Management Team
Berth H. Milton
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Berth H. Milton was appointed to the Board of Directors of Private Media Group, Inc. in February 1998 and was the Corporate Secretary from June 1998 until February 1999. In February 1999 Mr. Milton was appointed Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Milton has been Administrator of Milcap Media Group from its inception until June 2000 and has been acting as an advisor to Milcap Media Group since 1991. Mr. Milton is active in several international industry and real estate projects and developments.
Peter T. Cohen
Chief Operating Officer
Peter T. Cohen was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Private Media Group in November 2006. From 2003 to 2006 he was a Managing Partner of MPP Ventures LLC, a consultancy firm providing services to major entertainment companies with respect to strategies for digital content production and distribution on multi-media platforms. From 2001 to 2002 he served as Senior Executive Vice President of Media and Entertainment for BillboardLive. From 1997 to 2001 he held the position as Senior Vice President of Programming for The Box Music Network, a state of the art interactive music video channel distributed throughout the US and select international territories. Prior to this, Mr. Cohen held several senior executive positions at various other media/entertainment companies including HBO, CNN International, MuchMusic and ACTV Inc. Mr. Cohen has a Bachelor's degree in Human Ecology from The College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA.
Javier Sánchez
Executive Vice President Production and Operations
Javier Sánchez was appointed Executive Vice President, Production and Operations of Milcap Media Group in November 2006. From August 1998 to November 2006, he held the position as Chief Operating Officer of Private Media Group, Inc. He has also been the General Manager of Milcap Media Group between 1991 and 1997 and has been a member of the Board of Milcap Media Group and Private France S.A. He has been a member of the Board of Milcap Publishing Group AB since its incorporation in 1994 until 1997. From 1988 to 1991 he was the Operations Director of a mid-size printing company near Barcelona. From 1984 to 1987 he was the Production Manager of a major printing company in Barcelona.
Johan Gillborg
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Johan Gillborg was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Private Media Group, Inc. in August 1998. During the year 2000 he became Chairman of Private Benelux and Private France. Mr. Gillborg joined the group in 1992 as a Marketing Consultant. From 1991 to 1992 he operated his own business which acted as sub-contracting sales force for Securitas Direct of Sweden (together with Mr. Kull). From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Gillborg served as a general manager in the hotel business in the United Kingdom and Portugal. Mr. Gillborg holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Schiller International University, London.
Philip Christmas
Chief Financial Officer designate, Vice President
Philip Christmas was appointed Vice
President, in August 2001 and is expected to assume the position of
Chief Financial Officer of Private Media Group, Inc. Previously Mr.
Christmas was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers and its predecessor
firm, Coopers & Lybrand, since 1988. While employed by
PricewaterhouseCoopers he was responsible for carrying out audits of
multinational and local companies and, more recently, he has provided
transaction services to clients acquiring businesses in Spain. Mr.
Christmas is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
England and Wales and of ROAC (Official Register of Auditors) in Spain.
Fiona Garvey
Vicepresident Online Media
Fiona Garvey was appointed Vice President Online Media, in October 2007. Fiona has 6 years experience at Private, beginning as Customer Service Director, two years ago she was promoted to Internet Director, where she has successfully grown Private's online and Internet licensing business. Before joining Private, Fiona Garvey was Call Centre Manager in a pan European outsorurcing call centre in Dublin (International Marketing Solutions). She was responsible for business development and set up and management of all telemarketing and customer services campaigns for telecommunications and IT corporations. Garvey holds a BSc(hons) in Management from Trinity College University in Ireland and an Advanced Diploma in Marketing Techiniques from Dublin Institute of Technology.
Tim Clausen
Vicepresident of Sales
Tim Clausen was appointed Vice President of Sales, in October 2007. Prior to joining Private, Tim was a Senior Manager in the international content team at T-Mobile International in London. He joined Private in May 2005, and has been responsible for building Private's wireless business. To date Clausen has made Private content accessible on 783 million mobile handsets in 35 countries on 83 mobile networks and turned Private into a leading proveder in the global adult mobile content business. Clausen holds a BA(hons) in International Business Studies from European Business School, London.
