Sally Weatherall, Commercial Director, Wireless Information Network

Sally graduated from Reading University with a degree in Law. Having qualified as a solicitor in 1994 Sally worked initially in the biotechnology industry but joined the Internet Service Provider PIPEX in 1995. During this time Sally aided the development of the PIPEX business throughout Europe and became European Legal Director following the acquisition of the business by UUNET and later Director of International Regulatory Affairs.
Throughout the late 1990’s the Internet industry grew exponentially as did the legal and regulatory environment at that time. Sally was a founding director of the UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA (UK)), the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), ICRA and a consultant to the European Commission on the Electronic Commerce Directive. Sally has extensive experience working with the regulatory, government and law enforcement agencies on Internet and telecommunications issues.
After leaving UUNET in 2001 Sally became legal director for RAW Communications before setting up her own IT legal consultancy, Strategic Brief. Three years later Sally joined WIN  as Head of Legal.
Sally was ‘UK In-house lawyer of the Year’ in 1997 and completed an Executive MBA at London Business School in 1999

 Jeremy Flynn, CEO, D2see

Jeremy Flynn has been an industry leader in the UK mobile content market, with 6 years experience in a variety of roles in the content value chain.
Jeremy is CEO and co-founder of D2see, a Technical Service Provider specializing in delivering and monetising video to mobile for content IP owners and publishers.
Previously he was Head of Commercial Partnerships at Vodafone UK, where he was responsible for the Off Portal Direct-to-Consumer business. In this role for 4 years he drove the UK successful free-market approach to facilitating the off portal mobile content market.
Prior to this, he was at Motorola responsible for EMEA business in mobile application platforms and services.
Jeremy was awarded Greatest Individual contribution to New Media in the NMA Effectiveness Awards 2006.

 Rory Maguire, Head of Payment Services, 3

Rory Maguire is Head of Payment Services in 3 responsible amongst other things for Third Party interfaces for both the 3 UK and 3 Ireland networks. Rory is a champion for creating environments for Content and Service Providers to be able to flourish with their consumer services while ensuring consumers are protected from the unsavoury practises of a minority of individuals.
Rory has worked in mobile telecommunications since 1992 with the exception of two short breaks to gain experience in the premium rate telephony service area and in Internet service provision. In the large corporate environment of Orange (1995-2000), he created the content services division, pioneering shortcode text messaging services, IVR menu based voice services, WAP services and mobile ISP content services.

 Bindi Norwell, Principal Commercial Manager, BT-agilemedia

 Tony Couch, Head of Media, Opal Telecom

Tony Couch is the Head of Media for Opal Telecom which is part of the FTSE 100 Carphone Warehouse Group.His experience in this industry, from a fixed line telco perspective, is second to none. In the late 90's, whilst at Norweb Communications, he was one of the founder members of the "Opt-out" group which challenged and overcame a PRS opt-in threat.   He joined Opal Telecom in 1999 and a year later was nominated by the other carriers to the Icstis Industry Committee to represent their interests with the regulator (now PhonePayPlus). During the "Trojan dialler scam" of 2004, Tony was very active and vocal in persuading many telcos to take more proactive action by barring problematic numbers early.Without such action the industry was likely to receive far more draconian measures by politicians to protect their constituents.   He is currently involved in the working group created to provide pricing transparency to callers."The paying for the price stated on a tin of beans analogy is too simple.In the PRS shop, the cost of the tin of beans is dependant upon which till you decide to pay at. Even then you may still not know the cost of the beans until your credit card bill arrives weeks later!"   Tony is married and has two young children.

