Mr. Bruce Haymes
Senior Vice President and Product Leader; Digital Media, The Nielsen Company


Mr. Haymes is currently Senior Vice President and Product Leader of Digital Media at The Nielsen Company. Recently, he was President of Coleytown Media Advisors, providing strategic, investment and M&A advice to developing telecom and media businesses, private equity firms and other corporations, including business plan development, fundraising, research and M&A due diligence.

Previously, Mr. Haymes was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy for PanAmSat Corporation (NYSE: PA), one of the world’s largest fixed satellite services providers. He led the company's New Ventures organization, an interdisciplinary group exclusively focused on growth through acquisition, investment and product development activities.

He has closed notable transactions and projects such as the acquisitions of EuropeStar, Ltd., Esatel (government services), Sonic Telecom (fiber optic video) and Hughes Global Services (government services), as well as investments in Pathfire, Inc. (broadcasting and advertising solutions) and Pegaso Banda Ancha (Mexican wireless broadband). Mr. Haymes also has closed capital-intensive satellite partnerships with JSAT, Japan’s leading provider of satellite services.

Mr. Haymes was a key member of the transaction team that helped sell PanAmSat in one of the largest LBOs to date. Following that, he was a key member of the team that sold and transitioned the business to Intelsat, Ltd. for $6.4 billion.

Prior to leading PanAmSat’s New Ventures organization, Mr. Haymes was Vice President and Associate General Counsel with responsibility for all corporate legal activities.

Mr. Haymes’ career began as a corporate finance and banking lawyer with several of New York City’s top law firms including, Chadbourne & Parke and Morrison & Foerster. Mr. Haymes received a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University, and a J.D., with honors, from the National Law Center at George Washington University. He is a member of the New York and New Jersey Bar Associations, the Ethnic Broadcasters Association and the Corporate Executive Board (Strategy Section).