Local search and lead generation
Management
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Paul Walker,
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Paul Walker was appointed Chairman of European Directories in March 2011. Previously CFO and then Group Chief Executive of Sage Group Plc, Paul is also a Non-Executive Director of Experian Plc, Diageo Plc and Softline. He was previously NED of MyTravel group. Starting his professional career as an accountant at Arthur Young, he is ACA qualified and a graduate of the University of York.
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Toon Bouten,
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Antonius “Toon” Bouten joined European Directories as Group Chief Executive Officer in August 2011. Toon Bouten is also Chairman of online company Teufel Speakers and was previously President and CEO of GN Store Nord, a publicly listed company on the Copenhagen stock exchange. Mr Bouten has served as EVP Consumer Electronics Europe for Philips and as VP Consumer Group EMEA for Compaq computers. As President and CEO of Jobline International AB he built and sold an online recruitment company to Monster/TMP.
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Stuart Ross,
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Stuart joined YBR in January 2004. Prior to this he was Group Finance Director of NTL UK Group, Finance Director of British Gas Trading Ltd and Group Financial Controller of Trafalgar House plc.
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Simon Greenman,
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Simon is MD Online for European Directories. He is responsible for growing online revenue and usage across our eight operating countries. Simon was previously head of online for R.H. Donnelley, a US based Yellow Pages publisher. He joined them with the acquisition of Dex Media, a US$1.6B publisher, where he had held the same position and was part of the team that completed a successful IPO in 2004. Simon has over 15 years experience in the local search space, including cofounding the MapQuest.com service. Mr Greenman holds a MBA from Harvard and a BA in Computing and Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sussex, England. He started his career at Accenture, a management consulting firm.
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Joff Sharpe,
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Joff joined EDSA in January 2007, having previously been Chief Talent Officer of German company
Grohe. Before entering the sphere of private equity he held various international positions in HR,
Marketing and Strategy in blue chips Mars, PepsiCo and Vodafone. He also served as CEO of an
internet company in News International. Joff's early career was spent in the British Army.
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Joris van Oers,
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Joris van Oers joined De Telefoongids Holding BV on 1st December 2009. Prior to this appointment, Joris was the Managing Director of Corporate Solution of KPN’s Business Market Division and temporary Managing Director Sympac at KPN’s Mobile International. With over 15 years of experience at KPN, Joris brings extensive sales experience to De Telefoongids.
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Timo Hiltunen,
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Timo Hiltunen was appointed CEO of Fonecta in the beginning of 2008. He has worked in the contact information sector for nearly 20 years. Before Fonecta, Mr. Hiltunen worked on the Board of Directors of the Norwegian directory company Findexa and Interinfo, which operates in the Baltic countries, and as a consultant. From 1997-2005, Mr. Hiltunen was involved in setting up and managing Inoa, which provides company information. Fonecta bought Inoa in 2005.
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Thomas Friess,
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Thomas was appointed COO / CFO of HEROLD in September 2003 and became CEO in March 2005. During the last years he spearheaded the transformation of the company from a traditional directory publisher to one of the most successful media companies in Austria.
After his studies in economics and finance he held various positions at German bank institutions. He was a Director at Metzler Bank, a well-known German boutique investment bank, where he was in charge of various M&A projects and IPOs. He was also responsible for Metzler´s corporate finance business in NYC. Prior to his appointment in Austria he served as CFO of Weru AG, a private-equity owned and listed building supply company.
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Piotr Strzałkowski,
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Piotr Strzałkowski, the Polish Yellow Pages market founder, created the first Yellow Pages company
called Market & Communication Research that published the first printed directory with fax numbers.
The company proved to be a great success. In 1992 it was bought by the US West company and
Piotr Strzałkowski was appointed the General Director of Panorama Firm. After 6 years of successful
operation he left for new challenges leaving Panorama Firm worth $122 million.
His experience and business knowledge was then recognized by the biggest Polish telecommunication
company - TP SA. Piotr Strzałkowski became the CEO of Ditel SA, the TP SA daughter company
established to publish directories.
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In June 2008 European Directories SA consolidated 2 out of 3 companies in the Polish Yellow Pages
market buying 100% shares of Ditel SA and since that time Piotr Strzałkowski has become the CEO
of the newly merged company with the biggest market share - pkt.pl Polskie Książki Telefoniczne Sp. z o.o.
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Kimberli Lewis,
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Kimberli rejoined Mediatel in August 2006, having been part of the original team which set the
company up and published the first Prague book in 1992. Most recently she has been General Manager
of the Directory Book Publishing Division and Electronic Media Division of Sutter Telefonbuchverlag
GmbH which publishes printed directories in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Westfalen-Lippe,
Baden-Württemberg and Brandenburg, Germany. She has also previously held roles in sales and
executive management.
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Kim Graven-Nielsen,
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Kim Graven-Nielsen was appointed CEO Lokaldelen in March 2010. Kim began his career in local search as MD of Moestrups Forlag, part of the Thomson & Thomson Group. He then ran a number of private-equity backed Danish businesses, including a period as President and CEO of Esko-Graphics based in USA. His involvement with PE concerns continued and prior to his appointment with EDsa he was Chairman of Reson and a Board member of both Bodilsen and Colorprint.
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