People: Elephant Talk Communications Corp (ETAK.A)
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Steven van der Velden |
56 | 2006 | Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer |
Mark Nije |
49 | 2008 | Chief Financial Officer |
Patrick Carroll |
54 | 2010 | Chief Executive Officer of ValidSoft Limited |
Martin Zuurbier |
52 | 2012 | Chief Technical Officer |
Alexander Vermeulen |
58 | 2010 | General Counsel |
Johan Dejager |
53 | 2006 | Director |
Rijkman Groenink |
64 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Phil Hickman |
62 | 2010 | Independent Director |
Charles Levine |
59 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Peter Salkowski |
2012 | Managing Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Steven van der Velden |
Mr. Steven van der Velden is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Elephant Talk Communications Corp. He has been a director since October 24, 2006 and Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since October 30, 2006. Mr. van der Velden has experience in consultancy, logistics, real estate development, and telecommunications, e-commerce and investment management. He founded his first consultancy firm in 1983 and since then Mr. van der Velden has started over a dozen companies. Mr. van der Velden is involved in various Information Communication Technology ventures throughout Europe, North America and the Far East, and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of QAT Investments SA in Luxembourg. In 2000, he co-founded E-commerce Park NV, which has developed a 50,000 sq.ft. data centre and Internet hosting facility, located on top of the various fiber optic landing points in Curacao. In 1994, Mr. van der Velden co-founded the ITA International Telemedia Association, known today as the Network for Online Commerce, and served as its first Chairman. In the same year, he co-founded InTouch Telecom SA/NV to offer a wide range of business and consumer telecom applications to the Belgian Market, and served as its CEO until the company was sold to Global TeleSystems, Inc. in 1999. From 1988 until 1992 he served as the first Managing Director of Antillephone NV. Currently he is a Director of Unicom NV. Between 1986 and 1988, Mr. van der Velden co-headed a team of 16 consultants, which advised on and implemented a wide range of measures to balance budgets and to restructure the internal organizations of the Governments of both the Dutch Antilles and the island of Curacao. Mr. van der Velden earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Rotterdam School of Management, the Netherlands, and a Master’s Degree in Law from Leiden University, the Netherlands. |
Mark Nije |
Mr. Mark Nije is Chief Financial Officer of Elephant Talk Communications Corp. He was general manager Europe since January 1 2007, a function he held since the end of 2004 within the acquired Benoit Telecom Group. Mr. Nije was appointed Chief Financial Officer on December 15, 2008. Mr. Nije has experience in finance, project management, business development, investment management, logistics and telecommunications. Mr. Nije started as project manager and management consultant for Tebodin Consulting Engineers and Reitsma & Wertheim M&A specialists, the Netherlands. In 1990 he co-founded Logistic Management International NV (LMI), an international cargo transportation and airport handling company at the airport of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. During those years he served as a board member and vice-chairman of the Curacao Exporters Association. From 2000-2002 Mr. Nije was co-founder and director of PickYourGifts BV, an internet start-up. In 2003 he became partner of QAT Investments SA, the Luxemburg venture capital fund, where he has been active as investment manager and/or board member in various ICT related ventures of QAT. Currently he is member of the Dutch Association of CEO’s and Directors (NCD). Mr. Nije earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the Netherlands, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Building Construction Management from the University of Reading, United Kingdom. |
Patrick Carroll |
