Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month, we welcome Stefano Mereu, Chief Commercial Officer, Grandi Stazioni Retail SpA, Rome Please give us a brief description of yourself and your previous positions. How did you get involved in what you now do? I was born in Rome in 1971. After graduating in economics from La Sapienza University and working in consulting, […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month, we welcome Scott Wells, CEO, Clear Channel Outdoor, New York. I’ve seen you described by others as a visionary and a strategic thinker, and one who drives innovative thinking. What do you personally think is your biggest strength and why? I think the ability to assemble the talented individuals necessary to drive innovation […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month, we welcome Paul Whitehead, President, Information Display Systems Canada Inc., Oakville, Ontario, Canada. What is your personal background and what has led you into Out-of-Home? I have been in the healthcare industry, in one way or another, since 1977. I started out in sales for an OTC products company, calling on pharmacy, mass […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Chris Tyquin, Co-Managing Director, goa, Brisbane, Australia. Please give us your career background and how you got into Out-of-Home. In 1981, I was fortunate to get a traineeship with Australia’s largest and most successful television network and was with it for eight years. Apart from a brief stint wearing the Scooby […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Jordi Alba, CEO, iWall in Shop, Barcelona, Spain, Please tell us your background and how you got into Out-of- Home. First of all, I got a Diploma on audiovisuals, and also in international Marketing and Digital advertising at ESIC Business and Marketing School, and then a Masters in general management at […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month, we welcome Bill Fordyce, COO, HyperMedia, Dubai. Please tell us about your own background and how you became involved with HyperMedia. I joined the founders of HyperMedia, Habib Wehbi and Philip Matta in 2008. Prior to HyperMedia, I was the business development director for News Outdoor Group out of Moscow, Russia, working across […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Barclay Nettlefold, Group CEO, QMS Media, Melbourne, Australia. Please tell us about your background and how you got into digital out of home. Outdoor advertising is in my blood. My father, David Nettlefold, pioneered the outdoor advertising industry in Australasia. Since those formative days under my father, I have gone on […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month, we welcome Sarah Parkes, Managing Director, Airport Media, London. We’ve been running CEO Spotlights regularly since 2008 and Sarah is the first executive to have ever been featured more than once. She last featured as Managing Director, Eye, back in September 2013. Eye Airports managed media sales at London Gatwick airport until February […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome John Partilla, CEO, Screenvision, New York. Your employment background has been largely in the advertising business. Tell us a bit about that background and what attracted you to the movie business. Over my 30-year career, I have been able to sit on the media publisher, creative agency, and digital sides of […]
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
This month we welcome Cennydd Roberts, CEO, 8Outdoor, London, UK How did you get into an Out-of-Home Media career? What led you down this career path? As the product of the Welsh valleys, media wasn’t an obvious career for me, but once I’d come up to university in London and seen some of the opportunities […]
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