High five, High five, High five… Torch bearer Tom Toumazis got into the spirit, greeting spectators as he carries the torch through Loanhead in Scotland.
Tom Toumazis born in London carried the Olympic flame through Loanhead, Scotland which is just south of Edinburgh last Friday June the 14th 2012. Tom whose parents Christo and Melia come from from Komi Kebir and Kalavaso respectively originally owned the well known Greek restaurant La Primevera in Golders Green.
Tom Toumazis is the Chief Executive of Mecom Group plc (“Mecom”) is a European content and consumer business. The Group owns over 300 printed titles and over 200 websites in its four divisions, with substantial operations in the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Poland, generating readership of 23 million per week and attracting 32 million unique website users per month.
Prior to this, he was the Chief Commercial Officer of Endemol Group. Having worked in the media industry since 1983, he was Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Disney-ABC-ESPN Television in charge of programme, new media and channel distribution and prior to that joined The Walt Disney Company in 2001 from Emap, where he held a number of positions, including Managing Director of Emap Advertising.
Whilst at Emap, he completed the General Manager Programme at Harvard Business School. He was also Managing Director of Eurosport UK
He is Chairman of the ChildLine Board, a Director of the Charity’s National Development Fundraising Board and an Honorary Member of the NSPCC Council.
