Ulrich Schmidt, Chairman & CEO

Ulrich Schmidt, born in 1963, set up ad pepper media in February 1999 together with four other founding partners. Since then, he has headed the operational management of this dynamic company, which has quickly established itself as one of the leading international independent online marketers.

Ulrich Schmidt was able to draw on his broad-based experience in setting up and managing start-up companies, which he had previously acquired as CEO of Euroserve Media GmbH, a subsidiary of the Nuremberg media company Verlag Hans Müller. He was involved in a core capacity in the set-up and market launch of the Frankfurt ad serving supplier ADTECH AG, one of the pioneers in technologies for online campaign delivery.

From 1994 to 1998, Ulrich Schmidt was in charge of the restructuring and repositioning of the TESSLOFF VERLAG in Nuremberg, an international publisher of children’s books.Prior to this he held various management posts as head of sales and marketing at Hans Müller, the publisher of the Nuremberg telephone directory.
Ulrich Schmidt graduated in business studies at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen and Nuremberg.

  Jens Körner, Chief Financial Officer

Jens Körner has been a member of the board of ad pepper media International N.V. since 1 November 2006. After graduating from the University of Passau in business studies, specialising in accounting and fiscal law, he worked for various national and international companies in corporate finance and investment banking from 1998 onwards. His last appointment was as director at the Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. investment bank in Frankfurt, where he was responsible in particular for innovative technology companies.

Jens Körner is the board member responsible for the entire financial division of the ad pepper media Group.

  Michael Alexander Carton, Member of the Board

Michael Alexander Carton, born in 1971, studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, England.

Mr Carton has 12 years of professional experience in direct marketing and business/product development. He worked for companies such as Count Zero (promotion and direct marketing agency) in Caracas, Venezuela, where he was one of the founding partners, after which he took over an executive position at COO Fountains (online beverage retailer and home delivery supplier) in Miami, Florida, USA. Since joining ad pepper media as founding partner in 1999, Mr Carton has served as Managing Director, Director Western Europe and Head of Product Development and since 2004 has also headed the subsidiaries in the UK, France, Spain and Italy as Executive Director Product and Corporate Development.

Mr Carton has been the board member responsible for product and technology development for ad pepper media since May 2005.