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The DTG Council

Chairman: David Docherty

Simon Mason Principal Technology Consultant

Alix Pryde Controller Distribution

Simon Jones Chief IPTV Architect

Kevin Burrows Chief Technology Officer

Paul Dunthorne Managing Director, Portland TV

Richard Lindsay-Davies Director-General Simon Gauntlett Technology Director Simon Fell Chairman, DTG Technical Council (ex-officio) Keith Wilkinson Commercial Director and Chief Operating Officer

David Scott Chief Executive

Emma Scott Managing Director

Ilse Howling Managing Director

John Edwards Director of Communications

Graham North Commercial Director

Paul Dale Chief Technology Officer

Stephen Gater Head of Marketing Home Entertainment

Andrew Denham Marketing Director

Richard Burrell Director of Engineering & New Media

Nick Gregory Business Development Director

Adrian Northover-Smith Head of Corporate Public Affairs

David Cutts Managing Director

Ian Mecklenburgh Director, Consumer Platforms and Devices

Richard Halton CEO

David Docherty - Chairman

David Docherty is Chairman of the Digital Television Group and Chief Executive of the Council For Industry and Higher Education.

In the media world, he was the BBC's first Director of New Media and Deputy Managing Director of TV. In the commercial world, he headed up cable company Telewest's drive into broadband content and services as MD Broadband.

He has been Chief Executive of two media companies providing television and interactive media. In the public sector, he was Chair of Governors of the University of Bedfordshire and was a member of various government advisory panels on new media and future technology. He is also on the management board of The Society of Authors.

He has written extensively on media and technology convergence as a regular columnist for the Guardian, but also for the Financial Times and other national newspapers. He is in regular demand as a speaker at the world's leading media conferences and has served on government committees on the future of technology.

David has senior board level experience as a member of the BBC's Board of Management, Telewest's seven-person Executive Board, YooMedia's board, and as Chairman and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire.

He is the author of six books, including three on the history and sociology of the media, three internationally published novels, and many academic articles across on subjects as diverse as theology, media and sociology.

Richard Lindsay-Davies - Director-General

Richard Lindsay-Davies is the chief executive officer of the Digital TV Group, with responsibility for the organisation's overall growth and development.

With over 20 years of television industry experience, Richard drives the DTG's unique collaborative culture bringing a spirit of insight, creativity and excellence to the Group's activities.

Richard joined the Group as Director of Public Affairs in 2004 working with government and stakeholders to establish the UK digital switchover body, Digital UK. He was appointed Director General in 2006, establishing a new vision and operation before transferring to Freesat as Commercial Development Director where he played an integral role in the successful launch of the platform.

Following the launch of Freesat, Richard returned to his role as DTG Director General in October 2008.

Before joining the Digital TV Group, Richard spent 15 years in the television industry with roles ranging from electronic design at Sony through to consumer marketing at Toshiba and strategic marketing at Pace.

The DTG is the industry association for digital TV in the UK and has worked for over a decade to ensure the industry drives ahead with market leading products and services with robust and creative innovations that work from broadcast to consumer. Richard draws on every bit of his unique experience, professional team, and skilled and talented industry players to deliver this.

Simon Gauntlett - Technology Director

In his role as Technology Director of the DTG, Simon is responsible for setting the organisation's strategic technical vision, supporting DTG Technical Council, Chairing DTG Testing's Advisory Board, directing the group's technical programme and managing the DTG's technology team.

Since joining the DTG in 2006, Simon has edited and published three updated versions of the D-Book - the technical specification for digital terrestrial television in the UK, and has established working groups for the HD D-Book and the current Connected TV specification. In early 2008 he supported the launch of the UK's free-to-air satellite platform, Freesat, with a test and conformance project, and in 2009 worked with the Group's membership to facilitate the introduction of HD on the DTT platform using the new DVB-T2 standard.

Prior to working for the DTG, Simon spent seven years at the BBC's Research and Development (R&D) department, where he specialised in compression technologies for High Definition video and the delivery of HDTV, working on the BBC's HD trial on the satellite, cable and terrestrial platforms.

Keith Wilkinson - Commercial Director and Chief Operating Officer

Keith Wilkinson is responsible for the administration and commercial direction of the organisation as well as operational management, financial control and human resources. He also acts as Company Secretary.

Keith joins the Group from the BBC where he spent over a decade in a variety of senior accountancy and management roles, culminating in the position of Project Director responsible for managing major change projects.

These included leading a multi-disciplinary unit set up to reduce TV and radio production costs and improve value, as well as conducting numerous production process and cost reviews.