People: Virgin Media Inc (VMED.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
James Mooney	58	2011	Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Neil Berkett		2008	Chief Executive Officer, Director
Eamonn O'Hare	47	2010	Chief Financial Officer, Director
Andrew Barron	48	2010	Chief Operating Officer
Robert Gale	53	2009	Vice President, Controller
Paul Buttery	48	2011	Chief Customer, Technology and Networks Officer
William Huff	62	2003	Director
Gordon McCallum	52	2006	Director
James Chiddix	67	2008	Independent Director
Andrew Cole	45	2008	Independent Director
John Rigsby	65	2008	Independent Director
Steven Simmons	65	2008	Independent Director
George Zoffinger	64	2003	Independent Director
Charles Allen	56	2008	Independent Non-Executive Director
Doreen Toben	63	2010	Independent Non-Executive Director
Richard Williams			Director - Investor Relations

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Biographies

Name	Description
James Mooney	Mr. James F. Mooney is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Virgin Media Inc. Mr. Mooney served as the executive Chairman from March 2003 until December 2010 and has served as the non-executive Chairman from January 2011 onwards. From December 2004 through to December 2007, Mr. Mooney served as a director and chairman of the board of RCN Corporation, a U.S. regional provider of cable, pay television and fixed line telephony services. From April 2001 to September 2002, Mr. Mooney was the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Nextel Communications Inc., a mobile telephony provider. Prior to joining Nextel, from January 2000 to January 2001, Mr. Mooney was first the chief financial officer, then the chief executive officer and chief operating officer of Tradeout Inc., an asset management firm jointly owned by GE Capital Corp., EBay Inc. and Benchmark Capital. Mr. Mooney was the chief financial officer at Baan Company, a business management software provider that had dual headquarters in Amsterdam and Virginia, from 1999 to 2000. From 1980 to March 1999, Mr. Mooney held a number of positions with IBM Corporation, including his last position as the chief financial officer of the Americas. Mr. Mooney is also a director of Sirius XM Radio, Inc., a satellite radio company, and Sidera Networks. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance from Notre Dame University and New York University, respectively.
Neil Berkett	Mr. Neil A. Berkett is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Virgin Media Inc. Mr. Berkett has been Chief Executive Officer since March 6, 2008. Prior to that, he served as the acting Chief Executive Officer from August 2007 to March 2008, and as the Chief Operating Officer from September 2005 to August 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Berkett was managing director of distribution at Lloyds TSB Bank plc from 2003 to 2005. From 2002 to 2003, he was chief operating officer of Prudential Assurance Company Limited. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Berkett was a principal at Marsh Mill Consulting Ltd., and from 1998 to 2002, he was chief executive of Trek Investco Limited. Prior to this, Mr. Berkett worked for St. George Bank Limited, one of Australia’s retail banks, where he served as the head of the retail division and led its merger with Advance Bank Australia Limited (an Australian retail bank). Mr. Berkett is currently serving as an independent director of the multi-media publishing and printing business, Guardian Media Group plc.
Eamonn O'Hare	Mr. Eamonn F. O'Hare is Chief Financial Officer, Director of Virgin Media Inc. Mr. O’Hare has been Virgin Media’s Chief Financial Officer since November 2009. Prior to joining Virgin Media, Mr. O’Hare served as the chief financial officer for a U.K. retail subsidiary of Tesco plc from 2005 to 2009. Before joining Tesco, Mr. O’Hare was the chief financial officer of Energis Communications Limited, a U.K. telecommunications company, from 2002 to 2005. Prior to this, Mr. O’Hare held a number of senior international finance and general management positions at various international divisions within PepsiCo Inc.
