On November 24, 2014, Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mugica and Mark Malloch-Brown announce the formation of a new venture, SGO, with Malloch-Brown, Nigel Knowles, and David Giampaolo joining Mugica and Smartmatic COO and co-founder Roger Piñate to the board.
Malloch-Brown, a former member of the British Labour Party and Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, highlighted the assets of Smartmatic and the reasons why he is joining the team.
Malloch-Brown was a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum.
SGO is an umbrella company for Smartmatic and startup tech ventures.
Source:
1. www.smartmatic.com/mark-malloch-brown-and-antonio-mugica-launch-sgo
1. Why would a small company like Smartmatic attract the attention of Mark Malloch-Brown?
2. Who are the other figures in SGO Smartmatic – Nigel Knowles and David Giampaolo – and what are their roles?
3. How could a Smartmatic alliance with Malloch-Brown expand the company’s business and its political influence in elections around the world?
4. Was Malloch-Brown appointed Chairman of SGO to leverage his connections from his previous position as Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations to spread Smartmatic electronic voting systems worldwide?
5. Does the Malloch-Brown connection with FTI have anything to do with Malloch-Brown’s subsequent involvement with Smartmatic? Is Frank Holder a common connection, and if so, what could this mean?
6. If a foreign power owned or controlled Smartmatic, how could Malloch-Brown help strengthen that foreign power’s international influence?
7. Malloch-Brown has long positioned himself as a leader of global change. Did he see Smartmatic as an instrument to manipulate democratic process to vote “for” the global change he envisions?
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