Ed Byrnes was appointed as the Distributor�s Executive Vice President, Finance, Systems and Information Technology, on March 5, 2007. Mr. Byrnes joined the Distributor from Warner Bros., where during a 30-year tenure with Warner Bros. he served in a number of senior positions in both the music and filmed entertainment groups, most recently serving as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Finance, Systems and IT, a position he had held since 2000. In 1980, Mr. Byrnes was instrumental in the creation of Warner Bros.� International Home Entertainment group, initially setting up the UK company, thereafter managing the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and, from 1985 through 2000, serving as International Executive Vice President and General Manager. |