Mark Opzoomer was the

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from March 2007 till February 2009, having been non-executive director from 16 March 2005. Before joining Rambler, Mark served as the Regional Vice President & Managing Director, YAHOO! Europe from July 2001 to December 2003. Opzoomer graduated with an

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from IMD,

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. He qualified as a chartered accountant with

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in 1981.
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; the couple had three children, after which she left the financial sector, co-founding a start-up during the

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