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Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors have recently been rated as "strong" by Plimsoll, the world's leading provider of market reports and company analysis.

In it's extensive UK Executive Recruitment Agencies 2010 report, Plimsoll analysed hundreds of executive recruitment firms, producing a two page profile of each firm.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors, announced today that it has become the exclusive UK partner of Glasford International.

Glasford, a fast-growth global collaboration of independent, retained executive search firms, maintains a direct presence in: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom (Spectrum), USA and Vietnam.

Managing Partner of Spectrum Daniel Osmer commented: "Bonded by trust, quality, culture, common values and professional ethics, Glasford partners are able to deliver a uniform global service to clients, and an extended choice of opportunities to candidates. Glasford is an ambitious and dynamic goup - it's already a top 20 global search organisation - and we are delighted to have been selected as the exclusive UK partner."

Glasford International is owned in equal shares by its partners.

Further information is available at www.glasford.com.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it has successfully completed an assignment to recruit a Sales & Marketing Director for KPN in Spain.

KPN is the leading telecommunications and ICT service provider in the Netherlands, offering wireline and wireless telephony, internet and TV to consumers and end-to-end telecom and ICT services to business customers. KPN was incorporated in 1989 and is listed on the Amsterdam and Frankfurt stock exchanges.

Spectrum had previously recruited a Chief Executive Officer for KPN's Spanish operations in 2009.

The appointed Sales & Marketing Director previously worked for BT for 13 years in Spain, latterly as Director Global Telecom Markets Iberia and most recently as General Manager Mobile Services.

The appointed candidate commenced employment May 2010 and is based at the company's Madrid headquarters.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it has successfully completed a search conducted on behalf of Kuju Entertainment to recruit a Chief Executive Officer.

Kuju is an independent games developer which was acquired by the Catalis Group in 2007.

The appointed candidate's former roles included President, MTV Networks Asia Pacific - where he was responsible for over thirty MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1 branded TV, online and digital content services in the region - and President, MTV Group Japan and Senior Vice President, Content & Creative at MTV Networks International.

At Kuju, he will report to the Catalis Group Chief Executive Officer, and succeeds Kuju CEO and founder Ian Baverstock, who will take-up Non Executive responsibilities along side fellow co-founder, Jonathan Newth.

The search was led by Spectrum Managing Partner, Daniel Osmer.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors today hosted it's latest Executive Breakfast Seminar, the theme of which was 'Perspectives on SaaS'.

Over 100 executive guests joined us at The Lansdowne Club in Mayfair, London to listen to presentations from our speakers:

• Dr. Steve Garnett, Chairman EMEA, Salesforce.com
• Andrew McGregor, CEO, eCommera
• Claudio Alvarez, Vice President, GP Bullhound
• Bernie Segal, European Head, Software as a Service, Infosys

There then followed a lively Q&A session with the audience, followed by the opportunity for our guests to network before departing at 11am.

Further Executive Breakfast Seminars are planned throughout 2010.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it has successfully completed a search conducted on behalf of Oxis Energy to recruit a Chief Executive Officer.

Oxis Energy has pioneered a novel Lithium-sulphide electrochemistry to produce a superior performance, low weight, Li-metal rechargeable battery. The target application areas for this technology are all-electric vehicles, e-bikes and back-up power.

Lithium-sulphide technology is a major breakthrough in the development of a light-weight Lithium battery which is distinguished by extraordinary high capacity, cycle stability, low material cost and inherent safety.

The strategic objective of the search was to recruit a highly-experienced CEO with a consistent track record of successfully leading early-stage ventures from development stage through to full international commercialisation.

A long list of candidates was presented to Oxis Energy, three of which progressed through a number of selection interviews to ultimately present to the full Board.

The preferred candidate possesses a strong multinational corporate background in the technology industry, and for the last 10 years has led a number of early-stage ventures as CEO through to commercialisation and exit.

He commenced employment in December 2009, and is based at the company's headquarters in Culham in the UK

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it has successfully completed a search conducted on behalf of Verne Global, to recruit a Sales Director, Europe.

Verne Global is the data center business of Verne Holding, a joint venture between investment groups Novator and General Catalyst Partners.

The Verne Global data center is a purpose built facility located west of Reykjavik in Iceland, on a former NATO base at the Naval Air Station Keflavik, and utilises the most advanced and innovative green principles, design methodologies and technologies, and is powered by 100% clean energy.

The current complex is a 48,000 square feet facility made up of eight pods, and has been designed and built to LEED Gold standards. The infrastructure has been specifically designed to accommodate high density, power hungry blade and multi-blade servers, and can accommodate power densities of 15-20 kilowatts per rack.

The strategic objective of the search was to further enhance Verne Global's European sales management capability through the recruitment of a highly experienced and entrepreneurially-minded data center sales leader, and a rigorous search of the UK data center market was led by Spectrum Managing Partner, Daniel Osmer.

Given the challenging nature of the Brief, a long list of candidates was presented to Verne Global. Of these, ten were selected for 1st round interviews with the company's VP Sales & Marketing and Global Advisory Board member in London.

The preferred candidate was then invited to the US to meet the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, and was offered and subsequently accepted the position of Sales Director, Europe.

The appointed candidate commenced employment on Monday 12th October, and will be based at Verne Global's offices in the UK.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it has successfully completed a search conducted on behalf of Acision, to recruit a Senior Vice President, Product Management.

Acision is the world's leading messaging company, providing communication solutions for over 300 network operators and service providers globally, which in turn serve over 1.5 billion consumers in 135 countries across six continents.

Acision deliver more than half of the world's SMS revenues and serve three quarters of all videomail users, and was the first organisation to enable management decision making based on real time analysis of subscriber behaviour.

The strategic objective of the search was to further enhance Acision's global product management capability through the recruitment of a world-class global product management executive, and a rigorous search of the global wireless infrastructure market was led by Spectrum Managing Partner, Daniel Osmer.

Given the complexity of the Brief, an initial long list of sixteen candidates was presented to Acision comprising a geographically dispersed group of executives from the UK, Holland, France, Germany, Iceland, Finland and the USA.

Of these, ten were selected for 1st round interviews with the company's Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, from which four were selected for interview with Acision's Chief Operating Officer, with the final two progressing to meet the Chief Executive Officer.