Andrew Barron	Mr. Andrew M. Barron has served as Chief Operating Officer of Virgin Media Inc effective January 2010. Prior to this, Mr. Barron was the chief customer and operations officer from October 2008 and the managing director of strategy and corporate development from March 2008. Before he joined Virgin Media Inc., Mr. Barron was chief operating officer of Modern Times Group MTG AB, an international entertainment broadcasting group, from January 2003. From September 2002 to January 2003, he served as chief executive officer of the Viasat broadcasting division of MTG. Prior to that, Mr. Barron was chief executive officer of Chellomedia, the broadband and television division of United-Pan Europe Communications (now Liberty Global Inc.), from November 1999 to June 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Barron was executive vice president of new media and business development at the European division of The Walt Disney Company.
Robert Gale	Mr. Robert C. Gale has served as Vice President, Controller of Virgin Media Inc since June 2003. Prior to that was the group director of financial control for operations since October 2000. Mr. Gale joined the group in May 2000 from Cable & Wireless Communications plc, where he had held a number of senior financial positions since 1998. Prior to that, Mr. Gale was Chief Financial Officer of ComTel, a cable operator also subsequently acquired by the group, from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Gale is the principal accounting officer for the purposes of financial reporting and is a director of many of company's wholly-owned U.K. subsidiaries.
Paul Buttery	Mr. Paul Buttery is Chief Customer, Technology and Networks Officer of Virgin Media Inc., since September 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Buttery was Chief Customer and Networks Officer from January 2010. Mr. Buttery was the managing director of access and networks from September 2008, and the managing director of the access division from May 2007. He joined the Virgin Media group in February 2006 as director of customer services and operations for the business division. Before he joined the Virgin Media group, Mr. Buttery was chief technical officer of Cable & Wireless U.K., an alternate network operator. Mr. Buttery served with Cable & Wireless from October 2004 to January 2006. From November 2002 to October 2004, Mr. Buttery was with MCI as the vice president EMEA network and service delivery having previously worked with MCI in the United States as vice president internet operations and planning and as vice president global data network management. Mr. Buttery started his career with BT plc, undertaking various roles over a 15 year period.
William Huff	Mr. William R. Huff is a Director of Virgin Media Inc. Mr. Huff is the president of the managing member of W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C., an investment management firm. Mr. Huff founded W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C. in 1984. Mr. Huff served as the interim Chairman from January to March 2003, when Mr. Mooney became Chairman.
Gordon McCallum	Mr. Gordon D. McCallum has served as Director of Virgin Media Inc., since September 11, 2006. Since September 2005, he has been chief executive officer of Virgin Management Limited, Virgin Group’s U.K.-based management services company providing corporate services and general management oversight of Virgin’s investment portfolio. From January 1998 to September 2005, Mr. McCallum was group strategy director of Virgin Management, and prior to that, he worked for Virgin Management as a freelance consultant. Mr. McCallum currently serves on the boards of a number of Virgin-branded businesses and served on the board of Virgin Mobile Holdings (UK) plc prior to its acquisition by the company. In connection with the license agreement entered into with Virgin Enterprises Limited on April 3, 2006 (the “Virgin License Agreement”), which provides for the company to license the “Virgin” name and trademark in connection with company's business.
James Chiddix	Mr. James Alan Chiddix is an Independent Director of Virgin Media Inc., since July 8, 2008. He chairs the business operations and technology committee. Mr. Chiddix, a 40-year cable TV industry pioneer, was chief executive officer and chairman of software company OpenTV from 2004 to 2007 and served on its board of directors through 2009. He held a variety of senior positions at Time Warner Inc. and its antecedents, including 15 years as chief technology officer at Time Warner Cable and president of Mystro TV, a Time Warner division that developed a server-based digital video recorder service. Mr. Chiddix has been involved with virtually every new technology embraced by the cable industry, including local ad insertion, fiber optics, video-on-demand, cable modems, and digital set-top boxes. Mr. Chiddix is also currently on the boards of Arris, an equipment supplier to cable and other broadband operators; Symmetricom, a supplier of precision timing systems to telecommunications and scientific markets and Magnum Semiconductor, a Silicon Valley developer of chips and software for high-quality video compression and transcoding. He served as a board member at Shougang Concord Technology Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong, an operator of digital cable systems in China, until April 2010, and on the board of Dycom Industries, a provider of construction services to the telecom and cable industries, from 2007 until November 2011.