 Jeremy Stern, Managing Director, PromoVeritas

Jeremy is a professional marketer with an extensive career that has involved many of the leading companies in the UK. His client experience includes Marketing Manager at Tesco and Head of Affinity Marketing at BT. He followed this with a move to Coca-Cola as European Promotions Director and then as Group Communications Director at COLT Telecom.
He is also the founder and Managing Director of PromoVeritas Ltd, probably the UK’s leading independent promotional verification company. The companies provides the security and integrity for all sorts of voting, competitions, prize draws and valuable “golden ticket” type instant win promotions. Recent projects include BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Coca Cola Buy A Player and McVities 10,000 Instant winners.
In addition to his work, Jeremy was the UK representative on the Promotional Marketing Council of Europe between 2001 and 2006, latterly as Vice President.
He is currently a Board member of CAP, the governing body of  the UK advertising industry and is a founding trustee of Fresh Visions, a charity for the disadvantaged and Urban Renewal in the South East and a Trustee of the National Osteoporosis Society.
He is married to Denise, a cookery writer and lives in Northwood, North West London with a gaggle of children aged 12 -18.

 Graeme Alderson, Adult Promotions Manager, Sport Media Group plc

After a business studies degree at Newcastle University Graeme trained as a journalist and worked on newspapers in the North West.  He joined Sport Newspapers in 1996 and went on to establish their highly-successful internet department, the first on Fleet Street to successfully monetise online content. As web media editor he was responsible for content and off-page marketing activities and during this time, put together a high profile, high yield celebrity portfolio. Sport Newspapers and Netcollex came together in September 2007 as Sport Media Group plc and Graeme’s current brief is the co-ordination and promotion of adult services, products and events within the group’s printed, mobile and online products. 

 David Sheridan, Head of Legal, MX Telecom

 Mark Gracey, Content Regulation Manager, THUS

Mark Gracey has been with THUS for more than a decade and is responsible for Internet content and Premium Rate telephony regulation, liaison with law enforcement and data protection compliance under the THUS and Demon brands.
Dealing with Internet Content regulation means he is responsible for dealing with complaints about content carried on THUS’s servers, lobbying Government departments and working with industry and law enforcement agencies. The PRS aspect of his role relates to ensuring compliance with the PhonepayPlus Code of Practice.
Mark’s role encompasses all aspects of industry regulation and compliance, including giving customers advice in this area, and involves active roles in a range of industry forums including the Home Office Task Force for the Protection of Children Online. He is also the THUS representative and Vice chair on the Internet Watch Foundation Funding Council and chairs the UKCTA subgroups on PRS and data retention as well as being co-opted onto the Board of AIME.Mark graduated in 1991 with a BSc (Hons) Degree in Computer Science and has just completed an LLM in Computer and Communications Law

 Denise McLean, Business Development Manager, Netcollex

 Adam Maxted, Business Development Director, MINICK

Adam has over 20 years international experience in senior sales management roles, running premium services for media groups, production companies and brands in many countries.
His experience spans both fixed line and mobile, and he has worked at every level in the value chain – gaining useful perspectives on the commercial, technical and legal framework around which premium services are provided. He therefore brings strong application and content experience to AIME and in the past year has been very involved with service compliance in the UK - assisting media and SPs in reviewing their systems and processes. 
Adam is Business Development Director at MINICK.

Hugh Chambers, CEO New Ventures, Transact

Hugh Chambers is an experienced and strategically minded international telecom, wireless and internet senior executive. With over 25 years experience, he has a history of senior roles with established and start-up companies including many spectacular successes.
Hugh is CEO of Message Me Up, a billing mechanic enabling a user to chat to celebrities and professionals alike using internet messaging, and pay for it using their mobile phone or credit card.
Hugh has many years of international and cross-cultural experience having lived and worked in Europe, Asia and the USA. Hugh was Managing Director at 3 Net Communications operating in 23 time zones, Founder & Director at Global Internet Billing Limited and Founder & Director at Interoute plc.  In Hong Kong, Hugh was Managing Director at International Voice Services and General Manager at Hongkong Telecom CSL.
With a proven track record across a range of disciplines and market segments, Hugh’s invaluable experience is combined with a background that provides an excellent insight and understanding needed to deliver a successful business. He continues to be President of NOC.