No candidates withdrew from the process, and the preferred candidate was offered and subsequently accepted the position of Senior Vice President, Product Management.

The appointed candidate commenced employment on Monday 28th September, and will be based at Acision's offices in the Netherlands.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it has successfully completed a search conducted on behalf of KPN, to recruit a Chief Executive Officer for KPN España.

KPN is the leading telecommunications and ICT service provider in the Netherlands, offering wireline and wireless telephony, internet and TV to consumers and end-to-end telecom and ICT services to business customers. KPN’s subsidiary Getronics operates a global ICT services company with a market leading position in the Benelux, offering end-to-end solutions in infrastructure and network-related IT. In Germany and Belgium, KPN pursues a multi-brand strategy in its mobile operations and holds number three market positions through E-Plus and BASE. KPN provides wholesale network services to third parties and operates an efficient IP-based infrastructure with global scale in international wholesale through iBasis.

At March 31, 2008, KPN served over 35 million customers, of which 27.5 million in wireless services, 5.3 million in wireline voice, 2.4 million in broadband Internet and 0.6 million in TV. With 25,925 FTEs (43,409 FTEs including Getronics), KPN posted revenues of EUR 3.6bn and an EBITDA of EUR 1.2bn in Q1 2008.  KPN was incorporated in 1989 and is listed on the Amsterdam and Frankfurt stock exchanges.

The strategic objective of the search was to further enhance KPN's position in the Spanish market through the recruitment of a world-class Chief Executive with a successful track record of business growth and value creation with the Spanish consumer telecommunications marketplace. Accordingly, a rigorous search of the Spanish market for entrepreneurially minded, highly experienced, and successful telecoms CEOs was led by Spectrum Managing Partner, Daniel Osmer.

Potential candidates were identified and approached from London, and all interviewed locally in Madrid. A long list was then interviewed by KPN, with the 1st round of interviews commencing less than two weeks after the search had begun.

Candidates were continually interviewed over the following weeks in Madrid and Brussels. The final three candidates met with KPN Mobile International's CEO, and the preferred candidate was offered and subsequently accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer, KPN España.

The appointed candidate commenced employment on Wednesday 2nd September, and will be based at KPN's offices in Madrid.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media, technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed a search conducted on behalf of the Forensic Science Service (FSS) to recruit a Head of Sales for the UK.

The objective of the search was to enhance the FSS' sales strategy and sales management capability, and a rigorous search of the pharmaceutical market was conducted by Spectrum Senior Partner, John Schonert.

A shortlist of six candidates was presented to the FSS by Spectrum, all of whom were selected for 1st interview. A second round of interviews followed, from which the preferred candidate was selected.

Offer negotiations with the selected candidate were successfully concluded, and the successful candidate commenced employment on Monday 18th May 2009. The search had commenced on Monday 9th March 2009.

The Forensic Science Service® is a trading name of Forensic Science Service Ltd., which is a UK Government owned company (GovCo).

The FSS is one of the world’s leading providers of forensic science services, and is the market leader in the UK. Its principal activities include an unrivalled range of services for forensic casework, consultancy and training (including development of new forensic establishments abroad), the supply of high quality evidence recovery kits and packaging (Scenesafe).

Customers include police forces in England and Wales, public sector organisations, commercial companies, defence solicitors, as well as overseas governments and law enforcement agencies.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media, and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed the recruitment of Executive Chairman and Vice Chairman with  portfolio companies of the venture capital firm, Greylock Partners.

• Executive Chairman, SwapitShop
• Vice Chairman, mySupermarket

This activity was led by Spectrum Managing Partner, Daniel Osmer.

Founded in 1965, Greylock Partners is one of the world's leading venture capital firms. Over the past four decades, Greylock has funded and helped build several hundred market-leading companies, including Ascend Communications, CheckFree, CipherTrust, Constant Contact, Continental Cable, Decru, Data Domain, digg, DoubleClick, Facebook, Farecast, Internet Security Systems, Ikanos, Legato, LinkedIn, Media Metrix, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Openwave, Open Market, Red Hat, RightNow Technologies, Success Factors, Tellabs, Trilogy, Wily Technology, Workday and Zipcar.

The Greylock approach is to put the entrepreneur first in a highly supportive way and to provide founders the resources they need to build outstanding businesses. Greylock operates in a number of global centers of innovation, including Silicon Valley, Boston, Israel and India.

SwapitShop has, since 2001, been the leading UK online swapping and trading community for young people.  Members earn virtual currency, Swapits, for every item they swap and they can also earn Swapits from responsible brands and organisations for activities such as visiting websites, product purchase completing research surveys, eating healthy food at school and much more.

Young people bank their Swapits and can then spend them on a wide range of new and second-hand items on the SwapitShop website which SwapitShop then post to the winner.  There is no contact between members.

mySupermarket is a new shopping and comparison website for UK supermarket shoppers.  It's aim is to help shoppers get the best possible price for their supermarket trolley while enjoying an easier and more consumer-friendly shopping experience.

mySupermarket is an impartial service based on continuously updated information.  None of the supermarkets or product manufacturers own a stake in the company.

mySupermarket Limited is a private company, owned by a group of venture capital investors and mySupermarket employees - a team of commercial and creative professionals, dedicated to using interest technology to make online shopping a more enjoyable, or at least a more bearable, experience.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors is this evening sponsoring the Founders' Dinner at Cambridge Wireless.

The Founders' Dinner will be held at St. John’s College, Cambridge.

Founded in 1511, St. John's is the second largest of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge and is set within the very heart of the city in stunning grounds. The keynote address will be delivered by Houston Spencer of Alcatel-Lucent.

The objectives of Cambridge Wireless are to:

• Promote Cambridge and the UK as a centre of excellence  for the Wireless Industry
• Create great business opportunities for Cambridge Wireless members
• Provide highly valuable networking opportunities
• Offer members a lively forum for identifying technology and engineering innovations with the potential to create significant new market and business opportunities
• Create a channel for increasing the visibility of Cambridge Wireless' members both within the UK and internationally
• Build a bridge between academia, the scientific and research community and the wireless industry in Cambridge

"As an active retained executive search firm in both the wireless industry and the early-stage community, we feel closely aligned to Cambridge Wireless, and are delighted to have the opportunity to support their activities through the sponsorship of the Founders' Dinner" commented John Schonert, Senior Partner at Spectrum.

