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The Board

The Board of Directors is accountable to shareholders for the good corporate governance of the company and comprises Chief Executive Officer, José-Luis Vázquez; six non-executive directors, Rafael Martín Sanz, Francisco Javier Herrero, Javier Casanueva, Carlos Vizcayno, Francis Coles and Richard Alden.

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José Luis Vazquez, Chief Executive Officer

José L. Vázquez is CEO and Co-Founder of Fresh, the leading interactive TV player in the Spanish market. He holds a degree in Advanced Telecommunication Engineering (UPM) and a MBA (IESE). He has more than 15 years of experience in Telecommunication and Interactivity markets, where he was an skilled professional. He founded Fresh in year 2000 being the CTO, and became the CEO or the company in 2004. José is one of the leading fgures in the Hispanic Digital TV platforms markets.

Rafael Martin Sanz, Non-Executive Director

Rafael Martin Sanz holds a degree in Economics and Business Studies from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and is a member of the Spanish Association of Economists. He served as Chairman of Television y Sonido (TELSON) from 1990 to 2002. He was director of Page Ibercia, S.A., Amper, S.A. and Chairman of Avanzit TMT from 2000 to 2002. He has also held positions in the Spanish Local Government.

Javier Casanueva, Non-Executive Director

Javier Casanueva is a partner at Baring Private Equity Partners Espana S.A. ("Baring"), and has extensive experience in transactions both in Europe and the USA. He has sat on the boards of numerous companies across a variety of sectors as a representative of Baring.

Francisco Javier Herrero, Non-Executive Director

Francisco Javier Herrero is an experienced CFO who brings a wealth of knowledge and contacts in the European marketplace.

Carlos Vizcayno, Non-Executive Director

Carlos Vizcayno is a lawyer and has served as General Counsel to companies for over ten years.

Francis Coles, Non-Executive Director

Frances Coles has nearly 30 years experience in corporate finance. He was a founder director of corporate finance advisory boutique New Boathouse Capital and latterly served as a director of AIM listed merchant bank Quayle Munro following its aquisition of New Boathouse Capital in 2007. Prior to that Francis was a director of Baring Brothers and subsequently Santander Investment where his responsibilities included debt and equity fundraisings and merger and acquisition activities in the European and Latin American markets.

Richard Alden, Non-Executive Director

Richard Alden has extensive international experience in developing and financing fast growing telecommunication companies particularly in Europe and North America. From 1998 to 2009 he was the Chief Executive Officer and a founding director of Grupo Corporativo ONO SA, the largest cable television and telecommunications operator in Spain.

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