Who are we?

Aferian plc is a B2B video streaming services company. Our end-to-end solutions bring live and on-demand video to every kind of screen.

We create the forward-thinking solutions that our customers need to drive subscriber engagement, audience satisfaction and revenue growth.

Every day, over 100 million people worldwide stream the video they love using an Aferian Group interface via our growing global customer base of over 500 service providers. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company has 300 staff located in offices in San Francisco, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Madrid, Porto, Copenhagen, Brno, Buenos Aires and Hong Kong.

OUR VISION

To define iconic video streaming experiences with the most versatile technologies for what’s next in media delivery … sustainably.

Our Values

We trust each other

We have the courage to pursue and share new ideas with colleagues. We experience teamwork through personal accountability and a shared vision of success.

We are driven by innovative thinking

With a continuous improvement mindset, we develop impactful solutions because we understand how to create value and take calculated risks.

We are invested in the success of our customers and partners

Based on establishing strong relationships, we address their unique needs to help ensure growth and market leadership.

We value personal fulfilment

By building a diverse and inclusive community, we create an environment that celebrates individuality, purpose and creativity.

We strive to be financially and environmentally responsible

In everything we do, we focus on delivering value, while reducing our impact on the planet.

GROUP OPERATING COMPANIES

Aferian plc has two operating companies: 24i and Amino.

 

These complementary companies combine their products and services to create an industry-leading, end-to-end streaming solution that ensures every consumer can watch the video they want, how, when and where they want it.

24i offers a robust, modular, end-to-end technology platform that enables our customers to stream video to any type of screen.
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Amino's streaming devices and SaaS device management platform is a seamless route into the world of streaming for Pay TV operators & enterprises.
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DIRECTORS INFORMATION

Mark Wells

Non-Executive Chairman

Mark is a non-executive director with a strong track record in technology and transformation. In addition to joining the Aferian board as non-executive chair in January 2022, Mark also chairs Oxford Technical Solutions (satellite-based inertial navigation systems), and Cappfinity (Talent Solutions). Previously he was non-executive chair of Senseye (AI-powered Predictive Maintenance solutions for industry) and Romax Technology (drivetrain simulation software), and spent more than 10 years as a Non-Executive director of Kofax plc where he helped to transform the business from a reseller of scanners to a global software company which was then sold to Lexmark for over $1Bn. Mark has also served as CEO of Image Metrics plc, COO of Brainpower NV (now Bloomberg) and Managing Director (UK) for Dun & Bradstreet Software. He has a degree in Electronics and an MBA. ...read more

Donald McGarva

Group Chief Executive Officer

Donald joined Aferian as a non-executive director in April 2010, becoming Chief Operating Officer in September of the same year and subsequently Chief Executive Officer in December 2011. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, for DHL, the global market leader in the logistics industry. Donald is an internationally-minded executive who has spent the majority of his career in Asia and the US, holding a variety of senior management positions in high growth technology, outsourcing and services companies including Fujitsu, BG Group and Celestica. Donald is an engineering graduate from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and commenced his career in the UK with ICL. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Chain (MCIPS). ...read more

Mark Carlisle

Group Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer

Mark joined Aferian in August 2016 and has significant experience in the leadership of public company finance teams. Prior to joining the Group, Mark was Chief Financial Officer at Kape Plc (née Crossrider Plc) where he formed a key part of the team which successfully raised $75 million as part of its IPO on AIM in September 2014. Prior to this, Mark served as Chief Financial Officer of FFastFill plc, a provider of technology solutions to the financial derivatives trading industry. In addition, Mark has ten years of audit experience, gained within the Technology Media and Telecommunications practice of Deloitte, where he served from 2000 to 2010.

Steve Oetegenn

Group President of the Americas

Steve is a seasoned media technology executive who has launched numerous innovative solutions to the global marketplace. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Aferian from January 2021 to August 2022 when he moved to an Executive role and was appointed Aferian's President of the Americas. Prior to joining Aferian, Steve was President of Verimatrix, a leading provider of revenue security solutions to the Pay TV and on-line video industry worldwide. His past posts include COO of MediaSec Technologies LLC, a pioneer and leader in the field of digital watermarking, and COO of Argus Systems Group, a provider of Internet server security software. Steve received a Lifetime Achievement award at the 2020 VideoTech Innovation Awards. ...read more

Bruce Powell MBE

Non-Executive Director

Bruce joined the Aferian board in August 2022 and chairs the Audit Committee. A qualified FCA, Bruce has accumulated extensive board-level experience over the past 30+ years. He is currently Chairman of Threadless Closures Ltd, a packaging company focused on the international beverage market, and Crateight Ltd which develops reusable packaging solutions for the movement and storage of high value artworks. He has previously been Chairman of Dataform Print Management Ltd and held non-executive directorships with Princeton Consulting Ltd, ApaTech Ltd and Kofax plc, where he served on the board for 18 years. He also held the post of CFO for both DiscoverIE Group plc (IT components), and semiconductor and software design company Imagination Technologies plc. Bruce has a strong interest in education. He is Chairman of Holyport College and has previously been Chairman of two Charitable Trusts in the sector. He was awarded an MBE for services to education in January 2021. ...read more

Max Royde

Non-Executive Director

Max is a managing partner and co-founder of Kestrel Partners, an investment management company specialising in business-critical software companies. He joined the Aferian Plc Board on 4 April 2023. Max also holds board positions at companies including CentralNIC plc (domain name registry and related services), IQGeo plc (Geospatial productivity & collaboration software for the telecoms industry) and Trailight Ltd (cloud-based compliance technology) and has previously been a board member of various public companies including Gresham Technologies plc. He has been advising and investing in quoted and unquoted UK smaller companies since 1998 and prior to founding Kestrel Partners was a managing director of KBC Peel Hunt.

Allen Broome

Non-Executive Director

Allen joined the Aferian board in August 2023. Allen is a technical leader with a proven track record of delivering innovative, reliable, scalable products and services. He is currently Chief Executive Officer at MediaKind, a leading provider of global media technology, having led its research and development organisation for two years as Chief Technology Officer. Allen has been at the forefront of pivotal technology change in the media industry for over 25 years, pioneering major transformations including VoIP, IP Video, Streaming Media and Cloud. Since joining MediaKind in October 2019, Allen has helped advance the company’s teams in the industrialisation of broadcast-quality internet streaming and reshaped its portfolio to enable full-service solutions. Under his technology leadership, MediaKind’s 11-time Emmy-winning Engineering team has successfully broken down the barriers of live video delivery. ...read more