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media and technology sectors today hosted it's latest Executive Breakfast Seminar.

The theme of the event was 'Leadership & Ambiguity': leading with a map'.

The Spectrum Seminar Series are peer group thought leadership and discussion events for invited executive guests.

Today's seminar was delivered in association with Ashridge, the #1 ranked business school by the FT for tailored executive education, and took place at St. Martin’s Lane Hotel in central London.

The session was led by Ashridge Business Directors Paul Griffith, Philippa Hardman and Chris Nichols.

Over ninety executive guests joined an interactive and participative peer learning event that looked at leadership as both navigation and exploration, and which aimed to provide a series of essential tips for leaders going into uncharted territory. 

The discussion considered a number of issues including:

• Should leaders have total clarity of vision and be able to take people on a journey with complete confidence?
• What happens for you as a leader when you don’t know where you’re going?
• Do you pretend to know the outcome or do you own up to being lost?

Spectrum, the retained executive search and coaching firm for the global cleantech, communications, digital media, and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed three search assignments for Infosys Technologies Limited, one based in Seattle and two in London.

• Principal Consultant Ecommerce, EMEA
• Global Product Manager Ecommerce
• SaaS Sales Manager Ecommerce, EMEA

Infosys is one of the leading technology companies in the world with over 90,000 professional staff, a turnover in excess of $4 billion and a market capitalisation in excess of $25 billion.  The organisation has offices in 64 major cities in 26 countries.

Following thorough due diligence, Spectrum was selected by Infosys' Global Head of Ecommerce & European SaaS, Bernie Segal, for this important assignment to build Infosys' core capability in Ecommerce and SaaS. The search programme was led by Spectrum's digital media expert Cathy Kay, and fellow Senior Partner John Schonert.

From London, Spectrum searched throughout Europe, India and the USA for suitable potential candidates. Such candidates would not only be steeped in Ecommerce and SaaS, but would also be operating at the very forefront of the latest developments in social media. Allied to this, it was crucial that candidates could operate within Infosys' process-centric corporate culture effectively, and within what is a very complex, fast-growth global environment.

The core challenge of the search programme entailed sourcing globally dispersed, leading Ecommerce & SaaS executives, who:

• possessed real entrepreneurial drive to join a large multinational corporation,
• and who operated at the very leading edge of social media but who also had the capability to drive large-scale, high-value projects for Infosys' multinational corporate clients

The logistics of effectively managing a complex and evolving selection process also presented a challenge which was well-managed by Spectrum. In particular, this involved co-ordinating numerous interviews between globally dispersed candidates and Infosys' executives (including Pradeep Prabhu, Global Head of SaaS), and in successfully concluding contract negotiations with successful candidates in a risk-averse economic climate.

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed the search for a Chief Executive Officer for io global.

io global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT’s Research Laboratories, and is a world leading provider of converged digital media solutions.

Spectrum was engaged by io global’s Board to conduct this search.

Spectrum presented its longlist from which a shortlist was selected by the Chairman for interview by the Board.

Philip Eames was subsequently appointed as Chief Executive Officer.

Philip joins io global from Morse plc. Previously, as CEO, Philip created and built Incepta plc's online business, during which time he led the sale of TangoZebra to DoubleClick (now Google). Previously, Philip led Fujitsu's global media line of business.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About io global
io global provides the software and services to enable Network Operators, Media Brands and Advertisers to collaborate in a trading model to personalize and monetize their interactions with individuals on the run. io’s mobile experience solutions™ turn the mobile device into the individual’s “remote control” for using digital content and services anytime, anyplace, anywhere. io global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT’s Research Laboratories. www.io-me.com

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed the search for a Chief Executive Officer for io global.

io global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT’s Research Laboratories, and is a world leading provider of converged digital media solutions.

Spectrum was engaged by io global’s Board to conduct this search.

Spectrum presented its longlist from which a shortlist was selected by the Chairman for interview by the Board.

Philip Eames was subsequently appointed as Chief Executive Officer.

Philip joins io global from Morse plc. Previously, as CEO, Philip created and built Incepta plc's online business, during which time he led the sale of TangoZebra to DoubleClick (now Google). Previously, Philip led Fujitsu's global media line of business.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About io global
io global provides the software and services to enable Network Operators, Media Brands and Advertisers to collaborate in a trading model to personalize and monetize their interactions with individuals on the run. io’s mobile experience solutions™ turn the mobile device into the individual’s “remote control” for using digital content and services anytime, anyplace, anywhere. io global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT’s Research Laboratories. www.io-me.com

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed the search for a VP Sales EMEA for OpenCloud.

io global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT’s Research Laboratories, and is a world leading provider of converged digital media solutions.

Spectrum was engaged by OpenCloud's CEO to conduct this search.

Spectrum presented its longlist from which a shortlist was selected by the CEO for interview by the executive management team.

Shakil Ahmed was subsequently appointed as VP Sales, EMEA.

Shakil joins OpenCloud from AePona. Previously, with Appium (merged with AePona), Shakil has spent much of his career leading the sales of intelligent network solutions into leading European mobile network operators.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About OpenCloud
OpenCloud was formed in New Zealand in 2000 to create open standard software that would revolutionise the portability and interoperability of services in telecommunications, specifically in the evolution to IP and 3G IMS. The company was founded on the vision that the use of Java within the telecommunications network would stimulate innovation, interoperability and simplicity in telecommunication infrastructure equipment. In autumn this year, OpenCloud won global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan's Product Differentiation Innovation of the Year award in the European telecommunications market.

OpenCloud works with partners to deliver, integrate and support end-to-end solutions incorporating OpenCloud products to global network operators and service providers. OpenCloud has representatives in: Cambridge, UK; Wellington, New Zealand; Madrid; Tokyo; and San Francisco. www.opencloud.com

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed the search for a Country Manager, UK & Ireland for UC4 Software.

UC4 is a leading global provider of workload automation, job scheduling and IT process optimization solutions.

Spectrum was engaged by UC4's Chief Sales Officer to conduct this search.

Spectrum presented its longlist from which a shortlist was selected by the Chief Sales Officer for interview by members of the Board and executive management team..

