Executive Management

Jørgen Madsen Lindemann

President & Chief Executive Officer

Born 1966

Jørgen was appointed as President and CEO of MTG in September 2012, prior to which he served as Executive Vice President of the Group’s Nordic Broadcasting (free-TV, pay-TV and radio) operations from October 2011. He was also responsible for the Group’s Czech operations between 2008 and 2011, and the Hungarian operations between 2010 and 2011, and served as CEO of MTG Denmark from 2002. He was also responsible for MTG’s New Media department between 2000 and 2002. Jørgen has worked in the Group since 1994 when he joined as Head of Interactive Services. He became Head of Sponsorship for TV3 in 1997, then Head of Viasat Sport in Denmark and, subsequently, Head of Viasat Sport for the Group in 1998. He is a member of the Board of Directors of CTC Media, Inc.

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Mathias Hermansson

Chief Financial Officer

Born 1972

Mathias was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of MTG in March 2006, prior to which he served as Group Financial Controller between 2001 and 2006 and held various senior financial positions at Viasat Broadcasting, MTG Radio and former MTG subsidiary CDON Group AB. Mathias also previously served as Finance Director at former subsidiary Metro International S.A.’s North American operations. He joined MTG in 1999 as a management trainee after working for Unilever in Sweden.

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Irina Gofman

Executive Vice President of the Group's Russian & CIS broadcasting operations

Born 1970

Irina was appointed as Executive Vice President of the Group's Russian & CIS broadcasting operations in October 2011, and manages MTG’s Pay-TV Emerging Markets business . Irina has been CEO of MTG Russia & CIS since July 2008 and assumed responsibility for the Group’s emerging markets mini-pay channel business and satellite pay-TV platform in Ukraine from May 2011. Irina was CEO of Rambler Media Group, one of the leading Russian internet media and services groups, between 2004 and 2007. During her time at Rambler Media, Irina led the company’s successful IPO and listing on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Irina previously worked for MTG between 2002 and 2004 as Chief Operating Officer of the DTV Russian TV network and was also instrumental in the launch of Viasat Broadcasting’s wholesale pay-TV business in Russia. Prior to returning to MTG, Irina served as Managing Partner (Media) at ESN Group, the direct investment and management company. She is a member of the Board of Directors of CTC Media, Inc. Irina graduated with a Ph.D. in Philology from Moscow State University and an MBA from Babson College in the United States.

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Marek Singer

Executive Vice President of the Group’s Central European broadcasting operations

Born 1968

Marek was appointed as Executive Vice President of the Group’s Central European Broadcasting operations in January 2013. Marek has responsibility for the Group’s free-TV operations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Hungary, as well as the Group’s pay-TV and radio operations in the Baltic countries. Marek was CEO and a Board member of the TV Prima free-TV operations in the Czech Republic, of which the Group owns 50%, from 2008 until his appointment to MTG’s Executive Management team in January 2013. He continues as Chairman of the Board of TV Prima. Before joining TV Prima, Marek worked in various sales and marketing director positions at Mars in the CEE region and Unilever in the UK and USA.

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Joseph Hundah

Executive Vice President of the Group’s African operations

Born 1972

Joseph was appointed as EVP of the Group’s African operations in November 2012, and has been CEO of MTG’s African operations since joining the Group in 2011. Joseph previously worked for South African pay-TV operator M-Net and Supersport, and was Managing Director of the MultiChoice satellite pay-TV platform in Nigeria. MTG’s African operations comprise the Viasat1 free-TV channel in Ghana, Modern Africa Productions, and the distribution of MTG’s Viasat documentary channels on third party broadcast networks in six African countries.

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Patrick Svensk

Executive Vice President of Content

Born 1966

Patrick was appointed as Executive Vice President of Content in October 2011. Patrick joined MTG Group in September 2011 as Vice President of Content and Chairman of the MTG Studios business area. Patrick originally joined MTG as a management trainee at TV3 in 1991 and was Managing Director of Kinnevik Media International until 1994. After serving as Managing Director of Swedish advertising agency Hallstedt & Hvid, Patrick returned to broadcasting in 1995 as Managing Director and CEO of Swedish TV channel Kanal 5. Patrick was CEO of SkyVentures between 2000 and 2002 and a member of the Board of Directors of television production company MTV Produktion, of which he later became President and CEO when MTV Produktion was rebranded as Zodiak Television (publ) in 2003. After the acquisition of Zodiak Television by De Agostini in 2008, Patrick served as Executive Vice President of M&A and Business Development at the newly formed Zodiak Media Group until 2010. Patrick graduated with an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics.

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Rikard Steiber

Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer

Born 1969

Rikard was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer in February 2013. Prior to joining MTG, he worked at Google for 6 years where his roles included Director of Product Marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and subsequently Global Marketing Director for Google’s Mobile & Social Advertising business. During his time at Google, Rikard oversaw the launch and ongoing marketing of products including Google+, Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Maps, Apps, Adwords, Analytics, DoubleClick and AdSense. Ahead of joining Google, Rikard was CEO and co-founder of XLENT Strategy and Digiscope Consulting in Stockholm and one of the co-founders of Scandinavia Online AB. He also had managerial positions at Telia and Procter & Gamble. He is a graduate from SDA Bocconi, Italy and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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Anna Settman

Executive Vice President of the Group’s Nordic pay-TV broadcasting operations

Born 1970

Anna Settman was appointed as Executive Vice President of the Group’s Nordic pay-TV broadcasting operations in March 2013. Anna directs and oversees the management of MTG’s pay-TV operations across the Nordic region, which include the Viasat pay-TV channels, the Viasat satellite pay-TV platform, and the Viaplay online pay-TV service. Anna was previously CEO of Aftonbladet, which is Scandinavia´s largest newspaper, for three years and where she worked for 19 years. Anna was also President of Aftonbladet New Media for two years, during which time she was responsible for developing and executing on a digital business model to enable users to pay for multi-media content and services in online, mobile and video environments, as well as for accelerating the growth of Aftonbladet’s online advertising revenues.

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Petra Österlund

Executive Vice President of Modern People

Born 1975

Petra was appointed as Executive Vice President of Modern People in October 2012, having been appointed Executive Vice President of Administration in October 2011. Petra had served as Head of Administration since 2005. Petra oversees MTG’s Corporate Responsibility, Modern Responsibility, and Modern Services (primarily Human Resources, training and development) areas. Petra previously worked as Product Manager for Viasat’s pay-TV operations in Eastern Europe, which comprised both the cable channel business in 20 countries and the Viasat DTH satellite pay-TV platform in the Baltics. Petra joined MTG in 2002 as a management trainee.

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Matthew Hooper

Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications

Born 1970

Matthew was appointed as Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications in February 2013 with responsibility for the planning and implementation of MTG’s corporate communications activities including public relations, investor relations, government relations and internal communications. He joined MTG in October 2012 as Group Head of Corporate Communications and Planning and had previously worked with the Group for 12 years as co-Founder and Managing Partner of Shared Value Limited, the international corporate communications consulting firm. Prior to founding Shared Value, Matthew was a Board Director of Shandwick Consultants Limited, a division of the then publicly listed Shandwick global marketing and communications business. Matthew is a Masters graduate of Oxford University.

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