Montes joins Telcogames other previous roles have included Vice President & CTO (EMEA) Mobile Content & Solutions for Motorola and MD Europe for Jamdat (acquired by Electronic Arts).

Montes spent six years at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe where he was involved in the launch and establishment of the Sony PlayStation platform in Europe, before establishing of Motorolas' mobile entertainment business unit. This was followed by establishing the European arm of Jamdat Mobile.

He was recently a non-executive director of Pocket Group, sold to WIN PLC on the 21st of January 2008.

Juan founded and operates the advisory company, Digital Content & Media Limited, where he provides strategic, operational and corporate advice to companies in the mobile entertainment sector and Venture Capital firms.

Montes replaces interim Chairman Hans Lindroth and his appointment is effective immediately.

"I am delighted to be joining Telcogames at this exciting time for them and the industry at large. 2008 already feels like a year of change in the mobile industry and Telcogames are uniquely positioned to take advantage of this. It is for these reasons that I am joining Telcogames and I hope that with my experience and knowledge I will provide advice and direction to take the business forward", Juan Montes said.

"2007 has been a challenging year for Telcogames and for many in the mobile games sector. We are delighted to have secured someone of Juan's calibre joining us as Chairman. This will assist us greatly in continuing to drive growth as a business and addressing some of the institutional issues that remain in the sector. We see 2008 as the year for consolidation in the mobile games sector and Juan has a rare combination of M&A experience coupled with console and mobile video games sector expertise. This will prove invaluable to Telcogames now and in the future. "said Jamie Conyngham, CEO, Telcogames.