Markus Pedriks

Markus spent nearly  20 years with Baring Communications Equity investing in and sitting on the Boards of some of the largest mobile and cable tv operators in the CEE region, including what are today, Tele2 Baltics, Vodafone RO and CZ, together with one of Liberty Media’s Czech operations.

Before joining Barings he had over 12 years of operating experience, in telecommunications and media companies in developed and developing markets. He was the Chairman of Levicom N.V. [sold to Tele2], the largest private telecommunications and media company in the Baltic Republics. Levicom’s activities included cable television, fixed and mobile telephony, ISP, e-commerce and web consulting/services, TV Guides, printing and publishing and distribution.

Markus was General Manager of Aircall’s (UK) satellite and terrestrial data-broadcasting unit and was involved in sales and marketing for their paging and cellular businesses. He was also a member of the Group’s [Healthcall Group Plc] Executive Board and participated in its MBO and subsequent IPO. Healthcall Group was the UK’s largest Doctor’s deputising and locum operator.

• Working on the development of med-tech and medical services business including PharmaJet and Egeen.
• Real estate development in Europe, Americas (Canada, USA, Caribbean).
• Developing one of the largest free to use consumer advice / complaint platforms in the UK with over 5 million users, dealing with over 8.5 million issues, saving consumers in excess £2 billion and now moving into assisting the same people participating in litgation and group actions.