Industry Moves: BBC, Orange, Publicis Reps On New Mobile Forum Board

The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), which lobbies on industry issues, has refreshed the board members for 2009 for its Europe, Middle East and Africa activities. The board now comprises…

— Richard Titus, future media controller for audio, music and mobile, BBC (pictured)
— Ian Henderson, VP, EMEA digital business development, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music
— Mark Ollila, director of publishing, games and services, Nokia
— Thomas Curwen, planning director, Publicis
— Emma Kaye, CEO, Gate 7
— Berna Samiloglu Acar, division head, partnership development, Turkcell
— Alberto Ciarniello, mobile industry relations VP for IPR & Standard Management, Domestic Mobile Services, Telecom Italia
— Colin Yeh, head of group Development, Qtel Group
— Raghu Venkataraman, executive VP, corporate strategy and strategic marketing, du

The board is chaired by Gerard Grech, director of marketing and strategy for Orange’s Next.com.