Bio

She is chairman of H&C TV Limited. She is on the international advisory board of the National ICT Australia (NICTA) research and development organization. She was previously on the board of directors of ITV Plc. Prior to founding Hemisphere, Heather served as Senior Vice President, International Operations, of Yahoo! Inc., initially a Softbank portfolio company, and subsequently NASDAQ-listed, from 1998 to 2001. Earlier, she was the company’s Managing Director, European Operations, from 1996 to 1997. In the course of five years, Heather spearheaded the establishment of owned and operated companies for Yahoo! in more than 20 countries, managing what is widely regarded as the most successful international expansion of any Internet business during that time. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Heather was Director, European Online Services, for Ziff-Davis, a technology publishing company also in the Softbank portfolio, from 1994 to 1996, and Director of Business Development from 1992 to 1994.