Empire Online - Board of Directors
Richard Barry Rosenberg (age 50), Non-Executive Chairman
Richard qualified as chartered accountant in 1980 and in 1988 co-founded the accountancy practice Sedley Richard Laurence Voulters. He has considerable experience in giving professional advice to clients in the leisure and entertainment industries. Richard is a director of a large number of companies operating a variety of businesses.
Noam Lanir (age 40), Chief Executive Officer
Noam founded the Empire Online business in July 1998, establishing and developing its marketing techniques and information systems. He currently oversees the Group’s marketing strategy as well as the development of its proprietary systems. Noam’s experience in the online gaming sector has allowed him to develop a broad range of contacts and business relationships with online gaming providers and within the international online advertising market generally. Prior to his involvement in internet-based businesses, Noam was involved in several Israel-based companies, primarily in the leisure and entertainment industries.
Andrew Burns (age 44), Chief Financial Officer
After qualifying as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse London in 1989, Andrew spent seven years with the Rank Group, initially with Group Business Development and latterly as Finance and Commercial Director for Rank Video Services Europe. Andrew joined Luminar plc in 1997 as Finance Director and helped grow the Company into a FTSE250 organisation and market leader in the UK bar and entertainment sector. Andrew also served as an advisor and non executive director of Inflexion plc, an AIM listed private equity company for five years.