Mr. Patrick Carroll is Chief Executive Officer of ValidSoft Limited, a subsidiary of Elephant Talk Communications Corp. He is Founder and CEO of ValidSoft Limited, the company that was acquired in 2010 by Elephant Talk Communications. ValidSoft is a software engineering company that develops advanced security software solutions to help global institutions counter the most sophisticated Card and electronic fraud consistent with independent research thinking. Prior to founding ValidSoft, Mr. Carroll was employed as Head of Electronic Trading Technology in Europe for Goldman Sachs International where responsibilities included technical strategy related to Electronic Trading, Client Connectivity and Straight Through Processing (STP). Mr. Carroll has Financial Services & technical experience (over 25 years) and has previously worked in a senior capacity with J.P Morgan, Credit Suisse Financial Products and Bankers Trust Company. |
Martin Zuurbier |
Mr. Martin Zuurbier is Chief Technical Officer of Elephant Talk Communications Corp. He resigned from the Board of Directors effective July 27, 2012. From January 2005 until January 1, 2007, Mr. Zuurbier had been the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Benoit Telecom Holding AG, a telecom service provider in Europe that was acquired by the company on January 1, 2007. From December 1999 to December 2004, Mr. Zuurbier served as director and was the founder of Vocalis Telecom Group located in The Netherlands and Switzerland. Mr. Zuurbier was responsible for building, maintaining and operating a telecommunications network spanning eight countries in Europe, including all back-office, billing and Client Provisioning Management systems. From January 1995 to June 1999, Mr. Zuurbier was directly involved in the telecommunications industry and was involved in the development of new switching technology in collaboration with hardware manufacturer Dialogic, implementation of the Amsterdam Carrier Ring in 1999 with COLT Telecom BV as the launch customer, and negotiating increased capacity on behalf of various international telecommunications companies. Prior to 1995, Mr. Zuurbier was involved in the production of television commercials for the European market. |
Alexander Vermeulen |
Mr. Alexander Vermeulen is General Counsel of Elephant Talk Communications Corp. He has been General Counsel of the company since 2007. Mr. Vermeulen worked for twenty years as manager with ING, one of Europe’s financial groups. He served amongst others as General Manager for the Caribbean area and General Manager Postbank Insurances, a direct writer in the Dutch market. In Italy he was responsible for all the life insurance activities of ING and was director of various ING entities, amongst which the funds investment company. In 2003 Mr. Vermeulen started his own consultancy company in Italy, initially with advisory services in the life insurance market and broadening later on to other sectors. In 2006 Mr. Vermeulen started working for Elephant Talk as consultant. In 2007 he joined Elephant Talk full time as General Counsel. Mr. Vermeulen holds a Masters degree in Law from Leiden University, the Netherlands. |
Johan Dejager |
Mr. Johan Dejager is Director of Elephant Talk Communications Corp., since October 24, 2006. Mr. Dejager is managing director and owner of Osta Carpets, a specialized niche producer of area rugs with production plants in Belgium and a distribution center in Barcelona, and Gaverdal, a finishing plant for the carpet industry. He is also Managing Director of Ligne Pure, a company specialised in the design and manufacturing of handmade carpets for the decorator market. Mr. Dejager serves as a member of the Board of Directors of QAT Investments SA. In addition, he is a shareholder and director of Keyware, a provider of identity-related solutions and services, and of SPARNEX, an engineering company developing and industrializing DSL products for the telecom industry. Mr. Dejager is a member of the Board of Directors of FEBELTEX (the Federation of the Belgian Textile Companies). As Vice-President of the company, Mr. Dejager is in charge of the subdivision of interior textiles. Mr. Dejager holds a Bachelors degree (1981) and a Masters degree in Commercial Engineering from the University of Leuven, Belgium (1981) and an MBA from Insead Fontainebleau, France (1982). |
Rijkman Groenink |