John Banfield was subsequently appointed as Country Manager, UK & Ireland.

John joins UC4 from SteelEye Technology Inc. where he had been Director EMEA since July 2002, during which time he had single handed built European revenues from zero to $2.4 million in 2007.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About UC4 Software
UC4 Software is a leading global provider of workload automation, job scheduling and IT process optimization solutions that ensure core business processes and enterprise information systems run faster, more accurately and without interruption. More than 1,600 companies worldwide have successfully enhanced application processing performance and improved IT efficiency using UC4's business acceleration solutions. Customers include Allianz, Cadbury, eBay, Eastman Kodak, E.ON, General Electric, Mattel, Panasonic, Robert Bosch, Siemens, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, TUI and Verizon. www.uc4.com

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed the search for an Account Director, Spain for Telmap.

Telmap is the world leader in advanced mobile mapping and navigation solutions, and a strategic partner to a number of mobile operators and handset manufacturers across the world including Vodafone, Orange, o2, AOL, Pelephone, Carphone Warehouse and more.

The search was conducted from the UK with a longlist of potential candidates interviewed locally in Madrid by Spectrum, after which a shortlist was presented to the client.

Jose San Juan was subsequently appointed as Account Director, Spain.

Jose joins Telmap from Vodafone Spain where he was leading it's national retail channel operation.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About Telmap
Telmap stands at the forefront of today’s fast growing market for mobile mapping and navigation solutions. The company has a solid reputation and proven track record for providing innovative navigation solutions that open new business opportunities and revenue streams.

With the market now fully primed for mobile navigation – due to 3G infrastructure, availability of advanced handsets and a high level of user awareness – Telmap’s innovative approach to navigation, content access, mapping and routing perfectly positions it to lead the way for mass adoption of mobile navigation. www.telmap.com

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed the search for a Professional Services Director, Americas for Actix.

Actix is one of the world's leading network engineering companies, helping mobile network service operators provide reliable connections on a global scale.

The search was conducted from the UK with a longlist of potential candidates interviewed, after which a shortlist was presented to the client.

Sudhir Kumar was subsequently appointed as Professional Services Director, Americas.

Sudhir joins Actix from MetaSolv (now Oracle) where he was Director, Professional Services.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About Actix
Actix is one of the world's leading network engineering companies, helping mobile network service operators provide reliable connections on a global scale.

Established in 1991, Actix has more than 500 customers, with over 10,000 active software licenses deployed.

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed the global executive leadership team build-out of the LiMo Foundation at its international headquarters in London.

The LiMo Foundation is founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung and Vodafone, and is incorporated in Delaware, USA

The LiMo Foundation was established to create the world’s first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices; to provide key benefits for the mobile industry including lower development costs, increased flexibility, and an active mobile ecosystem surrounding the platform; and to encourage the creation of compelling, differentiated and enhanced consumer experiences.

Reporting to the LiMo Foundation’s Executive Director, leading mobile device industry executives have been recruited by Spectrum to lead the following global directorates:

• Strategic Technology
• Business Development
• Legal
• Programmes
• Finance & Operations

Daniel Osmer, Spectrum’s Managing Partner commented: "We are delighted to have been selected by the LiMo Foundation to deliver this prestigious project, and to have successfully completed the global executive team recruitment for LiMo, an organisation which is already - and will continue to - fundamentally change the global mobile industry”.

Spectrum has since begun the next layer of managerial recruitment on behalf of the LiMo Foundation in London.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About LiMo Foundation
The formation of the Limo Foundation was announced in January 2007, and is founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung and Vodafone. The Foundation’s purpose is the creation, evolution, promotion, and support of the world’s first globally competitive, Linux-based open software device platform for the mobile industry, and the cultivation of a world class ecosystem of complementary products, capabilities, and services. www.limofoundation.org

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed a three month project in New York, USA to build a human resources and office management infrastructure for io global.

Io global provides the software and services to enable Network Operators, Media Brands and Advertisers to collaborate in a trading model to personalize and monetize their interactions with individuals on the run. io’s mobile experience solutions turn the mobile device into the individual’s “remote control” for using digital content and services anytime, anyplace, anywhere. iO global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT’s Research Laboratories.

Spectrum was engaged by io global’s Managing Director, North America to conduct this support project as the organisation continued to grow rapidly in the USA and required a world-class internal and operating infrastructure to support this growth.

The project was successfully delivered in its entirety on-site in New York by Spectrum’s Head of Managed Services, Patrice Love and is the 1st overseas managed services project undertaken by Spectrum. Patrice has since been engaged by io global in the UK.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About io global
Io global provides the software and services to enable Network Operators, Media Brands and Advertisers to collaborate in a trading model to personalize and monetize their interactions with individuals on the run. io’s mobile experience solutions™ turn the mobile device into the individual’s “remote control” for using digital content and services anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Io global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT’s Research Laboratories. www.io-me.com

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it has been short listed for the ‘Best Service Provider’ Award at Investor AllStars 2008.

Investor Allstars is one of the most important and well attended events in the venture capital community’s calendar, and is jointly run by GP Bullhound, the research centric investment bank, and Business XL.

The ‘Best Service Provider’ award is open to specialist advisory firms across all disciplines that serve the venture capital industry. This includes legal advisors, placement agents, venture debt providers, head-hunters and due diligence providers.

Daniel Osmer, Spectrum’s Managing Partner commented: "We are delighted to have been short listed for this award again, alongside such illustrious company as Olswang, Brown Rudnick, Noble, Kreos Capital and Addleshaw Goddard. As the only executive search firm to be short listed, we feel that this nomination recognises Spectrum’s real commitment to working with entrepreneurs and their investors”.

The 2008 awards evening takes place on Wednesday 24th September at the Park Lane Hilton in London, at which the winners of all the award categories will be announced.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About Investor AllStars
Investor AllStars is now in it’s sixth year and is one of the most important events in the venture community’s calendar, as it raises the profile of the VC industry, draws attention to key successes and personalities in the industry, and fosters co-operation between VCs, corporate venture funds, private investor networks, venture capital trusts and regional funds. The event is run jointly by GP Bullhound, the research centric investment bank, and Business XL. www.investorallstars.co.uk

Spectrum, the retained executive search firm for the international communications, digital media and technology sectors announced today that it had successfully completed the search for a Chief Financial Officer for io global.

io global provides the software and services to enable Network Operators, Media Brands and Advertisers to collaborate in a trading model to personalize and monetize their interactions with individuals on the run. io’s mobile experience solutions turn the mobile device into the individual’s “remote control” for using digital content and services anytime, anyplace, anywhere. io global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT’s Research Laboratories.