Andrew Cole	Mr. Andrew J. Cole is an Independent Director of Virgin Media Inc., since July 8, 2008. He serves on the compensation committee and nominating and governance committee. Mr. Cole has been chief executive officer, Europe for Asurion Corp., a private entity and the world’s technology protection company, since May 2009, and prior to that, was chief marketing officer and senior vice president at Asurion since April 2007. Prior to joining Asurion, Mr. Cole was president of CSMG Adventis, a strategic consultancy focused exclusively on the communications, computing, media and entertainment markets, from October 2005 to April 2007. From May 2004 to October 2005, Mr. Cole was vice president and leader of the telecom and media practice at A.T. Kearney, a strategic and operations consultancy. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Bristol University and Oxford University, respectively. Mr. Cole has over 20 years experience working in the telecommunications and media industry with a particular depth of experience in the mobile sector having worked with most of the operators such as Orange, a U.K. telecommunications company, Apple (supporting its iPhone entry) and Google (with respect to the gPhone).
John Rigsby	Mr. John N. Rigsby has been an Independent Director of Virgin Media Inc., since September 9, 2008. He serves on the business operations and technology committee and the audit committee. Mr. Rigsby has over 30 years experience in the cable industry and most recently was president of Bright House Networks, LLC’s Florida Group, a U.S. cable television company, from May 2003 to December 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Rigsby spent eight years as the president of the Florida Division of Time Warner Cable Inc. and nine years with Paragon Communications Inc., a Time Warner and Houston Industries cable joint venture. Mr. Rigsby also spent nine years at American Television & Communications Corp. Mr. Rigsby was elected a Cable TV Pioneer in 2001 and was awarded the NCTA Vanguard Award for Cable Operations in 2002. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in business administration from Brown University and Harvard University, respectively.
Steven Simmons	Mr. Steven J. Simmons is an Independent Director of Virgin Media Inc., since July 8, 2008. Mr. Simmons, a cable television entrepreneur, has over 25 years experience in the cable industry. He is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Simmons Patriot Media & Communications, LLC, a company he founded. Mr. Simmons is also chairman of cable companies RCN Telecom Services, LLC, PPR Media, LLC, and Patriot Media Consulting, LLC. Mr. Simmons was elected a Cable TV Pioneer and, in 2006, was awarded the U.S. Independent Cable Operator of the Year Award by CableWorld magazine.
George Zoffinger	Mr. George R. Zoffinger is an Independent Director of Virgin Media Inc., since January 10, 2003. He is currently president and chief executive officer of Constellation Capital Corporation, a financial services company. He also served in this role from March 1998 to March 2002. From March 2002 until December 2007, he served as the president and chief executive officer of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. Mr. Zoffinger is currently a director of New Jersey Resources Inc. Mr. Zoffinger has over 25 years experience as a corporate director of numerous companies
Charles Allen	Sir Charles L. Allen, CBE, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Virgin Media Inc., since September 9, 2008, and chairs the compensation committee. He is also a member of the nominating and governance committee and from March 4, 2011, the executive committee. Sir Charles is currently the non-executive chairman of Global Radio U.K. Limited, a U.K. commercial radio company. Since May 2008, Sir Charles has been a senior adviser to the principal investment group of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. From February 2007 to July 2008, Sir Charles was a chief advisor to the U.K. government’s Home Office. Prior to that, Sir Charles served as chief executive officer of ITV plc, a U.K. commercial public service broadcaster, having previously served as executive chairman of Granada plc, which he led through the merger with Carlton Communications to form ITV plc. Sir Charles is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Commander of the British Empire (CBE). He previously served as the executive chairman of EMI Music, an international music company and part of EMI Group Limited, having served as its non-executive chairman since 2009 and also served on its board of directors, and was chairman of the remuneration committee of Tesco plc, a U.K. retailer. He presently serves on the board of directors of Endemol BV, the international television production group. Sir Charles is also Chairman of 2 Sisters Food Group, a food production company and Get S.A., a cable operator in Norway.
