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Mark Getty is the co-founder and chairman of Getty Images, Inc. In 1993, Mark and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Klein founded Getty Investments LLC, which today is the principal shareholder of Getty Images.

 

Since that time, Mark has successfully established Getty Images as the leading provider of imagery and related products and services. He has successfully negotiated the acquisition of several major image brands, including Kodak's Image Bank collection, Stone (formerly Tony Stone Images), Visual Communications Group and PhotoDisc.

 

Realising the highly fragmented nature of the visual content industry, Mark recognised the need for a well-ordered and well-funded organisation to enter the market and become the ultimate source for imaging needs. Getty Images has combined strong image collections and established customer relationships with proprietary Internet technology to provide the right images for the right people at the right time.

 

Prior to Getty Images, Mark worked with Kidder Peabody in New York and then joined Hambros Bank Limited in London in 1991. He serves on the board of directors of several companies and is the chairman of Getty Investments LLC.

 

Jonathan Klein co-founded Getty Images, Inc. in March 1995 and has served as its chief executive since the company's inception.

 

Mr Klein has led Getty Images' strategic direction, creating and extending the company's global leadership position across all aspects of the imagery industry into the digital age. The innovations he introduced, and his foresight into accessing the tremendous value of the Internet in its earliest days, transformed Getty Images into one of the most successful companies in the digital media arena and expanded opportunities for customers, photographers, film-makers and musicians. Getty Images is now a broadly based global digital media company with operations throughout the world. Jonathan has also overseen an ambitious and broad ranging consolidation strategy with the successful acquisition and integration of more than 70 collections and companies worldwide, including the industry-leading micropayment site iStockphoto. Under his direction, Getty Images has expanded value-added services for clients, including digital asset management, rights services and assignment photography.

 

At the core of Getty Images is a fundamental belief that imagery is a powerful force for change. This approach has achieved recognition from many sources, including the Business Excellence for Innovation award from the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS. In May 2006, Klein and fellow co-founder, Mark Getty, were honoured as the inaugural recipients of the International Center of Photography's (ICP) Trustee's Award. The award was for "Getty Images' commitment to the field of photography, through technology and philanthropy, their dedication to the ideas that encourage the power of photography to create change, and their support of the ICP". In May 2005, Jonathan received top honours on American Photo's list of the "100 Most Important People in Photography", he is a recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Washington and was named in the March 2006 Fast Company issue as one of "The Fast 50 -- The people who will change the way we work and live over the next ten years".

 

Before founding Getty Images, Jonathan led the media industry group for the London-based investment bank, Hambros Bank Limited. Jonathan currently serves on the Corporate Advisory Board of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, the Board of Directors of Friends of the Global Fight against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Board of Trustees of the Groton School. He is also on the boards of Directors of Getty Images, RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK), Squarespace, Daylife, Life.com and Getty Investments.

 

Lisa Calvert serves as senior vice president of human resources and facilities, overseeing all aspects of Getty Images' diverse global workforce. Her responsibilities include directing and leading global initiatives and programmes that align with the company's objectives, including staffing, employee and leadership development, employee relations, compensation and benefits.

 

Calvert has over twenty years of experience in the human resources field. She began her career at Howard Johnson & Company, a benefits and actuarial consulting firm. Prior to Getty Images, Calvert spent eleven years with the Harris Group Inc., a consulting firm in Seattle, and ultimately served as head of human resources there. She joined Getty Images in 2000 as vice president, human resources for North America, and later assumed responsibility for facilities in 2004. By 2006, Calvert was responsible for Getty Images' global human resources and facilities operations. Calvert was promoted to senior vice president, human resources and facilities in April 2008.

As Senior Vice President of Marketing at Getty Images, Yvonne Chien is responsible for the global marketing organization, overseeing Getty Images' brand portfolio, as well as marketing channels and functional disciplines.

 

Yvonne has held the role of vice president of marketing with Getty Images since 2010, overseeing customer segmentation, lead generation and digital marketing strategies. In 2011, she took additional responsibility for the overall brand strategy of Getty Images. Prior to joining Getty Images, Yvonne held senior marketing positions with various internet companies, including Google, Bebo (previously owned by AOL) and BrainJuicer.

 

Yvonne holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley.

As Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President, Tara Comonte is responsible for the overall leadership and strategic direction of all aspects of the global financial function for Getty Images.

 

Tara joined Getty Images in April 2013 from McCann Worldgroup, the world’s largest marketing communications business, where she also served as CFO. Previously Tara was one of the key founding leaders of IPG Mediabrands and served there as Global CFO and Chief Operating Officer; Global CFO of Universal McCann; and Regional CFO for Europe, the Middle East and Africa within the Publicis Groupe. 

 

Throughout her various roles and international experience, Tara has received many prestigious honors for her achievements. In 2012, she was selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader and received the Industry Innovator/Quantum Leap Award from Advertising Women of New York. She is a Crain’s New York Business “40 Under 40” honoree, an Advertising Age “Woman to Watch” and was the first CFO inducted into the American Advertising Federation Hall of Achievement.

 

A native of Scotland, Tara lives in Brooklyn, NY, and is based in Getty Images’ New York City office.