The Executive Committee has nominated two new members for 2012: David Pope and Tomos Wise. They will replace Crispin Murray, who completes his two-year term in December, and Ben Supper who becomes Vice Chair.
There has subsequently been an additional vacancy created by the resignation of Tegid Roberts, who is standing down due to increasing business commitments that are preventing him from devoting the time he would like to the committee. Bill Foster has nominated Nikolay Georgiev, who has accepted the invitation to fill that post.
The deadline for nominations has now passed and there having been no other candidates proposed by the membership these three members will be duly elected at the AGM on 13th December.
Candidate biographies
David Pope
David has an HND in electronics and control engineering from Cambridge College of Technology and a diploma in sound engineering from the Association of Professional Recording Services (APRS). Starting as product manager with Neve Electronics, where he brought the highly successful Neve V series to the market, he moved to Sony Cinema Products as a sound dubbing consultant and quickly rose to be General Manager of their European operation.
In 2001 David joined DTS Europe as Director of Business Development, and is well known for his work in supporting the Disability Working Group and establishing a subtitling and audio description service to UK cinemas. In January 2010 he joined XDC as Director of Operations for UK and Ireland, and has firmly established XDC as the leading digital cinema company for the independent exhibition sector.
David is a member of the AES, BKSTS, SMPTE and the Institute of Directors.
Tomos Wise
Tom first joined the AES while studying Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems at the University of York and was among the founding members of the York Student Section. He was an active sound engineer for live events on campus and went on to manage the students’ Union technical crew.
Since graduating, Tom has worked as a Research & Development Engineer for a number of prestigious companies including Meridian Audio, Snell & Wilcox and Oxford Digital, all of which are AES Sustaining Members. He has also enjoyed working on a number of freelance projects, notably the consultation and installation of a sound system for an independent cinema and various sound engineering and mastering projects.
Tom has a diverse background in music and is a hi-fi and headphone enthusiast. He has played trumpet, bass guitar and percussion for numerous groups, recording two studio albums and winning several national competitions.
Nikolay Georgiev
Nikolay was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. At 15 he made his first 4-track music recording and since then has been recording and mixing projects from classical, through jazz and folk, pop and rock, to progressive rock, electronic and experimental music.
Nikolay’s diverse educational profile started in 2000 with an undergraduate diploma course in general engineering at the Technical University of Sofia. A year later he moved to the University of Sofia to study Philosophy. In 2004 he won a full scholarship to the Universität des Saarlandes, Germany, where he studied German Language, Classical German Philosophy and Aesthetics, graduating with distinction.
In 2007 Nikolay moved permanently to the UK where he completed a 2-year course in Audio Engineering at the SAE Institute London. He now works as a freelance music producer and sound engineer, and holds a position at the SAE Institute London as technical support supervisor and lecturer.