Spectrum was engaged by io global’s CEO to conduct this search as the organisation wanted to hire its first CFO to play a pivotal role in the continued expansion of the business over the coming months.

Spectrum presented its longlist from which a shortlist was selected by the CEO for interview by the Board.

Mark O’Brien was subsequently appointed as Chief Financial Officer.

Prior to joining iO global, Mark was CFO at Motorola Ventures backed Sonaptic, where, as CFO, he achieved a seven times return on investment for investors. Previously Mark worked for Orange Ventures, Orange International and Orange UK. He is a fully qualified ACA and holds a BA (Honours) from the University of Sheffield.

About Spectrum
Founded in 2001, Spectrum is a retained executive search firm operating primarily within the global communications, digital media and technology sectors. We build complete leadership teams, and deliver individual assignments across all functional disciplines at CXO, VP and Director level on an international basis, for clients which range from publicly quoted multinational corporations through to pre-revenue investor funded ventures. www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About iO global
iO™ global provides the software and services to enable Network Operators, Media Brands and Advertisers to collaborate in a trading model to personalize and monetize their interactions with individuals on the run. iO’s mobile experience solutions™ turn the mobile device into the individual’s “remote control” for using digital content and services anytime, anyplace, anywhere. iO™ global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT’s Research Laboratories. www.io-me.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced it has successfully completed the search for an International Sales Director for Thomson Elite.

Thomson Elite is a leading provider of integrated information solutions for professional service firms worldwide. Thomson Elite is part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), a premier provider of financial and practice management solutions.

Spectrum was engaged by Elite's SVP, Chief Marketing Officer International Mr. Kim Massana, to introduce a shortlist of professional Sales Directors who understood the Professional Services industry, were exceptional people managers, had built international businesses, and could help him bring the product and services team together. Spectrum was well placed to meet this challenge, having already hired a Project Services Director and Senior Product Manager at Elite, and thus understanding not only the culture and environment in depth, but also some of the challenges facing the company following the new product releases, management changes, as well as increased market competition.

Spectrum managed Elite's requirement to drive an external and internal search and selection campaign concurrently, and managed both sets of candidates equally, whilst working closely with Human Resources directorate throughout the process.

Elite is in a strong position in the market and one of the top vendors in their space. However, Elite is not very well known outside of this market and therefore positioning them correctly was vital in attracting top talent. When speaking to the direct competition, Spectrum needed to be sensitive and very respectful of both our client's and the targeted candidates' confidence in sharing market sensitive information.

Spectrum was able to introduce a shortlist that included two individuals employed by direct competitors, as well as senior Sales Directors from the leading software vendors who had experience of selling to the Professional Services industry, and had a portfolio that included Financial ERP software. Spectrum's thorough research provided Elite with the knowledge that the global community of potential candidates had been diligently targeted.

The candidate shortlist was reduced to two preferred candidates, who each met Thomson Elite's VP International and a conference call with Elite's Senior VP and General Manager in Los Angeles. Both candidates also completed a psychometric profiling exercise.

The successful candidate, Simon Atkinson, commenced employment with Thomson Elite in April 2008. For five years previously, Simon was Country Manager for Verity Software, during which time he sold extensively to leading law firms and the financial services sector. Simon impressed Elite with his consistent track record of leading high-achieving sales teams, his personal sales success and people management skills, and his perspective on the strategic challenges presented by the industry.

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About Thomson Elite
Thomson Elite is a leading provider of integrated information solutions to professional services firms worldwide. Thomson Elite is a business within The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and is a premier provider of financial and practice management systems to the legal industry and to other professional services markets, including accounting, marketing services, and management and IT consulting. www.thomsonelite.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced that it has successfully completed the search for a Vice President, Marketing & Sales at Liquavista.

Liquavista uses advances in materials and technology to create Electrowetting displays that offer significant advantages over existing and emerging display technologies. Producing bright, colourful images, which show video content at very low power, Liquavista's products offer excellent indoor and outdoor viewability and are ideally suited for a wide variety of portable and mobile applications such as MP3 players, watches, cameras, phones, DVD players and automotive applications. Liquavista's early applications, which enable bright vibrant colors in simple displays, are expected to enter the market in 2008. Spectrum was engaged by Liquavista's CEO Mark Gostick to conduct this search as the organisation wanted to ramp-up its marketing and sales capability significantly to ensure that users of Liquavista's displays will be effectively served and supported when bringing products based on its displays to market.

Spectrum presented nine candidates at longlist stage, all of whom were interviewed by Liquavista's CEO and CFO at their Cambridge, UK offices. Two of the nine progressed to further selection rounds which included meeting the lead VC, Amadeus Capital.

Simon Jones was subsequently appointed, and commenced employment March 2008.

Simon brings more than twenty years of new technology commercialization experience to the Liquavista management team, ten years of which have been in senior management positions. He started his career in semiconductor applications and marketing at Texas Instruments and later moved on to develop business lines in product design services and IP licensing at Symbionics and subsequently Cadence Design Systems. Before joining Liquavista, he was VP Business Development at Plastic Logic where he was instrumental in winning the company's first customer contracts and raising $100m to manufacture flexible active-matrix displays using printed electronics.

"Liquavista's displays bring new design freedoms to a wide range of portable applications from watches to mobile multimedia devices." Simon commented. "With volume production planned for this year, it is an incredibly exciting time to be joining the company"

Mark Gostick, Liquavista's CEO commented: "I am delighted that Simon will be leading this process, his in-depth experience of consumer electronics and emerging display technologies is an ideal fit for Liquavista and for our customers.

