As an entrepreneur, investor and consultant to some of the world’s leading companies, Neeraj has an exemplary track record of global business leadership. Prior to founding his Zodius Private Equite fund, he was co-founder and Group CEO of WNS Global Services, a leading NYSE-listed business process outsourcing company, which, during his 10 year tenure, grew from a 1300 employee operation to a global company with over 22,000 employees and a $1 billion market capitalization.
Previously, Neeraj was co-founder and Managing Partner of eVentures India, a $150 million venture capital firm which made investments in successful Internet and business services companies. He began his career at McKinsey & Company, where he worked in New York, London and Mumbai, and, as a Partner, led practices and client relationships in the technology sector.
Neeraj holds a BA in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, India and an MBA from Stern School of Business, New York University. He is based in Mumbai.
Simon is a natural leader and a serial innovator. The driving force behind the creation of Ceros in 2007 within its parent agency FMG, he helped guide the platform’s direction and maintained its strict adherence to the importance of user experience. Simon spent 19 years at family owned FMG, completely reinventing the business and eventually becoming its CEO before successfully selling the agency to one of India's most respected Private Equity firms. The investment house went on to capitalise the business to the tune of $100m. Along with co-founder Paul Fifield, Simon spun out Ceros in early 2011 and is now focussed on building business into a globally admired technology company.
Peter loves working with talented entrepreneurs, as an angel investor and/or advisor in digital media and entertainment companies: 4Info, Adjust Your Set, BookingBug, Comedy.com, Digivate, Eyeclick, Fandango, Fizzback, InGrooves, JustGiving, Knitting Factory, LivePlanet, Metacafe, MindCandy, Mippin/Refresh Mobile, MoviePilot, MusicNation, MyHeritage, Preview Networks, Readmill, ReturnPath, Rightster, RjDj, RootMusic, Shopwiki, Slingshot, Songkick, Techlightenment, The Astrologer, uberVU, Umee, Weeworld, etc; and alongside top tier investors: Accel, AlleyCorp, Balderton, Benchmark, Betaworks, Greylock, Index, Passion, Seedcamp, SVAngel, TAG, UnionSquare, Venrock, Walden, etc
Peter was previously an advisor and/or director with Neven Vision (acquired by Google), Saynow (Google), Launch Music (Yahoo), LoveFilm (Amazon), Skype (eBay), Mobix Interactive (Seachange), Kindo (MyHeritage), Playahead (Modern Times Group), HSX (Cantor Fitzgerald), H2G2 (BBC), iFilm (MTV), and Meevee (eUniverse)
Peter is MD of Entertainment Insights Limited and was previously President of Nielsen Entertainment in Los Angeles
Peter is a Director of Bioss; a Governor at Beaconsfield High School; an Advisor to Oxfam, Sport England, and Palindrome; and a voting member of BAFTA. He was an Associate Producer on Rabbit Fever and an (uncredited) actor in Flyin' Ryan which both received some of the worst reviews in movie history
At the age of 24, in the dotcom boom of 2000, Paul opted out of the last year of his Computer Science degree (he's still yet to complete his final year!) and joined the startup team of a fashion and entertainment site. The site and business quickly morphed into an online video production company and went on to pioneer brand funded short-form entertainment in the UK. The agency grew to over $5m in annual revenues working for brands such as Sky, MSN, Yahoo and Wrigleys developing content across online, mobile and TV.
The agency merged with FMG in 2007 and Paul went on to become Commercial Director of the $15m combined business with joint responsibility for over 250 people. He then grew a $3m digital marketing agency within FMG in just 18 months - leveraging FMG's internal technology Ceros and winning clients across the US and UK including Sears, Staples, IBM and Thomas Cook. Along side FMG's CEO, Paul then successfully sold FMG to a PE firm that took his blueprint for growth and capitalised the business to the tune of $100m for aggressive global growth. As part of that transaction Paul successfully spun out Ceros, secured $1.5m in seed funding from the same investors and launched the business as an independent subscription based technology company in January 2011.
Paul has overall responsibility for responsible for sales, client services and strategic partnerships.
A forthright speaker and commentator on technology and its application in content marketing, Dominic is a founding member of the Ceros team. His guidance in positioning the Ceros platform is fundamental to its adoption across a vast range of brands and industries.