Bill Roedy Gives “Tent Talk” at Berlin School of Creative Leadership

Bill Roedy is the former Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks International, where he and his team built from scratch a global operation of 200 channels, 20 brands (including MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central) in 200 countries, reaching a potential audience of 2 billion people, launching the most channels in the history of TV.

Prior to joining MTVNI, Roedy was a Vice President for HBO for ten years, and was inducted as one of the "Pioneers" of the U.S. cable industry. Earlier he was a career officer in the United States Army where he qualified as Airborne and Army Ranger and was a decorated combat veteran in Vietnam. He also commanded nuclear missile bases in Italy as part of NATO during the Cold War.

In 1998 Mr Roedy was named Ambassador for UNAIDS and he has addressed the UN General Assembly on several occasions regarding the pandemic. He was a founding member and chair of the Global Business Coalition (GBC) on HIV/AIDS from 1999 to 2002, and currently serves as Chair of the Advisory Board.

In 2005, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed him founding chair of the Global Media AIDS Initiative Leadership Committee. Mary Robinson also appointed him as an Envoy for the Global Alliance for Vaccinations and Immunizations (GAVI) in 2010. He is active in a wide range of Global Health initiatives, including the boards of amfAR, Healthright and Fitzmi. His business roles include Zumba, Moshi Monsters, Ping4. His education roles include board membership with Westminster College, and the American School in London (ASL), and advisory roles with Baruch College and the Berlin School of Creative Leadership.

He has received the International Emmy Founder's Award, amfAR's Award of Courage, Individual Business Leadership Award presented by US President Bill Clinton, Doctors of the World Leadership Award and the UN Correspondents Association Global Citizen of the Year Award presented by UN Secretary General Ban--Ki-Moon in 2009.

He has given numerous commencement addresses with honorary doctorate degrees. Roedy holds degrees of Bachelor of Science from West Point and an MBA from Harvard. He is also the author of 'What Makes Business Rock', one of CNBC's Best Books of Summer 2011. He is currently working on a second book.