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About Liquavista
Liquavista was founded in 2006 by a team which originates from the world famous Philip Research Labs in Eindhoven. The company is now backed by Philips, New Venture Partners, GIMV and Amadeus Capital. It is based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, with offices in the UK and Hong Kong. Liquavista uses advances in materials and technology to create Electrowetting displays that offer significant advantages over existing and emerging display technologies. Producing bright, colorful images, which show video content at very low power, Liquavista's products offer excellent indoor and outdoor viewability and are ideally suited for a wide variety of portable and mobile applications such as MP3 players, watches, cameras, phones, DVD players and automotive applications. Liquavista's early applications, which enable bright vibrant colors in simple displays, are expected to enter the market in 2008. www.liquavista.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sector announced today that it sponsored Media Momentum 2008, where it also presented the award for 'Best Management Team' to The Search Works.

Media Momentum is the annual awards event for the 50 fastest growing digital media organisations in the UK. The event is run by GP Bullhound, the research centric investment bank, and other event sponsors included 3i, Olswang, SkyDigitalMedia and New Media Age.

Cathy Kay, a Senior Partner at Spectrum, presented the award on the night to Gavin Ailes and Sally Wright from The Search Works.

Cathy Kay commented: ‘The Search Works team have grown their company from £5m to £40m and this can only be achieved if you have the right people in place. I was very pleased to meet Gavin and Sally and to congratulate them on their achievements’.

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About GP Bullhound
Established in 1999, GP Bullhound is a research centric investment bank focused on providing advice on mergers and acquisition and institutional capital raising in the technology sector. GP Bullhound also provides strategic research to private and public companies and their institutional owners. www.gpbullhound.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced that it has successfully completed searches for a Vice President, Marketing and a Managing Director, Emerging Markets.

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced that it has successfully completed searches for both a Vice President, Marketing and a Managing Director, Emerging Markets at iO global.

iO global provides the software and services to enable Network Operators, Media Brands and Advertisers to collaborate in a trading model to personalize and monetize their interactions with individuals on the run. iO's mobile experience solutions turn the mobile device into the individual's 'remote control' for using digital content and services anytime, anyplace, anywhere. iO global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT's Research Laboratories.

Spectrum was engaged by iO global's CEO Martin Knestrick to conduct these searches as the organisation wanted to hire new senior team members to play a pivotal role in the continued expansion of the business over the coming months.

Spectrum presented fifteen candidates at longlist stage, of whom four were interviewed by iO global's CEO in London. Two of the four progressed to further selection rounds which included meeting the lead VC, New Venture Partners.

Peter Northing was subsequently appointed as Vice President, Marketing and Matt West appointed as Managing Director, Emerging Markets. Both executives commenced employment February 2008.

Prior to joining iO global, Peter Northing was Director of Products and Services for 3, where for 3 years he led the teams responsible for music, TV, internet, user generated content, games, football and mobile advertising. He was also responsible for product delivery, product development and the user experience on Planet 3, the 3 portal.

Matt West joined iO global after almost three years at Alcatel-Lucent where he was responsible for managing and developing global relationships and agreements with media and content companies. Now, Matt will concentrate on developing partnerships with network operators in Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe to continue iO's recent growth in these markets.

Commenting on the two appointments, Martin Knestrick, CEO, iO global, said: ‘Both Peter and Matt will be great assets to the iO global team. They already have established excellent reputations in the industry and bring a wealth of experience to the business. At iO global, we are focused on sustaining an innovative, world-leading business, and with the combination of a great entrepreneurial team and the continued development of our products and partnerships, the next twelve months are certainly going to be an exciting time for us’.

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About iO global
iO global provides the software and services to enable Network Operators, Media Brands and Advertisers to collaborate in a trading model to personalize and monetize their interactions with individuals on the run. iO's mobile experience solutions' turn the mobile device into the individual's 'remote control' for using digital content and services anytime, anyplace, anywhere. iO' global was created in May 2005 by British Telecommunications and New Venture Partners after 5 years of development in BT's Research Laboratories. www.io-me.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced that it has successfully completed the search for a Chief Executive Officer at RealTime Content.

RealTime Content (RTC) is an 'adaptive media' new venture, jointly owned by British Telecommunications plc (BT) and the trans-Atlantic technology venture capital firm, New Venture Partners (NVP). RTC's technology had been developed over a number of years within BT's R&D organisation at Adastral Park in the UK, and received its first round of investment from NVP in the summer of 2006.

Spectrum was engaged by RTC Chairman Harry Berry to source a Chief Executive Officer to lead this pre-revenue organisation to full commercialisation as a standalone entity outside the BT Group.

Spectrum presented four candidates at shortlist stage, one of which was a US national based in the Czech Republic, the others being based in the UK. After 1st round interviews in the UK, the preferred candidate, Najam Kidwai, was flown to the US to meet with NVP in New Jersey.

Najam Kidwai was subsequently appointed as CEO and has since engaged Spectrum to search for a CTO, which resulted in the recruitment of Ian Cameron from Interoute, where he had successfully built and grown a high-revenue pan European internet services business line.

Najam Kidwai joined RTC from CC Media Network, an internet video venture which he grew from $8 million to $30m+ revenue in 2.5 years as CEO. Najam remains a General Partner at Edge Venture Capital. His prior experience included successfully building a number of technology start-ups as CEO in the UK and the USA.

Harry Berry, Partner, New Venture Partners: ?Spectrum found us a CEO and CTO. We were delighted with both the speed and quality of the search process which will enable the business to gain momentum rapidly, in what is a rapidly evolving segment of the market".

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About RealTime Content
RTC is a privately held company based in England, and is jointly funded by BT and New Venture Partners. RTC’s ‘Adaptive Media’ Platform enables it to intelligently ‘customize’ video and audio within a piece of content to fit the needs of the audience, publisher and content owner. www.realtimecontent.com

About New Venture Partners
Formed in December 2001, New Venture Partners is a pioneering venture capital investment firm focused on corporate technology spin-outs. Unlike traditional venture capital firms, New Venture Partners bridges the divide between technology corporations and traditional venture capital to commercialize innovations systematically and provide companies with an alternative path to market. It has been the founding investors in such companies as Azure, Ltd. (announced purchase by Subex Systems Ltd.), Celiant (purchased by Andrew), Elemedia (purchased by Lucent), Flarion Technologies (purchased by Qualcomm), Ibiquity Digital, InPhase Technologies, Internet Photonics (purchased by Ciena), Liquavista, Lucent Pubic Safety Systems (purchased by Intrado), SyChip (purchased by Murata Corporation), Vallent, and Vidus, Ltd. (purchased by @Road). New Venture Partners now has over $650 million under management. www.nvpllc.com

Further Information
Please contact Ms Ngaire Coulthart, Head of Marketing at Spectrum at ngaire.coulthart@spectrum-ehcs.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced that it has successfully completed the search for a Chief Technology Officer at RealTime Content.

