London, San Francisco, Bangalore, Singapore (13 January 2010): InMobi, the world’s leading independent mobile ad network with operations in 37 countries around the world with over 7.5 billion ad requests monthly, announced plans today to provide local European support to publishers, mobile developers, and advertisers under the leadership of Rob Jonas, former Google and Yahoo! executive.

Since launching its Mobile Ad Network product in Europe in the summer of 2009, InMobi has experienced rapid growth and is now recieving 850 million mobile advertising requests monthly across all major European markets.  To capitalise on this phenomenal success, Rob joins InMobi as Managing Director Europe, bringing with him deep experience in high-growth technology businesses that includes both start-ups and public companies across Europe, the US and Asia.
On joining InMobi, Rob said “I was attracted to InMobi by the phenomenal talent and success of the existing team, combined with their desire to build a truly global business in the fastest growing digital sector of this new decade.  Many factors are finally converging in Europe, which will result in significant growth in the use of mobile technology, with advertising being both a driver and beneficiary of this growth.  I look forward to building the European team to the benefit of our publishers and advertisers in the region.”

Rob joins InMobi from Google where he was a Director of Strategic Partnerships for Europe, Middle East and Africa, with responsibility for identifying, closing, and managing some of Google’s largest commercial relationships in the region. Before Google, he was at Yahoo! Europe, having joined through the acquisition of Overture Europe in October 2003. He was also a founding member of idealab! Europe, where he worked with multiple idealab! portfolio companies expanding into Europe. Over the last 13 years, he has worked in roles encompassing sales, strategy, product and business development, M&A and general management.  At InMobi, Rob will be responsible for expanding the company’s business in Western and Eastern Europe.

Naveen Tewari, CEO  and Founder of InMobi, comments “By 2013, the global mobile adverrtising market is estimated to be worth $3.1bn (The Kelsey Group 6 Oct 2009) and since our launch in Europe only five months ago, InMobi’s growth has surpassed expectations with the UK now one of our top five countries. To sustain and capitalise on this growth, we recognise the need for local presence.  With his extensive experience, Rob is the right fit to further build the business in Europe and provide our advertisers and partners with the insights and support of a local team.  Equally important, our ability to attract and hire a seasoned executive like Rob Jonas is a testament to the strength of our business.  We are fortunate to have Rob on board and appreciate the early support provided by our European partners that enabled this exciting hire for InMobi.”

About InMobi
InMobi is the world’s leading independent mobile ad network with offices in London, San Francisco, Bangalore, Mumbai and Singapore.  Since its inception in 2007, InMobi has expanded to help advertisers, mobile developers and publishers in 37 countries around the world. With an ad-network reaching over 125 countries and over 7.5 billion ad requests a month, InMobi achieved early profitablity in the highly competitive, high growth mobile advertising sector. InMobi delivers superior results to its partners through its intelligent mobile web advertising solutions. The advanced technology enables advertisers to discover their target audience on mobile internet sites in a measurable manner. Publishers can leverage the capability to serve contextual ads to the users of their sites, thereby increasing the value of their mobile property. InMobi’s vast global network reach in collaboration with the precision of the mobile medium provides the optimal platform for advertisers and publishers of mobile internet sites.

InMobi’s mission is to provide the business model and technology that will help in the development of the mobile internet ecosystem as a whole. To learn more, visit http://www.inmobi.com

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InMobi, the largest mobile ad network in international markets, adds to its list of high-profile top quality management with the hiring of an ex-GroupM and a 15 year internet & mobile veteran as the Head of APAC.

BANGALORE, India, PALO ALTO, California, SINGAPORE (November, 23 2009): InMobi has roped in Emmanuel Allix, former GroupM hand, into their top-quality management team to spearhead Asia Pacific. In this position, Emmanuel will be responsible for the continuing growth of their revenue by deepening the relationships with advertisers and publishers. With an already well established business in the market, Emmanuel has been brought on board to leverage his extensive regional experience in growing the mobile marketing ecosystem. He will be based out of Singapore.

Emmanuel has been working on the internet and mobile space for over 15 years in Asia Pacific region. He also served on the board of MMA APAC in 2008 and is a regular speaker at events like AdTech, CommunicAsia and Media360. In his stint with GroupM, he oversaw the activities concerning Business Development, Sales and Strategic Planning. He joins InMobi from Pudding Media where he worked as the Managing Director for APAC.

On joining InMobi, Emmanuel says “InMobi is undoubtedly the largest mobile ad network here and having set up its base firmly, it is best placed to benefit from the growth of the mobile ecosystem. I am excited to be part of such a team and looking forward to build on existing expertise to steer the organization to a position of strength in Asia Pacific”.

“We have so far been extremely successful in Asia Pacific and have grown to be the largest mobile ad network in the region. Now that we have entered into a new stage of growth, we believe that we needed someone like Emmanuel who comes in with a lot of relevant experience and will evangelize the mobile medium. We welcome Emmanuel on board and look forward to working together with him” adds Naveen Tewari, Co-Founder and CEO of InMobi.

InMobi works with leading publishers to monetize their mobile sites and helps advertisers to reach mobile consumers across 33 countries around the globe. With more than 3000 partner publisher sites and over 150 advertisers, InMobi has the largest reach in international markets. The company has local offices in Singapore, California, Mumbai & Bangalore and works with some of the leading global brands such as Nokia, Reebok, Samsung, Yamaha.

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