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Hans was appointed a non-executive director of DDD in January 2006. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of Healthsmart Limited, The Integrated Health Consultancy Ltd. and Sensophone Limited. Hans was the founder and Chief Executive of Orange and served on the board of the main holding company and two of its subsidiaries. He articulated the vision of a ‘wirefree future’ which has driven the branding, strategy and operation of Orange. Under Hans’ leadership, Orange launched on 28 April 1994 and had a profound impact on the mobile market in both the UK and globally. In March 1996, Orange listed on the London and NASDAQ exchanges and, in June of that year, became the youngest company to enter the FTSE 100. After a series of acquisitions, Hans continued as Chief Executive of the enlarged Orange group, leading it to flotation in February 2001, at which point he became Special Adviser to the group, a role from which he stepped down at the end of 2001. From 2002 until July 2005, Hans was non-executive Chairman of Carphone Warehouse Group PLC. From May 2005 to February 2007, Hans was non-executive Chairman of MonsterMob Group PLC, an AIM listed company that specialises in the sale of mobile phone entertainment content and services with operations in 20 countries and connectivity to 38 mobile network carriers. | 