The names of our director nominees, their ages, and the years in which they began serving as directors and their positions, are set forth below. All the director nominees currently serve as directors. Each director serves for a one-year term.
James Colquhoun—age 42—Chief Executive Officer since December 2023 and Director since May 2020. He founded, and from 2008 until June 2023, has served as the Chief Executive Officer of, Food Matters, a digital media and production company. He also founded Food Matters TV Pty Ltd (FMTV), a health and wellness SVOD (subscription video on demand) company, and served as FMTV’s Chief Executive Officer until its acquisition by Gaia in June 2019. He also founded Food Matters Institute (FMI), an education and training company, and served as FMI’s Chief Executive Officer until its acquisition by Gaia in June 2023. During his tenure, the Food Matters group has grown to reach over 120 countries. He is the producer of the feature documentary films Food Matters, Hungry For Change and the Transcendence TV docu-series.
Mr. Colquhoun brings to the board significant experience with management, operations, production and marketing of content.
Kristin Frank—age 58—Director since October 2013. She has served as CEO and President of AdPredictive, a software company delivering the industry’s first outcomes-driven customer marketing intelligence platform, since September 2018. Before joining AdPredictive, Ms. Frank spent 23 years at Viacom Inc. where she served from 2015 to 2017 as Chief Operating Officer of MTV. From 2013 to 2015, Ms. Frank served as Executive Vice President of Viacom Music and Entertainment’s Connected Content Division. From 2009 to 2012, Ms. Frank served as General Manager for MTV and VH1 Digital. From 2005 to 2009, she served as Chief Operating Officer at LOGO TV. Ms. Frank currently serves on the boards of Brightcove, Inc., The Beachbody Company, Inc. and the privately-held company board of AdPredictive.
Ms. Frank brings to the board significant experience with management, operations, branding, social media and digital content development, optimization and delivery.
Keyur Patel—age 58—Director since May 2017. He has served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fuse+Media Pvt. Ltd. since 2008. Mr. Patel was a Co-Founder and a Chairman of Fabrik, LLC, led the turnarounds for Inktomi and Maxtor, and incubated, hatched, and ran a number of successful companies including Brience, Metrius, Webvibe, and Phoenix Software. He served as a General Partner of ComVentures. Mr. Patel has also served as the Managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer of KPMG Consulting Worldwide, Chief Executive Officer of KPMG Internet business, and Managing Partner and Managing Director of the Price Waterhouse Technology Consulting Practice.
In addition to Mr. Patel’s entrepreneurial experience, he brings to the board significant experience with investment management and investor relations, as well as significant senior financial leadership and expertise in corporate strategy and execution.
Jirka Rysavy—age 69—Founder and Executive Chairman. He has been Chairman since our inception and has served as our Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2009, and from 2016 until December 2023. Mr. Rysavy is the beneficial owner of approximately 26% of our outstanding shares. In 1986, Mr. Rysavy founded Corporate Express, Inc., which, under his leadership as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, grew to become a Fortune 500 company supplying office and computer products and services. Mr. Rysavy also founded and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Market, a health foods concept, which was sold in 1987 to become the concept and first Wild Oats Market, now Whole Foods Market (now Amazon).
Mr. Rysavy brings to the board significant senior leadership, strategic focus, business development, sales and marketing and international experience from his past business experience as CEO and founder of several successful businesses. He also brings a significant amount of experience to the board in driving growth through acquisitions, having completed over 330 acquisitions in his career.
Paul Sutherland—age 69—Director since June 2012. He has worked in the investment and financial advisory business since 1975. Until it was acquired by Mercer Advisors in December 2018, he was President of Financial & Investment Management Group, Ltd., a registered investment adviser that he founded in 1984 and managed investment portfolios on a discretionary basis for individuals, trusts, foundations and retirement plans. Mr. Sutherland is Chairman and a founding board member of the Utopia Foundation, Squaring the Education