RealTime Content (RTC) is an 'adaptive media' new venture, jointly owned by British Telecommunications plc (BT) and the trans-Atlantic technology venture capital firm, New Venture Partners (NVP). RTC's technology had been developed over a number of years within BT's R&D organisation at Adastral Park in the UK, and received its first round of investment from NVP in the summer of 2006.

Spectrum was engaged by RTC CEO Najam Kidwai to source a Chief Technology Officer to lead the technology roadmap and full market launch of the RTC product suite.

The 1st short listed candidate hailed from an interactive television technology background with Sky and HomeChoice and performed well at interview, but it was the second short listed candidate, Ian Cameron, who was eventually appointed.

A Warwick MBA, Ian began his career at BT after which he operated in more entrepreneurial environments: including CityReach as CTO and Vemotion, an internet video venture. Ian was headhunted from the pan European telco Interoute, where he had successfully grown a very substantial internet services business line.

Najam Kidwai, RealTime Content's CEO commented "Simply put, Spectrum were fantastic, they understood our requirements, provided a shortlist within two weeks and we had our CTO within a month of interviewing, I recommend Spectrum very highly".

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About RealTime Content
RTC is a privately held company based in England, and is jointly funded by BT and New Venture Partners. RTC?s ?Adaptive Media? Platform enables it to intelligently ?customize? video and audio within a piece of content to fit the needs of the audience, publisher and content owner. www.realtimecontent.com

About New Venture Partners
Formed in December 2001, New Venture Partners is a pioneering venture capital investment firm focused on corporate technology spin-outs. Unlike traditional venture capital firms, New Venture Partners bridges the divide between technology corporations and traditional venture capital to commercialize innovations systematically and provide companies with an alternative path to market. It has been the founding investors in such companies as Azure, Ltd. (announced purchase by Subex Systems Ltd.), Celiant (purchased by Andrew), Elemedia (purchased by Lucent), Flarion Technologies (purchased by Qualcomm), Ibiquity Digital, InPhase Technologies, Internet Photonics (purchased by Ciena), Liquavista, Lucent Pubic Safety Systems (purchased by Intrado), SyChip (purchased by Murata Corporation), Vallent, and Vidus, Ltd. (purchased by @Road). New Venture Partners now has over $650 million under management. www.nvpllc.com

Further Information
Please contact Ms Ngaire Coulthart, Head of Marketing at Spectrum at ngaire.coulthart@spectrum-ehcs.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sector announced today that it has been short listed for the 'Best Service Provider' Award at Investor AllStars 2007.

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sector announced today that it has been short listed for the ?Best Service Provider' Award at Investor AllStars 2007.

Investor AllStars is one of the most important and well attended events in the venture capital community's calendar, and is jointly run by GP Bullhound, the research centric investment bank, and Business XL.

The 'Best Service Provider' award is open to specialist advisory firms across all disciplines that serve the venture capital industry. This includes legal advisors, placement agents, venture debt providers, head-hunters and due diligence providers.

Daniel Osmer, Spectrum's Managing Partner commented: "We are delighted to have been short listed for this award alongside such illustrious company as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Brown Rudnick, Kreos Capital and O'Melveny & Myers. As the only executive search firm to be short listed, we feel that this nomination recognises Spectrum's real commitment to working with entrepreneurs and their investors".

The 2007 awards evening takes place on Wednesday 26th September at the Park Lane Hilton in London, at which the winners of all the award categories including Venture Capital Fund of the Year, Exit of the Year, and VC Personality of the Year will be announced.

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About Investor AllStars
Investor AllStars is now in it's fifth year and is one of the most important event?s in the venture community?s calendar, as it raises the profile of the VC industry, draws attention to key successes and personalities in the industry, and fosters co-operation between VCs, corporate venture funds, private investor networks, venture capital trusts and regional funds. The event is run jointly by GP Bullhound, the research centric investment bank, and Business XL. www.investorallstars.co.uk

Further Information
Please contact Ms Ngaire Coulthart, Head of Marketing at Spectrum at ngaire.coulthart@spectrum-ehcs.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced that it has successfully completed the search for a Head of Sales for Block Solutions.

Block Solutions is an early-stage, founder owned and managed UK provider of bespoke network and security solutions to public and private sector enterprises in the UK, with particular expertise in WLAN and security. It provides both a broad range of technologies and an extremely high-level of enterprise networking expertise in delivering solutions comprising consultancy, equipment and managed services.

Spectrum was engaged by Block Solutions' Managing Director Jonathan Pickering to find a Head of Sales to lead the sales growth of the organisation amongst the UK enterprise community, and to develop Block Solutions beyond its core set of health sector customers.

Spectrum presented five candidates at shortlist stage, all of whom were interviewed by Block Solutions' MD at Spectrum's London offices. Three of the five progressed to a second interview on-site at Block Solutions HQ, during which time they met Co-Founder Marc Chang and other key personnel within the business.

Scott Adamson was subsequently appointed as Head of Sales, and commenced employment 6th August 2007.

Scott joined Block Solutions from CEL Logistics. Previously, as Sales Director and part of the core management team, he built Allnet, Cable & Wireless' standalone LAN Services business unit. Scott had begun his career with Panasonic, for whom he worked for over 12 years.

Daniel Osmer, Spectrum's Managing Partner commented "Block Solutions founders Jonathan Pickering and Marc Chang have done a superb job in creating and growing their business successfully in what is a highly competitive market. We were delighted to be selected to lead this search, which has resulted in the appointment of Scott Adamson as Head of Sales. I am sure that working together Jonathan, Marc and Scott will be successful in building a highly professional sales organisation and in so doing, take Block Solutions to the next level of evolution as a business".

