Andrew Duncan

Andrew Duncan has been working in the consumer electronics, mobile, media content streaming and technology licensing business for over 25 years; living and working in various countries in Europe as well as the U.S. where he currently resides. He has gained extensive experience in all aspects of business development, marketing, IP licensing and digital content distribution. In 2000 he founded Global TechLink, a technology consultancy company, specializing in licensing, business development and management on a local and global basis, including OTT, Digital Streaming and Content, Mobile, LBS and Consumer Electronics. Mr. Duncan currently runs Global TechLink as well as MAGLA Entertainment, a successful Content Distribution company established in 2016 to deliver Movies and TV content to the major Chinese Media companies like China Mobile and Shanghai Media Group. He also serves on the board of GTX Corp, a public company and leader in wearable technology, where he also heads up business development and I.P. management worldwide.

From 2007 to 2010 he was the founder and CEO of ClearPlay International, based in London and Paris where he raised $4 Million and signed worldwide contracts with companies like LG and Samsung for consumer electronics products and other VOD deals for the Middle East market. From 1994 to 2001, Mr. Duncan worked as Vice President Consumer Electronics for Gemstar TV Guide International (now called Rovi). His responsibilities included product development, business management, licensing and marketing a portfolio of multimedia licensed features including the highly successful VCRPlus+ and Electronic Program Guide – TVGuidePlus+. Both technologies are highly successful standards within the home Entertainment industry that still bring in many hundreds of millions of dollars in annual licensing revenue. He worked directly for Mr. Henry Yuen (President and CEO of Gemstar) having been invited by him to join the company from Thomson Multimedia (now Technicolor). Mr. Duncan lived and worked for TMM from1987 to1994 in Germany, France and his native U.K. in various Pan –European marketing and global product development roles. He has a deep experience of business relations and markets in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Mr. Duncan earned his honors degree in Chemistry from Nottingham University and postgraduate qualifications in Marketing and Direct Marketing from London University (Kings College) and UCLA Anderson School of Business in Los Angeles. He has been awarded a number of patents; recently two in the area of wearable GPS and BLE based tracking devices embedded in footwear.