Doreen Toben	Ms. Doreen A. Toben has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Virgin Media Inc., since June 9, 2010. Ms. Toben most recently served as executive vice president of Verizon Communications, Inc. from February 2009 until her retirement in June 2009. During her time there, she worked in a number of roles, becoming vice president and then chief financial officer with responsibility for finance and strategic planning, prior to its merger with GTE to form Verizon in 2000. From April 2002 to February 2009, she served as Verizon’s chief financial officer and was responsible for its finance and strategic planning efforts. Prior to April 2002, Ms. Toben was senior vice president and chief financial officer with responsibility for finance and strategic planning for Verizon’s Telecom Group. Ms. Toben is a 30-year telecommunications veteran. She began her career at AT&T Corp. and over the years held various of positions of increasing responsibility primarily in treasury, strategic planning and finance both there, and beginning in 1984 at Bell Atlantic Inc. Her later positions at Bell Atlantic included vice president and chief financial officer, Bell Atlantic-New Jersey in 1993; vice president, finance and controller in 1995; vice president and chief financial officer, Telecom/Network in 1997, and vice president and controller in 1999. Ms. Toben is also a member of the boards of directors of Liz Claiborne, Inc. and The New York Times Company.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
James Mooney	1,743,380
Neil Berkett	6,335,570
Eamonn O'Hare	2,959,700
Andrew Barron	2,291,800
Robert Gale	869,868
Paul Buttery	2,078,900
William Huff	--
Gordon McCallum	--
James Chiddix	--
Andrew Cole	--
John Rigsby	--
Steven Simmons	--
George Zoffinger	--
Charles Allen	--
Doreen Toben	--
Richard Williams	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
James Mooney	366,512	7,840,234
Neil Berkett	0	0
Eamonn O'Hare	11,401	195,755
Andrew Barron	0	0
Robert Gale	56,862	629,769
Paul Buttery	147,901	4,425,200
William Huff	0	0
Gordon McCallum	0	0
James Chiddix	0	0
Andrew Cole	0	0
John Rigsby	0	0
Steven Simmons	0	0
George Zoffinger	0	0
Charles Allen	0	0
Doreen Toben	0	0
Richard Williams	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
COLE ANDREW J	100,800	$50.90
CHIDDIX JAMES A	19,000	$50.92
ZOFFINGER GEORGE R	62,500	$8.67
CHIDDIX JAMES A	40,000	$23.14
ZOFFINGER GEORGE R	14,725	$8.60
ZOFFINGER GEORGE R	14,725	$51.64
CHIDDIX JAMES A	18,100	$51.14
BERKETT NEIL A	300,000	$13.72
BARRON ANDREW M	60,305	$49.65
BARRON ANDREW M	36,144	$49.44
RIGSBY JOHN N	10,000	$49.77
BERKETT NEIL A	65,620	$0.00
BERKETT NEIL A	365,620	$49.84
TOBEN DOREEN A	10,656	$49.59
BARRON ANDREW M	2,785	$17.12
BUTTERY PAUL	13,162	$0.00
BUTTERY PAUL	2,191	$0.01
BARRON ANDREW M	22,384	$0.00
BUTTERY PAUL	2,784	$17.12
BARRON ANDREW M	71,906	$49.25
BUTTERY PAUL	19,670	$0.00
BARRON ANDREW M	75,077	$12.51
BUTTERY PAUL	10,000	$15.57
BUTTERY PAUL	13,499	$12.51
BUTTERY PAUL	77,609	$48.87

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