Toronto, ON, Canada – Mood Media Corporation, an in - February 3, 2014, Toronto, ON, Canada – Mood Media Corporation, an in-store provider of retail media and digital signage, announced that it has appointed Gary Richard Shenk and David V. Richards as new independent directors.
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Mr. Shenk is the Chief Executive Officer of Corbis Corporation, a digital content and worldwide entertainment and licensing company founded and owned by Bill Gates. Before being appointed CEO, Mr. Shenk served as both President and Senior Vice President of Corbis, where he oversaw integrated market-facing functions including Sales, Marketing, Image Licensing, and Rights Services.
He joined Corbis in 2003 when he founded and led the company’s Rights Services unit, responsible for executing a series of acquisitions and business development strategies.
Prior to joining Corbis, Mr. Shenk founded FlixMix, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal Pictures that was one of the industry’s leading media licensing agencies. He successfully entered the media and entertainment industries by leveraging his significant knowledge, which he gained as a Project Leader in The Boston Consulting Group’s media and entertainment practice.
Mr. Shenk holds a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
Mr. Richards is the President and Managing Director of Network Capital Management, Inc. a private investment management company investing primarily in energy related companies and special situations that he founded in 1997. Before Network Capital, Mr. Richards served as a senior tax partner in the Calgary division of Arthur Anderson & Co. from 1993 to 1995. In this role, he advised clients on various complex accounting issues, including mergers, acquisitions and financial due diligence.
Prior to joining this firm, Mr. Richards was the Partner-in-Charge of PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ (PWC) Calgary taxation operations from 1990 to 1993 and was admitted to PWC’s partnership in 1986. As a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Mr. Richards has extensive accounting expertise, and a great understanding of mergers, acquisitions, purchase investigations, restructurings and financial engineering.
In the past, Mr. Richards has served as a director for various companies, including Boardwalk REIT, Alliance Atlantis Movie Distribution Income Fund, Valiant Energy Inc., Bear Ridge Resources Inc., and Canada Fluorspar Inc. He currently serves as a director of Madison PetroGas Ltd. and Wilmington Capital Management Inc. ■
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Mr. Shenk is the Chief Executive Officer of Corbis Corporation, a digital content and worldwide entertainment an