IKIVO appoints Huw Hampson-Jones as new CEO

Huw Hampson-Jones will guide Ikivo to further global growth

Stockholm, Sweden - May, 2008 - IKIVO, the leading supplier of rich media application enabling solutions has appointed Huw Hampson-Jones as CEO of the company. With a distinguished 20+ year career within the IT and Telecoms software sectors, his primary role at IKIVO will be to take their already successful business to an even higher level.

Hampson-Jones brings with him a wealth of experience, which enables him to build on the company's market leading position within the mobile software sector, as well as grow and develop the company's product areas. His role will involve overseeing the development and implementation of the business strategy to ensure that they continue to substantially increase sales and aggressively drive new global business, particularly in Europe, Asia and North America.

Talking about his new appointment Hampson-Jones said, "I am delighted to assume leadership of the company at such a key point in its development and my mission is to build on the long-standing relationships established within the Mobile Network Operators, the Mobile Handset Manufacturers and the emerging Consumer Electronics Manufacturers. I believe with the knowledge and expertise we have throughout the company, we have a very exciting and strong future ahead."

Bo Dimert, Chairman of the IKIVO board said, "I am pleased to welcome Huw Hampson-Jones to the position of CEO at Ikivo. His experience within our industry is considerable and I have complete confidence that his ideas, innovation and sector knowledge will have a major impact on growing IKIVO's business."

About IKIVO

IKIVO is the leading supplier of rich media application enabling solutions based on open standards, with a deployed base of more than 250 million mass-market and open OS mobile phones. These solutions empowers mobile operators, mobile device manufacturers and media companies to deliver rich compelling services such as Interactive Mobile TV, Mobile Advertising, On-Device Portals and Mobile Music. The Ikivo product portfolio includes modular sophisticated technology for embedding and OTA delivery, in addition to industry standard tools for the development and deployment of rich media mobile applications and solutions.

 

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