Abu Dhabi Media Summit

2011 Co-chairs

H.E. Mohamed Mubarak Al-Mazrouei | Chairman, Abu Dhabi Media Company

His Excellency Mohamed Mubarak Al Mazrouei joined Abu Dhabi Media Company as Chairman of the Board in July 2010.

Mr. Al Mazrouei is Under Secretary to the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court, a role he assumed in April 2008. He also serves as a board member for Etihad Airways.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Mazrouei served as Assistant Deputy Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, a specialized governmental agency charged with providing high-level advice to the Chairman of the Executive Council, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

He also played a distinctive role in driving the effectiveness of the Abu Dhabi Government through his work as a member of the Abu Dhabi Government Restructuring Committee, which is charged with enhancing the government’s efficiency and performance

Sheikh Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim | Chairman & CEO, MBC Group

When MBC broke the mold in September 1991 to become the first broadcaster to create a free-to-air, 24-hour private satellite television network across the Arab world, it was due to a group of visionary businessmen and shareholders, led by Chairman and CEO, Sheikh Waleed bin Ibrahim Al Ibrahim.

Today, Al Ibrahim is the first commercially successful television mogul in the Middle East, and MBC Group stands tall as the largest media and entertainment group in the Middle East. Born and raised in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Ibrahim completed his higher education in the United States before returning to the Middle East to begin his groundbreaking career in the world of media.

Among many other accolades received in recognition of his achievements, Al Ibrahim was awarded the Arab Media Luminary Award in November 2006. He is a man who envisions great things for the broadcast industry in the region; he knows his own abilities and chooses professionals to create a winning team. He is a true visionary and leader who spends his spare time studying viewer statistics, global TV trends, and determining content and direction for his channels.

Innovative and forward-looking, Al Ibrahim has significant plans for MBC Group. Not only has he changed the face of Arab television, he is now spearheading the broadcast media’s expansion onto new platforms – on-line, on mobile, even in print with the recent launch of mbc’s first magazine – “Haya mbc”.

Ibrahim Ajami | CEO, Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC)

Ibrahim Ajami is the Chief Executive Officer of the Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC).

Prior to assuming the leadership of ATIC, Ibrahim was Associate Director of the Acquisitions Unit of Mubadala Development Company in Abu Dhabi. With Mubadala, he executed transactions worth over USD5bn, and fulfilled key roles in a number of the organization's most significant and high-profile acquisitions.

Ibrahim has solid investment experience in the advanced technology sector. He headed Mubadala's initial acquisition of an 8.1% stake in AMD in 2007 and led the joint venture transaction between ATIC and AMD to establish GLOBALFOUNDRIES in January 2009.

Prior to joining Mubadala, Ibrahim worked for Occidental Petroleum and played a key role in the company's successful expansion in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Previously, Ibrahim has held multiple positions in Silicon Valley, most notably with Packard Bell/NEC.

Ibrahim holds a Master of Business Administration from University of Southern California, and a Bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Stephen Elop | President & CEO, Nokia

Stephen Elop joined Nokia as President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia on September 21, 2010.

Most recently, Elop served as president of Microsoft’s Business Division and was a member of Microsoft’s senior leadership team responsible for the company’s overall strategy. In this position, he oversaw the Microsoft Office systems and other communications tools and applications for consumers, small and mid-size businesses, as well as large organizations and enterprises.

Previously, Elop was Chief Operating Officer at Juniper Networks, a leading provider of high-performance network infrastructure. As COO, Elop was responsible for the company’s product groups, corporate development, global sales and service, as well as marketing and manufacturing organizations.

Prior to Juniper, Elop served as president of worldwide field operations at Adobe Systems Inc. He joined Adobe following the 2005 acquisition of Macromedia Inc., where he was president and CEO.

Previously in his career, he served in a number of executive positions, including chief information officer.

Elop earned a bachelor's degree in computer engineering and management from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, his home country.

Tom Glocer | CEO, Thomson Reuters

Tom Glocer is Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.

