Greg Anderton
Chairman

Greg has over two decades' experience as a media services professional having held senior executive and board positions with leading national and international media firms.

A media intelligence specialist, during his executive career Greg has made a number of significant contributions to the industry. He introduced the use of digital media systems and the concept of wide-scale high quality outsourcing. He has also worked on a number of high profile media copyright agreements and negotiations.

Before co-founding Fortbridge Media, Greg was CEO of the industry's most progressive media monitoring company Rehame prior to its takeover by Media Monitors. He concurrently holds directorships on several other boards, and owns and operates several other businesses.

William Kemmery
Non-Executive Director

Bill is a business intelligence and corporate communications professional with a broad range of industry experience in domestic and international markets.

He is Managing Director of Fortbridge Consulting, a public relations and investor relations consultancy representing publicly listed companies in a number of markets world-wide. Bill has previously worked with major infrastructure and insurance sector clients, including on the privatisation of Sydney Airport as well as market entry programs in Latin America, Asia and Europe.

In media intelligence related projects, he has worked on a range of new product initiatives including pilot programs for customizing news monitors with Thomson, Reuters and Dow Jones (Factiva), and has also consulted to media monitoring businesses in Australia.

Phil Reakes
Director

Phil Reakes has over 15 years experience advising clients on the most effective use of news, monitoring and analysis products in the UK and across Europe. 

Phil is a founder director and principal of Fortbridge Media in the UK.  He has worked with numerous investment banks and global clients to deliver bespoke content solutions based on their individual requirements.

Prior to joining Fortbridge Media, Phil held senior positions at, Dow Jones/Factiva and Precise Media.  Here, he developed specific expertise in customising media monitors across print, broadcast, internet and social media to services briefs specific to the needs of global and regional businesses, including major banks, insurers and financial institutions.  Clients also included global businesses with domestic, regional and international exposures.

Peter de Groot
Consultant

Peter de Groot provides consulting services on media reporting and analysis, drawing on more than 30 years experience in this dynamic industry.

He worked with Australia’s first broadcast monitoring company, Australian Reference Services for eight years and joined Rehame Australia Media Monitoring Services shortly after the company started its broadcast news monitoring service in 1985.

Peter has an extensive background in all areas of the news monitoring and analysis industry. As head of the analysis division of Rehame, Peter designed and refined analysis products and services and worked on crisis management.  Peter also analysed federal and state elections for an extensive range of clients, and evaluated sport and event sponsorship.

Peter has provided monitoring and analysis services to Australian and international clients including Shell, BP, Mobil/Exxon, Philip Morris, Microsoft, Virgin, Qantas RTZ, BHP Billiton and advised customers on their monitoring and analysis needs.

Peter has co-ordinated and sourced monitoring services from other suppliers in Australia and from  international suppliers in United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Pacific including companies such as EINnews, Cision, Burrelles Luce, WPS, Durrants, Precise, News Power, MediaBanc, Media EYE, Media Watch and Monitoring SA.

Peter has provided independent consultancy to monitoring and analysis services and brings an enthusiasm for the zeitgeist and unrestrained inquisitiveness into news, current affairs and new media.

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