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Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor

Chief Executive Officer
Date of birth: September 30, 1958
Nationality: British
Initial appointment date: March 31, 2003
Current term expiry date: September 30, 2009

Paul Taylor was formally appointed Chief Executive Officer in November 2004 having served as interim CEO since July 2004. In this role, he is responsible for leading all of Jetix Europe’s businesses. Mr Taylor spent five years at BSkyB and was General Manager of movies and Pay-Per-View when he left to join Jetix Europe. Prior to that he served as Director of Advertising Sales at UK Gold and UK Living. Mr Taylor also worked at Channel Four from 1992 to 1996, and he has held posts at various advertising agencies including JWT, McCanns, Lowe Howard-Spink and Geers Gross.

Dene Stratton

Dene Stratton

Chief Financial Officer
Date of birth: November 30, 1958
Nationality: American
Initial appointment date: January 5, 2005
Current term expiry date: n/a1

Dene Stratton was appointed Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Management Board in January 2005. He is responsible for all aspects of finance, administration, business development and investor relations. Prior to joining Jetix Europe he worked at Disney, as Senior Vice President, Planning and Control at ABC Inc., having held a number of roles within Disney since 1990. He began his career in public accounting with Ernst & Young in Los Angeles.

1 From February 2007 Mr Stratton is not on a fixed term contract.

Olivier Spiner

Olivier Spiner

Executive Vice President of International Affairs
Date of birth: November 28, 1957
Nationality: French
Initial appointment date: November 17, 1999
Current term expiry date: June 30, 2008

Olivier Spiner was appointed as a member of the Management Board in November 1999, and is responsible for Jetix Europe’s corporate activities. Prior to joining Jetix Europe he served as Deputy General Manager of Saban International Paris from 1996 and before this, from 1982, he held the positions of Deputy General Manager and Chief Financial Officer at Créativité and Développement.

Oliver Fryer

Oliver Fryer

General Counsel
Date of birth: November 2, 1963
Nationality: British
Initial appointment date: September 10, 2003
Current term expiry date: February 14, 20092

Oliver Fryer was appointed as a member of the Management Board in September 2003. He is responsible for all of Jetix Europe’s contractual, legal and business affairs issues. He previously served as Director of Legal Business Affairs for Jetix Europe. Before joining the Company in June 2001, Mr Fryer worked for the Simkins Partnership and for Zenith Entertainment plc, where for several years he was Director of Legal and Business Affairs. Mr Fryer also acts as the Corporate Secretary pursuant to the requirements of the Tabaksblat Code.

2 The Company has an option in its favour for a further year.