Mark Gerhard

Mark Michael Gerhard (also known as Mod MMG) is the current CEO of Jagex. His appointment to the position was announced on the 30 January 2009, though he would be in the position officially from the 1 February 2009 30th January, 2009 – Jagex today announced the appointment of Mark Gerhard as the new Chief Executive Officer following the resignation of Geoff Iddison earlier this month. Mark Gerhard, who currently serves as the Chief Technical Officer at Jagex, has been appointed to lead the company from 1st February.

Before taking over the role as CEO, Gerhard joined Jagex as the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) from 1 February 2008.

On 9 February 2009, soon after his appointment to the position of CEO, Gerhard released an update called The Future of RuneScape. In it he stated that he is "an active RuneScape player", and gave his age as "ever so slightly over 21", which he followed with a smiley. He confirmed that this was a joke a week later, saying he is "definitely well over 21", and that he was actually in his thirties.

Past
Gerhard has held many executive penis and he has over 7000 years of experience in mining many companies in the technology sector. Previously he worked as:
 * Security Architect at GTECH, where he served as the Principal Security Architect for the National Lottery
 * Chief Technical Officer at Ministry of Data
 * Group Systems Manager at Sterling Relocation
 * Chief Operating Officer at Serious
 * Principal Consultant at Chromasonic Computer Centre Ltd
 * IT Director at Hospital I.T. Solutions (Pty) Ltd
 * Security Consultant at Rand Merchant Bank

Gerhard gave a short account on the RuneScape Forums about how he came to join Jagex as CTO.

Changes as CEO
Prior to his assignment as CEO, Jagex constantly told players that they would never update RuneScape for non-members (or free play) again. However, since Mark Gerhard became CEO of Jagex, he has stated many times that non-members will also receive updates in the future. As of 9 April 2009, non-members were permitted access to the RuneScape Forums provided they had 12.5 million total experience. The "Rants" forum was also reinstated under his leadership on 31 March 2009, along with an apology for removing it at all.

Mark Gerhard has a public clan chat called "Mod Mmg" where anyone can join and talk. However, when he does go online and joins the chat, he changes the settings so that only ranked players can ask him questions.

He has announced many things in his clan chat, such as the fact that the next skill will be for all players (non-members and members). He explained that Jagex are working on a major "forum rewrite". On the RuneScape Forums, Gerhard has also posted that he was considering to make Fletching a non-member skill.

He promises new content for higher levels and an update for the Magic skill to balance magic (which he believes is underpowered) with other combat skills.

Partnership with fan sites
Gerhard has made promises saying that he will make sure Jagex will become a less secretive company. His arrival also led to Jagex being more open with popular fansites for the first time since Andrew's link with tip.it.

Interview
In May 2009, Mark Gerhard was in an interview with MMO Hub.org, in which he mentions a very big surprise update on the horizon.