Raj L Gupta
Independent Director

A widely respected and highly accomplished professional, Mr. Gupta has served as the Chairman and CEO of Rohm and Haas and has held other such leadership positions in several private companies.

Mr. Gupta has served as Chairman of Avantor Performance Materials, a manufacturer of chemistries and materials, since August 2010 and as Senior Advisor to New Mountain Capital, LLC, a private equity firm, since July 2009.

Previously, Mr. Gupta served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rohm and Haas Company, a worldwide producer of specialty materials, from 1999 to April 2009. Mr. Gupta occupied various other positions at Rohm and Haas since joining the company in 1971, including Vice-Chairman from 1998 to 1999; Director of the Electronic Materials business from 1996 to 1999; and Vice-President and Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Region from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Gupta also is a director of Tyco International Ltd., The Vanguard Group and several private companies.

Richard Humphreys
Independent Director

Richard has a vast and rich experience in advertising and media and was previously the President of Saatchi & Saatchi.

Richard was previously the President of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide and was responsible for 63 companies with over five thousand employees in 27 countries. He has vast experience in many aspects of Advertising & Media.

Richard started his career writing for the BBC and ITV. He rose to be the Managing Director of an operating division of one of the first publicly listed UK agencies. Following this, he started his own advertising agency in 1978 and took it to the top twenty in the UK by the mid-eighties. His company was acquired by Saatchi & Saatchi. After serving as President, Richard moved on from Saatchi & Saatchi to become President of Adcom Investors, owner of a leading US advertising, new media, and sports marketing group of companies. He negotiated the sale of Adcom to Publicis.

Over the last decade, Richard has advised some of the World’s leading media companies. Based primarily in London, he has been involved in the expansion of various new media companies in the US, television broadcasters in Russia and Japan, film and television production studios in the US and Mexico, and advertising companies in Europe.

Jack Baron
Independent Director

In over 25 years of management experience, Jack has worn many hats in his career ranging from sales & marketing to customer service.

Jack Baron is a Co-founder of PAETEC and has over 25 years of management experience, including 17 years in telecom sales, marketing, training, and customer-service. PAETEC has over $1B market capitalization, and was ranked the 2nd fastest growing tech company in North America in 2003. Jack serves as Chief Marketing and Training Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development. In these roles, he provides the vision, development and deployment strategy for PAETEC Communications' entire product suite. He also oversees PAETEC's entire customer management process which includes over 200 professional account managers, serving customers with combined revenue of almost $1 billion.

Prior to joining PAETEC, Jack served as National Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service for ACC TeleCom's U.S. operations. Prior to joining ACC in 1995, Jack served as President of ETI Technical College, a 4-year engineering college in Cleveland.

Jack is now Chairman of the Executive Advisory Board for Rochester's Flower City Habitat for Humanity, as well as a member of the Habitat Board of Directors. He also serves on the Executive Advisory Board for the Otetiana Council of the Boy Scouts of America, as he has since 2001.

Jack has an MBA from Syracuse University with a concentration in marketing, and graduated summa cum laude. He has a B.S degree in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester.

Dr. Mandar Chitre
Independent Director

Dr. Chitre currently heads the Acoustic Research Laboratory (ARL) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and has a vast array of experience in science, technology, management & business.

Dr. Chitre is currently the Head of the Acoustic Research Laboratory (ARL) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and leads several research teams in the fields of underwater acoustics, underwater communications and autonomous vehicle research with projects having a combined investment of more than SGD15M. Before pursuing research in these fields, Dr. Chitre spent 5 years as the Chief Technology Officer of a regional telecommunications software company. He built a team of more than 400 people with software engineers and architects who engineered innovative solutions for mobile operators in the areas of SMS application gateways, WAP gateways, mobile browsers, MMSCs and e-Payment gateways. He was instrumental not only in architecting the solutions but also in developing software methodologies that enabled the company to produce robust software with quick time-to-market. Prior to this Dr. Chitre had over 15 years of experience developing time-keeping & accounting systems, drawing office automation systems, control software for CNC machinery, image processing tools, specialized operating systems and web applications.

With his diverse background, Dr. Chitre brings a vast array of experience in science, technology, management and business to the team. Dr. Chitre has held advisory roles at several organizations such as OKILABS, World2Web, Singapore Science Center and Nanyang Polytechnic and has been a consultant to Singapore Technologies, Temasek Defense Systems Institute and the National Institute of Education.

Dr. Chitre has a Ph.D. in the field of telecommunications engineering, a Masters degree in Bioinformatics and another Masters degree in underwater acoustics.

Anuj Khanna Sohum
Founder and Chairman

A serial entrepreneur and an evangelist in the realm of mobile media, Sohum knows the art of transforming emerging technologies into successful businesses.

Anuj Khanna Sohum, is a serial entrepreneur. He founded Affle in 2006 with the bold ambition of becoming a global leader in the mobile media space. He started his first company at the age of 20 when he was in the undergraduate programme in computer engineering, on a Singapore Airlines scholarship, at the National University of Singapore. Anitus Technologies, Sohum’s first company, was acquired by the publicly-listed Malaysian conglomerate MCSB and rechristened myMCSB. His second company, SecLore, which dealt with information security, was acquired by Herald Logic in 2007.

Sohum has a keen interest in driving technological innovations. He enjoys the challenge of making sense out of emerging technologies and transforming those into businesses. At Affle, he also leads the product and business strategy for the company. He has in-depth understanding of the mobile media ecosystem and a passion for studying user interaction with mobile devices. Using his entrepreneurial acumen, he is able to leverage both technology and user insights with a view to building Affle into a scalable media business.

Sohum is an evangelist in the realm of mobile technology. He actively participates in industry forums to further the cause of the mobile media industry and towards improving standards and practices. In 2009, he was elected Director for the Mobile Marketing Association APAC Region.

Sohum is passionate about entrepreneurship. He believes that the best time for an entrepreneur to start a business is during his university years. He also believes that sustainable businesses can be built at any time, even during periods of economic recessions.

Sohum is an alumnus of the National University of Singapore, Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.

Ben Fones
Executive Director

An accomplished engineer with a strong business focus, Ben leads Affle’s regional advertising sales and overall operations for Affle.

Ben Fones brings a strong technology consulting background to Affle. His double degree in Computer Information systems and Management Information systems adds to his strength as a techno-entrepreneur.

As the Executive Director, South East Asia for Affle Ben is responsible for managing Affle businesses across markets. He drives market penetration and business development strategy for Affle regionally. He has been able to successfully establish strong relationships with almost all large Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the region. Additionally Ben is responsible for Affle’s regional advertising sales and overall operations.

Ben started his career consulting with IBM focussing on the Banking and Finance industry. He was one of the early core members of EdgeMatrix, rising through the ranks and ending his tenure there as Country Manager. He worked extensively in consulting with clients in the telecom space. His various successes included growing some key accounts to yield million plus dollar revenues.

Ben is also the founder and director of a successful software company called Okilabs. The company specializes in designing and developing mobility solutions and systems integration for telecom operators and enterprises.

Ben is an Engineer with a double degree in Computer Information and Management Information Systems from Bentley College USA. He gave up his Master’s in Business Administration half way to pursue entrepreneurship.