Naviblog's Mandali featured in prestigious IOD magazine

The world's oldest professional director's association, the Institute of Directors, magazine featured Naviblog Chairman Mandali Khalesi in its recent Autumn/Winter London branch issue. The article was referring to the new IOD member reception earlier this year which allowed Naviblog to mingle with other new members of the 100+ year organisation, from all walks of life, ethnic backgrounds and convictions.

"It was a surprise, to say the least", said Chairman Mandali Khalesi, "to see Naviblog featured in such a prestigious publication. The IoD really is about sharing experiences with fellow directors, regardless of whether it is a FTSE company or a startup, and trying to better yourself everyday as a director and as a corporate leader."

About the Institute of Directors (see website)

The IoD is a non party-political business organisation founded by Royal Charter in 1903, currently with around 55,000 members. The IoD has always championed the entrepreneur and seeks to provide an environment conducive to business success. For any company to prosper, directors will be continually engaged in making decisions involving innovation, risk and investment. Entrepreneurial activity needs to take place within a solid, strategic framework.

Over the last 5 years, membership has grown by over 11,000 members and includes directors from many sectors of the economy - from media to manufacturing, e-business to public sector. Members include CEOs of large corporations as well as entrepreneurial directors of start-up companies. They are represented in 92% of FTSE 100 companies, whilst 70% of our members are directors of small and mid-sized enterprises.

About Naviblog Corporation (see website)

Naviblog (Chairman: Mandali Khalesi) is a Tokyo/London-based mobile technology firm providing mobile services to the Japanese and UK business-to-business markets, especially in the tourism, food & drink, and tradeshow verticals, with its award-winning Naviblog mobile services platform.

Within 18 months of startup, the company had developed 6 industry-first mobile services including its location-based mobile search product "Naviblog 2.0", for which Naviblog received the Red Herring Top 100 award in 2006. Featured in dozens of publications, and receiving industry awards in both Japan and Europe in 2007 and 2008, Naviblog is tipped to become the first universal software for publishing mobile services worldwide, regardless of handset, geography or mobile phone carrier.