & Media. Previously founded and managed early stage ventures including media information business sold to Taylor Nelson Sofres (now part of WPP).
Based: London
Holdings: 0 shares and 0 employee stock options.

Market Unit Leaders

Rob Wilson

Market Unit Leader, North West since May 2011.
Born: 1972
Education: Studied International Business technology at University of Teesside.

Previous assignments: Rob Wilson was formerly Chief Revenue Officer and responsible for global sales at the US advertising network, Epic Media Group. He brings over 10 years' experience in digital marketing having previously held key leadership positions with Zanox, 24/7 Real Media and Yahoo throughout Europe and the US.
Based: London
Holdings: 0 shares and 0 employee stock options.

Leif Eliasson

Market Unit Leader North East from May 2011.
Born: 1972
Education: M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management, Lund Institute of Technology.

Previous assignments: Leif Eliasson has spent over 12 years in the mobile and online media space, both as general manager in larger organizations such as Tele2, Ericsson and as founder in European mobile and online start-ups. Prior to joining TradeDoubler, Leif Eliasson came from a position as CEO for Relevant Traffic Europe AB, a pan-European search engine marketing company owned by the Kinnevik Group. During his four years in this position, he was also engaged in New Investments within the Kinnevik Group, particularly involving online start-ups.
Based: Stockholm
Holdings: 0 shares and 0 employee stock options.

Dr. Falk von Westarp

Market Unit Leader Central since July 2011.
Born: 1971
Education: Frankfurt and Berkeley and holds a Master degree in Business Administration.

Previous assignments: Dr. Falk von Westarp held senior management positions at Monster Worldwide, the global online provider of a full array of job seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management products and services. He most recently was Managing Director for Switzerland. Previously, has held a number of international director positions in the Central and Eastern Europe business region within the international online recruitment group.
Based: Munich
Holdings: 0

Vittorio Lorenzoni

Country manager Italy since 2007 and now Market Unit Leader South East Europe.
Born: 1959
Education: Degree in Electrical Engineering with full marks at Padua Engineering University.

Previous assignments: Formerly Commercial Director at Yahoo! Italia for Southern Europe and emerging countries. Before then he had a long career at IBM Italia, covering different roles within sales and marketing.
Based: Milan
Holdings: 0 shares and 2,300 employee stock options.

Frederic Prigent

Country Manager France since 2009 and now Market Unit Leader France.
Born: 1976
Education: Studied Marketing and Electronics at Cergy-Pontoise university.

Previous assignments: Frederic Prigent was previously Head of client services since 2005 He had begun his career at ValueClick France in 2000, then had joined AddviseMedia agency.
Based: Paris
Holdings: 0 shares and 3,000 employee stock options.

Juan Sevillano

Country Manager Spain and Portugal since 2010 and now Market Unit Leader South West
Born: 1969
Education: Educated in Economics.

Previous assignments: Juan has more than 10 years' experience in large communication Groups. He was Sales Director of Search & E-Commerce in Yahoo for more than three years. Then he decided to join Microsoft in 2008, and became the Head of Microsoft Media Network, managing the portfolio of products, sales strategy and responsible for cross-business unit critical projects, helping prioritize investments and resources, improving asset yields and adapting the business model to the changing market conditions.
Based: Madrid
Holdings: 0 shares and 0 employee stock options.

Business Unit Leaders

Chris Simpson

Business Unit Leader Search since Oct 2010.
Born: 1968
Education: Holds Degree in Chemical Engineering and Minerals Engineering from the University of Birmingham.

Previous assignments: Managing Director The Search Works 2008. Previously Commercial Director Probability games plc (AIM), General Manager Capita Offshore Services, Managing Director ipoints (now maximiles UK), Commercial Director Air Miles (British Airways). 7 Years in Oil Industry at Texaco and Shell.
Based: London
Holdings: 0 shares and 5,000 employee stock options.

Matthias Stadelmeyer

Business Unit Leader Technology since 2010.
Born: 1976
Education: Studies of Industrial Management and Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.

Previous assignments: Matthias Stadelmeyer was previously Sales Director and Head of TD Technology at TradeDoubler Germany. Matthias started his carrier as Team leader for Online Marketing at CANCOM IT Systeme AG, Munich.
Based: London
Holdings: 0 shares and 0 employee stock options.

Business Support Leaders

Jonas Flodh

Vice President Products since 2008.
Born: 1971
Education: Holds a Master of Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and has studied marketing and economics at INSEAD in Paris.

Previous assignments: Jonas Flodh has spent 15 years in the mobile, telecommunications and digital media space, managing business, product and corporate development activities for large multinational organizations including Ericsson, Orange PCS and France Telecom and for fast growing start-ups such as Spray and Formus Communications. Jonas have co-founded and advised early stage ventures within mobile and digital marketing. Joined TradeDoubler in 2007 as Head of Products.
Based: Stockholm
Holdings: 7,050 shares (of which 3,750 are owned by related parties) and 3,000 employee stock options.

Mats Rosberg

CTO since 2008.
Born: 1956
Education: Studies in systems science and economics at Stockholm University.

Previous assignments: Previously worked as CEO, CIO and management consultant within various parts of the IT industry, including TietoEnator and TDC.
Based: Stockholm
Holdings: 7,050 shares (of which 3,750 are owned by related parties) and 3,000 employee stock options.

Nils Lindhe

Strategy and Operational Excellence Program Leader since 2010.
Born:1969
Education: M.Sc. Stockholm School of Economics and studies at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Previous assignments: Formerly Regional Director for Northern & Eastern Europe at TradeDoubler. Before that he held positions as Client Director at Lowe Brindfors and at Razorfish.
Based: Stockholm
Holdings: 0 shares and 1,334 stock options.

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