Shaun Gregory is a British businessman, former CEO of BTI Studios, and is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of
Iyuno Media Group
Iyuno, Inc. is a major provider of subtitling, translation, and language dubbing services to the entertainment industry. The headquarters are located in the Westchester district of Los Angeles, California with other offices and facilities loc ...
.
Education
*1985-1988:
Nottingham College
Nottingham College is one of the largest further education and higher education colleges in the United Kingdom. Based in the city of Nottingham in England, it provides education and training from pre-entry through to university-degree level at i ...
* 1999-2000:
Wharton Business School
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in P ...
* 2001:
Ashridge Business School
Hult International Business School (also known as Hult Business School or Hult) is a private business school with campuses in Cambridge, London, San Francisco, Dubai, New York City, and Shanghai. Hult is named for the school's benefactor Berti ...
(part of
Hult International Business School
Hult International Business School (also known as Hult Business School or Hult) is a private business school with campuses in Cambridge, London, San Francisco, Dubai, New York City, and Shanghai. Hult is named for the school's benefactor Bertil ...
)
Career
Prior to serving as CEO of Iyuno Media Group, Gregory was CEO at BTI Studios. On 12 September 2019 BTI Studios and Iyuno Media Group announced the merge of the two companies, who became one under the Iyuno Media Group brand.
Gregory was CEO at Exterion Media providing leadership for their operations, setting the strategic direction and framework for their growth. He was also Managing Director o
Telefónica Digital€™s global advertising business, providing leadership to new, developing and established media businesses across the globe. Prior to this role Gregory worked with the UK Executive team to help transform O2 from a ‘pure play’ Telco into a leading connectivity service brand, widely acknowledged as the leader amongst its peer group in the UK. Gregory also underpinned the launch o
Priority Momentsin the UK, now rolled out into other countries across Telefónica.
Prior to this Gregory was Chief Executive of
Blyk
Blyk was an ad-supported mobile phone network that offered text messages and customer-to-customer calls, with a capped amount of usage being free of charge. It targeted young people and had offices in Finland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdo ...
. He worked alongside
Pekka Ala-Pietilä
Pekka Ala-Pietilä, January 13.1957, Asikkala, is CEO and co-founder of Blyk. He was also President of Nokia Corporation (1999–2005) and President of Nokia Mobile Phones (1992–1998). He holds an honorary Doctor in Technology from Tampere Univ ...
, the former president of
Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporatio ...
to launch the world's first advertiser funded mobile network. He was also responsible for the strategy and fundraising of the UK business. Before moving into mobile, he was Director of
New media
New media describes communication technologies that enable or enhance interaction between users as well as interaction between users and content. In the middle of the 1990s, the phrase "new media" became widely used as part of a sales pitch for ...
at
Telegraph Media Group
Telegraph Media Group Limited (TMG; previously the Telegraph Group) is the proprietor of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph''. It is a subsidiary of Press Holdings. David and Frederick Barclay acquired the group on 30 July 2004, af ...
where he is widely credited for spearheading the transformation of The Telegraph from a newspaper into a fully integrated 24/7 multimedia group. Telegraph Media Group won a range of Awards and is widely credited as a leader of change within the newspaper industry.
Additional affiliations and memberships
Alongside his full-time executive role at Telefónica, Gregory has participated in a number of early stage, start up and interesting businesses. He has been a Non-Executive Director on many Boards, including WEVE, Telefónica's WAYRA, Ocean Outdoor,
Bliss Media
Bliss Media is a Chinese film company specializing in international film financing, production and distribution. The company was founded in 2011 and now holds offices in both Shanghai and Los Angeles. It has been involved in the investment, prod ...
and Proxama.
He has also served on a number of Trade Bodies, including the Advertising Association and has help shape advertising policy in the UK.
References
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English chief executives
Living people
Hult International Business School alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)