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LOTARIS SA Investors
Lotaris SA is privately held by individuals, all of whom have global backgrounds and experience in successful technology startup companies. There are no venture capital
or private equity investors in Lotaris today. The shareholding is lead and controlled
by the company’s founder, Robert Tibbs (Swiss), Chairman and CEO of Lotaris.
The other shareholders are:
François Stieger (Swiss)
CEO of Intentional Software's international group. Prior to joining Intentional Software International, Mr. Stieger was senior vice president and general manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa for Verisign,. Mr. Stieger was also personally involved in BroadVision's very successful initial public offering on NASDAQ in June 1996, and its
public offering on the Neuer Markt in Frankfurt in November 1999.
On a larger scale from 1987-1992, as vice president Mr. Stieger established and managed operations of Oracle Corporation for southern and central Europe. Mr Stieger serves on the board of BroadVision Corp ( USA) and on the advisory board of the Computer Science & Communication Faculty at EPFL in Lausanne (Switzerland)
Fares Nassar (Lebanese)
is the founder and CEO of Lotier Group a business development consulting company in Latin America. In 1999, Lotier sold two of its subsidiaries, Lotier do Brasil and Lotier de México to Chello Broadband, Europe´s largest broadband ISP which is owned by United PanEuropean Communications (UPC).
Mr. Nassar, now the CEO of C-Data Networks Group Holding, has held many key
executive positions over the course of his career. He has worked as an engineering manager and has directed marketing, sales, and products at leading vendors such as
IBM and Ericsson, where he was responsible for broadband access products worldwide.
David Keast (South African)
co-founded Accelon Pty Ltd, a satellite-based broadband provider in West Africa, and
Africa Venture Partners (AVP), a private equity advisory company in the TMT sector.
Mr. Keast was a strategic business development manager for Multichoice & M-Cell (now MTN Group). He developed and executed investment opportunities in the mobile cellular and satellite sectors, including the acquisition of cellular service providers into MTN, pioneering MTN’s early African growth strategy.
Martin Velasco (Spanish)
is an entrepreneur and philanthropist with extensive experience in the electronic communications industry. In the last three years he also has developed significant activities in the medical and biotech areas. In the June, 2000 Business Week special
report “The Stars of Europe” Mr. Velasco was selected as one of the leaders at the forefront of change in Europe.
He also was dubbed the leading “Business Angel” by the Wall Street Journal European edition in June 1999.
Mr. Velasco serves on the board / advisory board of several high-tech start-ups as well as venture and investment funds.
He is also member of the Business Steering Committee of the GBDe.
Benoit Leleux (Belgian)
is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at IMD.
He also directs the CEO Seminars and the MBA Startup Projects.
Professor Leleux was previously Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD and Director of the 3i VentureLab and Associate Professor and Zubillaga Chair in Finance and Entrepreneurship at Babson College, Wellesley,
MA (USA) from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Leleux is a specialist in venture financing and management, combining expertise in entrepreneurship, venture capital, private equity
and growth management. His experience includes four years of corporate venturing in South East Asia for a major agribusiness conglomerate. He is active in a number of
private equity funds, as well as numerous startup companies in Europe and the US,
either as director, investor, and/or advisor.
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