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Chris joined AdForum in late 2003 as President and CEO. He had previously been Vice
President and General Manager at VeriSign Inc. Payment Services, the
largest online secure payments company. In addition, he has held various
management positions at the American Express, including Vice
President and General Manager of its International Payments business unit.
Chris holds a BS degree from Villanova University. Chris is based in the USA.
Herve founded AdForum in 1999 after spending his career in advertising on both
the agency and client side. He has held a variety of positions in the industry,
including Managing Director International of Havas Intermediation,
Vice President of DMB&B, Inc., CEO of DMB&B France and COO of Lesieur.
He also founded and operated one of the largest agency search
consultancies in France. Herve is a graduate of ISC, Paris and
Harvard Business School. He is based in Switzerland.
Tony joined AdForum in 2006 after four years as a consultant to publishers in the U.S.
and Europe. Prior to his consulting work, Tony was a managing director at Crain Communications
where he headed Advertising Age’s digital publishing group, launching a number of editorial
products including AdCritic.com. Earlier he worked for The Economist and co-founded the British
weekly’s website, Economist.com, becoming its first global sales director.
Tony later joined Netscape Communications in 1998 as manager of eastern region ad sales.
He is based in the United States.
Emma joined Adforum in January 2005 after working at the Financial Times for 11 years.
She began in their PR department in London and subsequently moved to the Paris office where
she worked for 4 years on advertising and circulation sales. She returned to London as General
Manager for International Joint Ventures, responsible for on-line advertising sales, content
aggregation and digital printing opportunities. In 2003 she became Advertising Director for
Continental Europe, managing FT’s team of 40 people across the region. Emma earned a
Masters Degree in English Literature from Manchester University.
Andy Chen
Vice President of Technology
Andy joined AdForum in 2007 after a number of years as manager of information infrastructure with Unger Software Corporation, leading developers of financial software.
Andy brings a decade of diverse information technology experience and has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from New York Institute of Technology. He’s fluent in Chinese Mandarin and hails from Shanghai, China.
Isa Kurata
Marketing Director, Europe
Isabel joined Adforum in March 1999 as Marketing Director, Europe. Prior to joining AdForum,
Isa held various marketing positions with the Walt Disney Company in both France and the
United Kingdom. Isa manages the Company’s global partnerships and alliances and
provides marketing leadership to the European market. Isa is a graduate of the French Business
School ISG.
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