Mr. Rijkman W. J. Groenink is Independent Director of Elephant Talk Communications Corp., since April 1, 2011. Mr. Groenink’s career spans nearly 35 years at ABN Amro, starting in 1974 at Amro, prior to its merger with ABN. He served for more than seven years as Chairman of the Managing Board of ABN Amro Holding NV. Under Groenink’s leadership the bank has been streamlined to focus on its core activities, while bolstering its operations through acquisitions, such as Banco Sudameris de Brazil, Delbrück & Co. and Bethmann Maffei in Germany, Michigan National, and the acquisition of Banca Antonveneta. Mr. Groenink was elected European Banker of the Year 2005. In November 2007 he left as Chair at ABN Amro, following the acquisition of the bank by a consortium of banks, comprising of RBS, Fortis and Santander. He is currently a partner at Atlas N.V., an investment vehicle. Mr. Groenink received a law doctorate from the University of Utrecht, a Diploma in Business Administration from Manchester Business School, and a diploma Honoris Causa M.B.A. in International Business from the MIB School of Management in Trieste, Italy. Mr. Groenink received a royal knighthood, when he was appointed Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix in 2006. |
Phil Hickman |
Mr. Phil Hickman is Independent Director of Elephant Talk Communications Corp., since March 29, 2010. Mr. Hickman manages his own consultancy and advisory business in the fields of corporate strategy and organization, offshore banking, business process outsourcing (BPO), payment & cash management solutions, internet and telephony security, sales and marketing. Mr. Hickman is Chairman of ValidSoft, a member of the Elephant Talk Communications Group, and he is also a Director of Alfa Bank Holdings, the privately-owned bank in Russia and part of the Alfa Group. He also acts as an advisor with the Bank in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. Mr Hickman is also Chairman of Earthport plc, a publicly quoted company in the UK engaged in the Payments industry. Mr. Hickman spent 32 years in HSBC Bank plc and has been responsible for developing and implementing many areas of change and innovation both in the UK and around the world. Before leaving HSBC, Mr. Hickman was Head of Strategy & Planning HSBC Commercial Bank. |
Charles Levine |
Mr. Charles E. Levine has been appointed as Independent Director of Elephant Talk Communications Corp., since October 27, 2011. Mr. Levine holds an MBA in marketing, management strategy and finance from the Kellogg School of Management – Northwestern University. He was chosen CEO of the Year 2001 by Frost & Sullivan. He served as Senior Vice President of Octtel and as CEO of Cad Forms.Since his retirement as President of Sprint PCS in 2002, Mr. Levine has been an independent Corporate Director for both public and private companies. Mr. Levine began his career as a brand assistant at Procter and Gamble, rising to the position of brand manager. At General Electric Company, Mr. Levine served in product management and marketing, from which he was recruited to join AT&T. At AT&T, he was responsible for AT&T telecom equipment focused on small business customers, generating $2 billion in profitable revenue. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Sierra Wireless and is a Director of Openwave. |
Peter Salkowski |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Steven van der Velden |
424,134 |
Mark Nije |
295,728 |
Patrick Carroll |
326,318 |
Martin Zuurbier |
296,810 |
Alexander Vermeulen |
184,375 |
Johan Dejager |
-- |
Rijkman Groenink |
-- |
Phil Hickman |
-- |
Charles Levine |
-- |
Peter Salkowski |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2011
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Steven van der Velden |
0 | 0 |
Mark Nije |
0 | 0 |
Patrick Carroll |
0 | 0 |
Martin Zuurbier |
0 | 0 |
Alexander Vermeulen |
0 | 0 |
Johan Dejager |
0 | 0 |
Rijkman Groenink |
0 | 0 |
Phil Hickman |
0 | 0 |
Charles Levine |
0 | 0 |
Peter Salkowski |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
HICKMAN PHILIP |
21,078 | $0.00 |
GROENINK RIJKMAN |
31,617 | $0.00 |
LEVINE CHARLES E |
15,808 | $0.00 |
QAT II INVESTMENTS SA |
69,410 | $0.00 |
CARROLL PATRICK M |
28,624 | $0.00 |
HICKMAN PHILIP |
21,615 | $0.63 |
QAT II INVESTMENTS SA |
10,845 | $1.45 |
QAT II INVESTMENTS SA |
21,691 | $1.45 |
LEVINE CHARLES E |
13,054 | $0.00 |
CARROLL PATRICK M |
22,718 | $0.00 |
GROENINK RIJKMAN |
25,774 | $0.00 |
HICKMAN PHILIP |
17,183 | $0.00 |
QAT II INVESTMENTS SA |
55,608 | $0.00 |
VAN DER VELDEN STEVEN PAUL KAREL MARIE |
8,058 | $0.93 |
QAT II INVESTMENTS SA |
333,393 | $0.93 |
LEVINE CHARLES E |
10,010 | $0.00 |
GROENINK RIJKMAN |
21,021 | $0.00 |
VAN DER VELDEN STEVEN PAUL KAREL MARIE |
13,827 | $0.00 |
HICKMAN PHILIP |
14,014 | $0.00 |
QAT II INVESTMENTS SA |
44,909 | $0.00 |
CARROLL PATRICK M |
18,248 | $0.00 |
VAN DER VELDEN STEVEN PAUL KAREL MARIE |
10,000 | $1.35 |
VAN DER VELDEN STEVEN PAUL KAREL MARIE |
7,132 | $1.32 |
VAN DER VELDEN STEVEN PAUL KAREL MARIE |
10,000 | $1.40 |
CARROLL PATRICK M |
14,303 | $0.00 |
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