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Martin Bowley

Managing Director EMEA

Martin Bowley is a creative and entrepreneurial Managing Director EMEA who has overseen PlayPhone's EMEA move to become an international player in the mobile entertainment business.

With a long and illustrious career in commercial television he is now bringing his considerable experience and high profile in the media industry to bear in the world of mobile entertainment.

Considerable sway and influence with the media industry and its major players means that he is well placed to help PlayPhone to become a highly regarded global player in terms of recruiting the best industry talent and delivering on new revenue opportunities in both the traditional and digital market place. He is currently the Chairman of the British Television Advertising Awards.

At Carlton Media, where he was Chief Executive, he worked on the merger of Carlton and Granada giving him invaluable experience of bringing together complimentary businesses to create a dominant force in the industry.

At Carlton he controlled television and sponsorship revenues of £800m and ran digital, online and interactive divisions helping develop their advertiser funded programme unit that is providing the template for future development in the area for both mobile and television.