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Joe Cohen

CEO 		*

Richard Hurd-Wood

Chief Operating Officer & UK Managing Director
Joe Cohen is the founder and CEO of Seatwave. Joe spent the past twelve years building market leading consumer internet businesses within IAC / InterActiveCorp, including senior executive positions at Match.com and Ticketmaster.

Joe's a huge sport and music fan and lives in London with his wife and four children.

Team followed: OSU Buckeyes
Favourite Band: AC / DC
Favourite Film: Unforgiven

 Richard joined the company in July 2008, coming from his previous role as Executive Director of Camelot PLC. He brings with him many years experience in online, having successfully established and developed Camelot’s online lottery business. Previous experience also includes work across a broad range of blue-chip companies including Dell, AOL and KPMG.

Team followed: Weymouth FC
Favourite Band: Leonard Cohen
Favourite Film: Raging Bull
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Aksel van der Wal

Chief Financial Officer 		*

Chris Willis

Sales Director
Aksel joined the company in May 2008, coming from his previous role as CFO of Vodafone's Global Business Development unit. He joined Vodafone's Group Finance department in 2003, and was initially responsible for the implementation of Corporate Governance and Compliance initiatives. Prior experience also includes work within PriceWaterhouseCooper's international corporate tax department in the Netherlands and Venezuela.

Team followed: Ajax
Favourite Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Favourite Book: Chronicle of a death foretold

 Chris previously worked for The Guardian and Observer as Advertisement Manager and was Head of Trading at the Mail on Sunday before becoming CEO of Sports Publisher Profile.

At school and University he played guitar in a band whilst the other members tried to keep him away from the microphone, he also played most sports with more enthusiasm than skill but still tries at tennis and skiing.

Team followed: Arsenal
Favourite Band: The Jam
Favourite Film: Goldmember
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Ged Waring

VP Technology 		*

James Hamlin

Director Online Marketing
VP Technology, Ged has 18 years software development mostly spent in high volume OLTP environments. After a City career Ged moved to Galathea in 2000 where he was Technical Director and left to join Seatwave in July 2006.

Spare time interests include software development for mobile devices and where at all possible extremely idle behaviour.

Team followed: Tranmere Rovers
Favourite Band: Led Zeppelin
Favourite Film: The Third Man

 James Hamlin has joined Seatwave after over five years working in the Online Dating sector with firstly Udate.com and then Match.com. James likes to play football as much as possible and DJ in clubs and radio in his spare time.

Team followed: Tottenham Hotspur
Favourite Band: A Tribe Called Quest
Favourite Film: Saturday Night Fever
A few good reasons why fans chose Seatwave

#9

Who is on the other side of the auction?
Because auction websites rely on the "honour" system you never really know if there's a scammer on the other side. At Seatwave.com, we provide 100% TicketIntegrity(TM) which means you can always count on a safe and secure ticket experience whether you are buying or selling.
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