TONY Hollingsworth

Tony Hollingsworth the founder of Listen is also the CEO of Tribute Third Millennium Limited.

(see www.tribute3ml.com) In the last eighteen years he has produced nine of the world’s largest international entertainment television events. Many of these were record-breaking (the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute in 1988 was and is the world’s largest ratings entertainment broadcast ever), some were historic (such as The Wall – Live in Berlin) and all were unique (for instance, The Great Music Experience – Japan).  Three of these were in response to communication briefs provided by governments and consumer brands, three were for causes (two at Tony’s initiative) and three were commercial initiatives taken by Tony.  Each was structured as a communication or marketing campaign.

All of these projects were produced under the banner ‘Tribute,’ Tony’s executive producing vehicle. Each was a completely new business with revenues of about $20m (at present-day values). All produced creatively successful broadcasts and sell-through products, and all achieved their communication and marketing objectives. Alongside this commercial success, the cause-related events generated $20m for charities.    

John Hoyland

John Hoyland is a journalist, author and campaign organiser who currently works for New Scientist magazine. As a writer and editor, his works include a children’s novel (The Ivy Garland), an anthology of essays about men’s relationship with their fathers (Fathers and Sons) and two stage plays performed by Foco Novo theatre company in theatres and miners welfare clubs (The Nine Days and Saltley Gates and Tighten Your Belt).

As a freelance journalist he has written for The Guardian, The Independent, Time Out and New Statesman and has worked as a television researcher and as a news writer for Independent Radio News. He has also contributed to various music magazines and has written pamphlets and booklets on issues such as the environment and the organisation of community festivals.

From 1982 to 1986 he was editor of Jobs for a Change, a monthly newspaper about the London economy published by the Greater London Council. He has also been editor of Youth against the Bomb, the newspaper of the Youth Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

Scott Lanphere

Scott Lanphere is managing partner of Aletheia Partners, a London-based private equity organisation which initiates investments in European leveraged transactions typically ranging between €100 million and €1 billion in enterprise value. He has spent eighteen years in the private equity sector and has a track record in Europe covering more than sixteen transactions with an equity investment volume of more than €1 billion and a gross annual IRR of more than 58 per cent. These investments included the use of public market financing with seven SEC-registered high-yield transactions and two SEC-registered junior debt transactions.

Scott Lanphere began his career with Advent International in Boston, before coming to Europe in 1991 and becoming a partner in the European buyout group. He moved to Morgan Grenfell Private Equity in late 1988 as a partner. He has served as a member of the boards of Kabelmedia (Germany), @Entertainment (UK), HMV Group (UK) and Go Outdoor Systems Holdings (France) to name but a few. He is currently on the board of Escaline S.a.r.l., the ultimate holding company of ewt Holdings GmbH.

Steven Saltzman

Steven Saltzman is the son of Harry Saltzman (who produced the first nine James Bond films in partnership with Cubby Broccoli). He has founded a number of radio companies and currently acts as a consultant to various media groups including Crown Communications PLC (UK), Hachette/Europe Communications (France), Music In Europe SA, SBS (Scandinavia), Mega Radio (Germany) (which he co-founded), Finelco (Italy and Monaco), Marcor (Monaco), Morris Communications (US), Aletheia Partners (UK) and Media Metrie (France).

MiKE Richards

Mike Richards is co-founder and director of various companies focusing on environmental issues, most notably a) C-Fix BV, a joint venture with Shell to manufacture an environmentally-friendly alternative to cement that produces a major reduction in CO2 emissions; b) Landcom Holdings Plc, a company specialising in acquiring and remediating contaminated land; and c) Carbon Capital Ltd, a UK company specialising in raising funds for reforestation and other activities in the developing world aimed at combating climate change and environmental degredation.

Between 1990 and 2002 he was primarily a management consultant, working with Booz.Allen and Hamilton and Shell, specialising in developing and implementing business strategies, and he still does some work in these areas. He has worked mainly with the oil industry, in developing countries across Africa and Asia, and has been involved in the establishment of a number of businesses across Africa, such as fish farms, telecoms businesses, forestation, irrigation, biofuels, equipment supply etc.

He is a member of the Development Boards of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and of Youth Music, a charity promoting participation in musical activity for children.