Indielab is brought together by a team of industry leaders and advisers from across the TV and media sector.
Indielab is delivered by the industry for the industry. Speakers from indies, broadcasters, platforms, distributors, financiers come together to deliver high-level masterclasses and training in the critical areas you need to fast track your business.
Some of our speakers from across our programmes include:
Our Team, Advisors, and Speakers from across our programmes
Victoria Powell, Founder Indielab
Dave Harries, Indielab Consultant
Matt Garside, Director of Independent Production BBC Worldwide
Jeff Norton, Founder Awesome Media Entertainment
Magnus Temple, Chief Executive The Garden Productions
Jess Fowle, True North
Liz Warner, Founder Betty
Sarah Lazarides, Partner Harbottle Lewis
Gary Reich, Founder Brown Eyed Boy
Laura Franses, Head of Growth Fund Channel 4
Dimitri Doganis, Founder RAW
Jane Featherstone, Sister pictures
Karen Smith, MD Tuesday’s Child
Paul Cohen, Group Commercial Director Hat Trick
Elise Wolfe, Sales Manager
Hasham Khan, Associate Director ACF
Richard Johnston, Chief Executive Officer, Endemol Shine UK
Andrew Sheldon, Creative Director and Founder, True North
Gregor Sharp, Commissioning Editor, Comedy, BBC
Alison McCarthy, Founder and MD, New Bohemians
Morgan Holt, Indielab Trainer
Stepahne Oury, Indielab Advisor
Heather Jones, GM UK and Senior VP Content and Creative A+E Networks UK
Iain Pelling, Managing Director Arrow International Media
Norma Wisnevitz, Senior Portfolio Manager Growth Fund Channel 4
Tom Edwards, Commissioning Editor BBC
Alex Graham, CEO Two Cities Television Ltd
Emily Elisha, Head of Factual Banijay Rights
Rory Wheeler, Managing Director Popkorn TV
Jonathan Norma, Partner Stella EOC
Clare Thompson, Non-Exec Director K7 Media
Diederick Santer, CEO Kudos
Simon Huntley, Chief Operating Officer KEO
Malcom Gardner, Brayford Media Limited
Beatriz Campos, VP Sales
Rod Beer, Strategic Relations Director UK Business Angels Association
Jane Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO, Big Mountain Productions
Helen Tonge, Managing Director, Executive Producer and Co-Founder, Title Role Productions
Chloe Tucker, Commissioning Executive, Drama, Channel 4
Ross McCarthy, CEO, Gobstopper Television
Linda Green, Founding Director, Leading Creative Talent
Kenton Allen, CEO Big Talk Productions
Jonathon Kemp
Anthony Pins, Partner Nyman Libson Paul
Patrick Younge, MD Sugar Films
Sanjay Singhal, Chief Executive Voltage TV Productions
Colin Howes, Partner Harbottle and Lewis
Sam Barcroft, Founder Barcroft Media
Tanja Meier Sieden, Head of Corporate and Portfolio Strategy
Richard Parsons, Chief Operating Officer, International Production, Sony Pictures Television
Ulla Streib, Chief Operating Officer, Talesmith
David Flynn, Founder Youngest Media
Jeremy Mills, Chairman Woodcut Media
Marc Lorber, International Content Productions Lionsgate
Katie Cundall, VP Factual Acquisitions
David Swetman, Acquisitions Executive
Camilla Lewis, Joint CEO, Curve Media
Nick Catliff, Managing Director, Lion Television
Steven Brown, Group Director of Corporate Development, All3Media
Caroline Murphy, Head of the Indie Growth Fund, Channel 4
And many more…
Andrea Olsson, Founder, Ypperlig
Lindsay Badbury, Commissioning Editor Daytime and Early Peak BBC
Debbie Manners Consultant Ingenious Media
Paul Sandler, COO Cat’s On The Roof Media
John McVay, CEO Pact
Katie Kelly, Lead Media Banker, Central London SME, Barclays
Simon Vyvyan, CEO The Television Affairs Consultancy
Lee Mason, Executive Channel 4
Steve November, Creative Director UK Television Lionsgate
Kate Barekati, Partner Ecovis Wingraves Yeats
Simon Chinn, Producer
Hilary Strong, The Anthology Group
Grace Willson, Financial Director Leftbank Pictures
Rosemary Klein, Director The Television Affairs Consultancy
Graham Smith, Finance Adviser Ingenious Corporate Finance
Michael Brader, Partner Wiggin LLP
David Notman-Watt, Founder/Managing Director, back2back productions
Bill Hobbins, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment and Arts, Sky
Kat Hardy-King, Associate, Harbottle & Lewis
Katrien Roos, Associate, Harbottle & Lewis
Matthew Poxon, Indielab Event Coordinator
Rob Carey, Joint CEO Curve Media
Nick Emmerson, CEO KOSKA
Ben Gale, Managing Director Little Gem
Ian Moffitt Senior Agent ICM Partners
Chris Stewart, VP of Sales Acquisitions Banijay Rights
David Jenkinson, Editor in Chief & MD C21Media
Satmohan Panesar, Commissioner ITV
Polly Leys, Founder Hillbilly Television
Lucy Willis, Commissioning Editor Factual Channel 5
Wayne Garvie, Chief Creative Officer Sony Pictures
Michael Haig, Senior Tax Manager Ecovis Wingraves Yeats
Shane Murphy, Managing Director Acorn Media Productions
Stuart Mullin, MD Greenbird Media
Ben Barrett, Joint Managing Director, Drive
Andrew Eastel, Creative Director, Middlechild Productions
Mark Raeburn, Joint CFO / COO, Renowned Films
Andrew O’Connell, VP Development and Production, Discovery
Lucinda Hicks, Chief Operating Officer, Endemol Shine UK