Just-Eat

Managing director of Just-Eat.dk. Morten started his career at Den Blå Avis, in 1996. No more than 5 years later, Morten was promoted to online sales and became product manager at dba.dk. Morten has been working with both online sales and marketing since 1996 and he can therefore considered one of the Danish pioneers of the online world. Morten is currently responsible for the management and development of Just-Eat’s activities throughout Scandinavia.

Favourite take-away menu: Love pizza
Frequency of take-away ordering: Twice a month
Joined Just-Eat: September 2005
Why did I join: I could see this concept would be huge and would like to be a part of that succes
First e-commerce transaction: 1997 access to online marketplace
Mortens blog (in Danish): www.mortenlarsen.net

Laurens has a BA in commercial economics. After an internship in South Africa, he started a publishing company together with stock-exchange rated company Wegener NV. The concept, called HapGids, was finalist in the “Shell Young Business Award”. In 2003 he started BiteGuide Ltd and BiteGuide Gmbh which, together with Hapgids, became part of Just-Eat in 2007. Laurens has vast knowledge of the takeaway market in Europe and his specialty is combining sales-strategy with great ideas.

Favourite take-away menu: Roti, typical Surinam food
Frequency of take-away ordering: Every time we work late, almost every evening
Joined Just-Eat: June 2007
Why did I join: When Just-Eat contacted me (us) we were impressed by the professionalism and great technology behind the JCT-box.
First-e-commerce transaction: Bought a subscription of a magazine on the internet

James left school at 16 to work for his beloved Millwall FC where he was the first ever ‘Zampa The Lion’. At 17 he had his own page in the club programme, and by 18 he was building his first websites. Reporting directly into Theo Paphitis he built the first ever websites for Millwall, Ryman, La Senza and Contessa. In 2000 he joined Kitbag.com as a designer. In 2001 he co-founded one of the UK’s first ever digital agencies focused on RoI. Over the next 7 years he developed his all round online marketing skills in the digital agency world. In 2008 he left London and headed back to his native Ireland where Just-Eat eventually found him and gave him a new home.

Favourite take-away menu: Tandoori Mixed Grill
Frequency of take-away ordering: Twice a month
Why Did I join (Just-eat): The potential the business has both in Ireland and globally to become huge
First e-commerce transaction: 16mb Creative Labs MP3 player in 1998. It held an album’s worth of MP3’s.

David leads the Just-Eat.ca team in North America. He joins Just Eat as a leading Management Consultant with a focus on new business development in national and international markets.
Prior to joining Just Eat, David was a Senior Project Manager at one of the top four management and technology consulting firms in the world. David is a welcome addition to the growing Just Eat Family.
David holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Management Information Systems) from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Favourite Takeout Menu: Sushi
Frequency of Takeaway Ordering: Once per week
Joined Just Eat: July 2009
Why Did I join: Be part of a great success story and help replicate that success in the North American Market
First e-commerce transaction: Bruce Springsteen CD on EBAY
David’s Blog: pages.just-eat.ca

Mathieu started his career in 2004 at Telenet, a Belgian telecom company. In his first role he was responsible for coaching and supervising teams in the customer care department. Since 2007, Mathieu is an university certified quality manager. After 3 years of customer service he moved to the online marketing department of Telenet where he was product manager during 2 years for the gaming website 9lives.be and later in 2008 contributed to laying the foundations of a new media company T.Vgas. In his last role at Telenet, he was rewarded for his efforts with the Telenet Creativity Award. When in 2009 Just-Eat came on his radar, he didn’t doubt a second and took the opportunity to make Just-Eat the reference in online food ordering in Belgium. In 2010 his team won the “Golden Spikes Award” for fastest growing country. Mathieu is always looking for that extra mile where he and his team can and will make the difference.

Favourite take-away menu: King Pizza Chilli Mexican
Frequency of take-away ordering: Once a week! How do you think Belgium is growing that fast?
Why Did I join (Just-eat): I think starting up Just-Eat In Belgium is a once in a lifetime opportunity?!
First e-commerce transaction: Must be in 2003 that I bought an Ipod 40 GB 3rd generation on ebay

Favourite take-away menu: A real hot pepperoni pizza with jalapenos.
Frequency of take-away ordering: Once a week
Why Did I join (Just-eat): A fantastic opportunity to be a part of the Just-Eat concept and grow this in Norway.
First e-commerce transaction: 1998, lots of computer parts to build my own desktop PC. It died 2 months later.

Working closely with the executive team is the company’s Head of international implementation.
Giorgio has a BA in Communication Science from Italy’s prestigious IULM University and an MA in International Marketing Management in London. His passion for foreign cultures & business brings him to Just-Eat. He has worked on several projects within Just-Eat, more recently the launch of Just-Eat Sweden and the launch and management of Just-Eat Ireland (until Dec.’08). Furthermore Giorgio is a well known name in the dance music business where he has worked for about 10 years producing a few club hits and performing at international level.

Favourite take-away menu: Pizza (I’m Italian after all!)
Frequency of take-away ordering: once a week
Joined Just-Eat: August 2007
Why did I join: Great opportunity to help an amazingly forward-thinking organisation build an international success.
First e-commerce transaction: 2002 – some records!

Innes joined Just-Eat in September 2009 as Head of Development. Innes has worked in software engineering for over two decades as developer, architect and, most recently, as development manager. He started his career in telecommunications and, after a stint in research and academia, worked in a number of domains including digital libraries, internet search, capital markets, knowledge management, internet service provision and online buzz analysis. Innes has a BSc in Computer Science (Edinburgh) and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence (Cambridge).

Favourite take-away menu: I love King Prawn Pathia
Frequency of take-away ordering: Weekly
Joined Just-Eat: September 2009
Why did I join: A chance to work with an excellent team and to help grow this great business
First e-commerce transaction: 1996 – a DVD of a Spaghetti western movie, which I appeared in!

Rune has been involved in the online world since 1996, with a background in programming and designing websites. Over the last years his focus has shifted towards product development, analysis, and web technologies. Rune has been with Just-Eat almost since the very beginning, having occupied several positions within the growing organization. Much of his knowledge of the online marketplace comes through a deep passion for new technologies and how to utilize these in a commercial environment. Through his career he has worked extensively with website development and management, usability, SEM and customer service management. Rune holds a degree in Multimedia Design from Midtjysk IT-Akademi.

Favourite take-away menu: Pepperoni Pizza
Frequency of take-away ordering: Once a week
Joined Just-Eat: June 2002
Why did I join: A chance to help build a truly great idea into a great business
First e-commerce transaction: 1997 (a new desktop at the bargain price of just £1200)
Rune’s blog: www.kwigger.com