Mr. Simon Godden

Council Member Biography

Simon Godden is a Senior Consultant at Big Pictures International, a media consulting firm where he is working since January 2007. Additionally, Mr. Godden is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Ad Networks KK, a web-based vertical advertising networks company. He was Director of Teacher Tom.com Japan, an online education service and Director of Duke Marketing KK, a marketing and promotions company. Previously, he founded the advertising supported web television service Gotcha! Media KK in Tokyo. Prior to this, he was with MTV International for over 13 years, most recently at MTV Japan where he re-launched the ad sales operations in 2001. Before Japan, he was head of network ad sales in Singapore at MTV Asia from 1996 and head of Italian ad sales at MTV Europe from 1992. He has over 20 years experience in commercial television with a sales focus. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

2007 - Unspecified

Senior Consultant, Big Picture International, KK

2006 - 2008

CEO, Gotcha! Media KK

2004 - 2006

Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, M T V NETWORKS EUROPE

2004 - 2004

General Manager, Nickelodeon Japan

2002 - 2004

President, M T V NETWORKS EUROPE

2001 - 2004

Executive Vice President, MTV JAPAN INC.

1992 - 2000

Regional Head of Ad Sales, M T V NETWORKS EUROPE