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MANAGEMENT

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Bertrand Darrouzet

Bertrand has in-depth experience of the mobile industry, having worked for both mobile operators, device manufacturers and software companies in France and abroad (Denmark, Australia, UK). Before co-founding Atchik in 1999, he was Marketing Manager for Mobilix in Denmark, in charge of the development and positioning of the whole range of products and offers to a very advanced market.

Bertrand holds a Masters degree in Management and Marketing from the CERAM-Sophia Antipolis, European School of Business.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Otti Holm Elinarson

Otti Holm Elinarson has comprenhensive experience of working with value-added services (VAS) for the mobile phone. He started working at Sonofon in Denmark where he handled all VAS installations. Before co-founding Realtime in 1999, he was VAS expert at Mobilix in Denmark, and participated in the launch of the very first advanced-messaging services on the Danish market.

Otti has a Bachelor of Science degree in Informatics from the University of Aalborg in Denmark.

MARKETING DIRECTOR

Olivier Saget

Olivier started in the Telecommunications industry in 1994 working for Nokia. He has occupied different positions first in Customer Support then in Marketing, working in Finland, the U.S.A. and France. Prior to joining Atchik in 2000, Olivier was Messaging and Service Platform Product Marketing Manager for France and North Africa at Nokia.

Olivier graduated as a multimedia networks and telecom engineer from the Ecole Supérieur des Télécommunications de Bretagne engineering school in Rennes, France.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Christian Ward

Christian Ward began his career with Ericsson in the UK. He joined Mobilix in Denmark as an expert on value-added services, creating several world premieres in mobile applications involving payment and location, linking mobile interfaces with advanced SIM card technology.

Christian holds a graduate degree in Electronic Engineering from the Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester University in the UK.

SALES DIRECTOR EUROPE/CISMEA

Wanig Le Pennec

Wanig has a lengthy track-record within telecoms, notably in the EMEA market. Prior to joining Atchik-Realtime in 2004, he was responsible for business development activities in France and North Africa within Gemalto (formerly Gemplus), where he drove local promotions of mobile solutions (gaming, M-commerce.) towards major Telecom Operators of the region.

Wanig holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from IAE (Paris - France) and an engineering graduate degree from ENSEEIHT (Toulouse - France).

KEY FIGURES

Employees: 110

Countries where Atchik-Realtime services are available: 40 (Europe, Africa, Middle East, Central and South America)