Jonathan Pickering, Block Solutions' Co-Founder and Managing Director commented: ?Following an unsuccessful campaign to recruit an experienced Head of Sales using other less specialised recruitment methods, we selected Spectrum to help us for a number of reasons: they displayed an intimate knowledge of the market, they spent time and effort understanding our business and the role during the early stages of engagement, and finally because they had confidence in their ability to find the right match for Block within a fixed period of time. The short-list which was presented was of the highest standard and consequently all the interviews were good use of my time."

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About Block Solutions
Block Solutions delivers network and security solutions that extend the capability, productivity and efficiency of today's businesses, employing a customer focussed approach with an emphasis on delivery, responsiveness and communication. www.block-solutions.net

Further Information
Please contact Ms Ngaire Coulthart, Head of Marketing at Spectrum at ngaire.coulthart@spectrum-ehcs.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced that it has successfully completed the search for a Head of Sales for Block Solutions.

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sector announced today that it was sponsoring the award for 'Best Management Team' at Media Momentum 2007.

Media Momentum is the annual awards event for the 50 fastest growing digital media organisations in the UK. The event is run by GP Bullhound, the research centric investment bank, and other event sponsors included Barclays, Olswang and SkyMedia.

Daniel Osmer, Spectrum's Managing Partner joined the Media Momentum 2007 judges panel. Cathy Kay, a Senior Partner at Spectrum, presented the award on the night.

Daniel Osmer commented: "It was great to see so many successful, fast growth digital media companies here in the UK, being led by high quality management teams, and we are delighted to have been able to support this initiative led by GP Bullhound".

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About GP Bullhound
Established in 1999, GP Bullhound is a research centric investment bank focused on providing advice on mergers & acquisition and institutional capital raising in the technology sector. GP Bullhound also provides strategic research to private and public companies and their institutional owners.

Further Information
Please contact Ms Ngaire Coulthart, Head of Marketing at Spectrum at ngaire.coulthart@spectrum-ehcs.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced that it has successfully completed the search for a Head of Sales for Block Solutions.

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sectors today announced that it has successfully completed the search for a Vice-President, Marketing at WDSGlobal.

WDS Global is a privately-owned UK headquartered organisation which specialises in Wireless Infomatics: the collection, validation and sharing of information to help users enjoy mobile devices and services.

Spectrum was engaged by WDSGlobal CEO David Ffoulkes-Jones to conduct a search for a VP Marketing to lead WDS' international brand, marcoms and PR activity.

Spectrum presented five candidates as shortlist stage, of which two progressed to a final round of interviews with WDS' CEO and various Board representatives.

As a result, Tim DeLuca Smith joined WDSGlobal from Smarttrust, an international software company specializing in the delivery of mobile device management solutions for operators a close competitor, where he was Director of Marketing. Previously, Tim worked agency side during his 10 year career with MUSTARD PR and Countrywide Porter Novelli.

David Ffoulkes Jones, CEO at WDSGlobal commented 'we are very happy with Tim'.. we have rebranded the company new logo and new messaging - and whilst Tim was not involved in the initial part of this has been very much at the heart of getting it finished. We have achieved the transition in getting a focus on products underpinned by GlobalMine, our unique management system for processing and managing the information through all of our products. In addition to this, we have started to promote a market which we have termed Wireless Informatics. Again Tim has been pretty instrumental in getting this up and running and is also speaking at a number of events about the subject. www.wirelessinformaticsforum.com He is also developing a magazine to go with the market which people are subscribing to. This has been a tremendous success, well ahead of where we thought we would be at this stage with over 3000 people subscribing to the magazine".

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA. Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth. Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com

About WDSGlobal
Since 1995, WDSGlobal has been focused on helping mobile operators, handset manufacturers and content providers meet their customers' expectations for service and quality. From handset validation and readiness testing to mobile device management and end-user support, WDSGlobal today offers the mobile industry's most complete solution for the management of subscribers, devices and services.

With nearly 1000 employees globally and dedicated support centres in the UK, USA, South Africa and Australia, no one gets a better view of the complete mobile user experience. Every day, WDSGlobal collects, validates and shares data about devices, services and user behaviour, using it to feed GlobalMine - the industry's most comprehensive knowledge base and foundation for the company's portfolio of carrier-grade products and services.

Knowledge Products: Helps end-users, operators, manufacturers and content providers resolve compatibility and configuration issues on demand. Support Services: WDSGlobal is the industry's leading provider of specialized support for mobile users with highly specialized troubleshooting teams and four international support centres. Device Management: Over-the-air device configuration and firmware updates. Analysis & Consulting: Help the mobile industry base strategic decisions on real-word data and consulting expertise.

The company currently counts over 100 customers, including most of the world's largest handset manufacturer and mobile operator brands, and is headquartered in Poole, UK.

Further Information
Please contact Ms Ngaire Coulthart, Head of Marketing at Spectrum at ngaire.coulthart@spectrum-ehcs.com

Spectrum, the specialist executive search firm for the international communications, media and technology sector announced today that highly experienced executive recruiters, Cathy Kay and John Schonert, had joined the firm as Senior Partners.

Cathy Kay previously successfully ran her own executive search practice, FK Exec, for over five years specialising in sales leadership appointments with IT software vendors and professional and managed services organisations.  Previously, she was a Board member at Corporate Executive Search plc; the AIM listed executive search practice, then the largest technology search organisation in Europe.

John Schonert joined the firm from search specialist Woodger & Associates, where he built core relationships with a number of corporate clients, including Sony Ericsson and Samsung.  Previously, John led strategic business development at Corporate Executive Search plc.

Cathy and John each bring over 20 years' executive search experience to Spectrum.
Daniel Osmer, Spectrum's Managing Partner commented "I have known and worked with both Cathy and John over the last ten years, and am delighted to welcome them both to the firm, and very much look forward to working with them  both again to deliver exceptional executive search to our clients".

About Spectrum
Spectrum is an executive search firm operating exclusively within the communications, media and technology sector in the UK, Europe and the USA.  Partnering with a range of client organisations, from pre-funded start-ups through to listed multinational corporations, Spectrum proactively find and select the senior talent required to drive business growth.  Visit us online at www.spectrum-ehcs.com.

Further Information
Please contact Ms Ngaire Coulthart, Head of Marketing at Spectrum at ngaire.coulthart@spectrum-ehcs.com.