Mr. Glocer joined Reuters Group in 1993 as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Reuters America. During the period 1993-2001 he held a number of senior leadership positions at Reuters, including President of Reuters LatAm and Reuters America, before being named CEO of Reuters Group PLC in July 2001. Mr. Glocer became CEO of Thomson Reuters upon the acquisition of Reuters in April 2008.

He is a director of Merck & Co., Inc. and the Partnership for New York City, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Business Council, the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, the Columbia College Board of Visitors, the President’s Council on International Activities at Yale University, the Advisory Board of the Judge Institute of Management at Cambridge University, the European Business Leaders Council, the International Advisory Board of British American Business Inc., and the Madison Council of the Library of Congress.

Mr. Glocer holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University (1981) and a J.D. from Yale Law School (1984).

Mr. Glocer is married with two children and lives in New York City

Jean-Bernard Lévy | Chairman of the Management Board, Vivendi

Jean-Bernard Lévy was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Vivendi on April 28, 2005. He joined Vivendi as Chief Operating Officer in 2002.

Prior to that, from 1998 to 2002, Mr. Lévy was Managing Partner, Corporate Finance, at Oddo Pinatton. He was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Matra Communication from 1995 to 1998. From 1993 to 1994, he was Chief of Staff to Gérard Longuet, the French Minister for Industry and Foreign Trade. From 1988 to 1993, he was General Manager, Communication Satellites, of Matra Marconi Space. From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Lévy acted as Technical Adviser to Gérard Longuet, the French Minister for Postal and Telecommunications services. He started his career in 178 as an engineer with France Telecom.

Jean-Bernard Lévy is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École nationale supérieure des telecommunications in France. He is a Main Board director of Vinci, Société Générale and Institut Pasteur.

Jean-Bernard Lévy lives in Paris with his wife Odile and four children. In his spare time he enjoys skiing, reading, music and sports.

Yuri Milner | Founder & CEO, Digital Sky Technologies

Yuri Milner is CEO and founding partner of DST, where he has led investments in more than 20 leading Internet companies and raised over $1 billion in eight rounds of financing.

Between 1990 and 1992 Yuri attended Wharton Business School and later joined the World Bank where he was involved in the development of the financial sector in Russia. He returned to Russia in 1996 and was responsible for the first tender offer for a public company in post-Soviet times.

Yuri also serves as a member of the Presidential Commission for Modernization and Technological Development of Russia's Economy.

James Murdoch | CEO Europe & Asia, News Corporation

James Murdoch was appointed chairman and chief executive, Europe and Asia, News Corporation, in 2007. In this role, he has direct responsibility for the strategic and operational development of News Corporation’s television, newspaper and related digital assets in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. At the same time, James was appointed non-executive chairman of BSkyB and re-joined the Board of News Corporation.

James served as BSkyB’s CEO from November 2003 to December 2007. Prior to his appointment, he spent three years, from May 2000 to 2003, as chairman and CEO of STAR, News Corporation’s Asian satellite television and multimedia group.

Paul Sagan | CEO, Akamai Technologies

Paul Sagan is Chief Executive Officer of Akamai Technologies. Previously, Mr. Sagan served as senior advisor to the World Economic Forum from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Sagan was president and editor of new media at Time Inc., a division of Time Warner, from 1995 to 1997. A television news veteran, he joined Time Warner in 1991 to design and launch NY 1 News, a New York-based cable news network. Mr. Sagan is a three-time Emmy Award winner who was named news director at New York’s WCBS-TV at age 28.

He became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008, and was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009 in the technology category.

He is a director of Massachusetts-based EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) and iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT).

Mr. Sagan is a trustee of Northwestern University; a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern; co-chairman of the Medill Board of Advisors; a member of the Dean's Council at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; a member of the advisory board of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics & Public Policy at the Kennedy School; and an advisor to the MATCH Charter Public School in Boston. He was a member of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.

CO-CHAIRS