London/New York – NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, announced that Sue Taylor has been promoted to NDS senior vice president and general manager Asia Pacific with responsibility for all operations across the region. She continues to be a member of the NDS executive committee. Taylor joined NDS in 1995 at its regional headquarters in Hong Kong, where she supported STAR TV as it launched its digital TV service using NDS conditional access systems. She continues to work closely with STAR and other NDS Asia Pacific customers to help them leverage their investment in technology to grow their pay-TV businesses. Caroline Le Bigot has taken on responsibility for NDS’ business in Latin America in addition to her senior role in EMEA. Le Bigot has been promoted to NDS senior vice president, EMEA and Latin America, and general manager, NDS France. She remains a member of the NDS executive committee. Prior to joining NDS, Le Bigot worked at Thomson, where she held the position of vice president of broadband access products for Europe and Asia, and earlier, was vice president of its worldwide cable and retail digital decoder business. Jesper Knutsson has assumed the position of vice president and general manager of sales, NDS Americas. He continues to be a member of the NDS executive committee. Knutsson will be responsible for the overall sales strategy for NDS in the USA and Canada. Prior to this appointment, Knutsson was NDS vice president, interactive TV, based in Denmark where the NDS interactive division is headquartered. In this role, he worked closely on the development of innovative interactive TV applications for QVC and interactive games such as the Golf LaunchPad/XTV Experience and branded content for major broadcasters such as Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. Knutsson will continue to oversee NDS Denmark.