Our People

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.
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Some of our speakers from across our programmes include:
Victoria Powell
Founder Indielab
Morgan Holt
Indielab Trainer
Linda Green
Indielab Trainer
Andrea Olsson
Indielab Trainer
Matthew Poxon
Indielab Event Coordinator
David Harrie
Indielab Consultant
Stepahne Oury
Indielab Advisor
Kenton Allen
CEO Big Talk Productions
Lindsay Bradbury
Commissioning Editor Daytime and Early Peak BBC
Rob Carey
Joint CEO Curve Media
Matt Garside
Director of Independent Production BBC Worldwide
Heather Jones
GM UK and Senior VP Content and Creative A+E Networks UK
Jonathon Kemp
Debbie Manners
Consultant Ingenious Media
Nick Emmerson
CEO KOSKA
Jeff Norton
Founder Awesome Media Entertainment
Iain Pelling
Managing Director Arrow International Media
Anthony Pins
Partner Nyman Libson Paul
Paul Sandler
COO Cat’s On The Roof Media
Ben Gale
Managing Director Little Gem
Magnus Temple
Chief Executive The Garden Productions
Norma Wisnevitz
Senior Portfolio Manager Growth Fund Channel 4
Patrick Young
MD Sugar Films
John McVay
CEO Pact
Ian Moffitt
Senior Agent ICM Partners
Jess Fowle
Creative Director and Founder True North
Tom Edwards
Commissioning Editor BBC
Sanjay Singhai
Chief Executive Voltage TV Productions
Katie Kelly
Lead Media Banker, Central London SME, Barclays
Chris Stweart
VP of Sales Acquisitions
Banijay Rights
Liz Warner
Founder, Betty
Alex Graham
CEO,
Two Cities Television Ltd
Collin Howes
Partner,
Harbottle and Lewis
Simon Vyvyan
CEO ,The Television Affairs Consultancy
David Jenkinson
Editor in Chief & MD, C21Media
Sarah Lazarides
Partner, Harbottle & Lewis
Emily Elisha
Head of Factual,
Banijay Rights
Sam Barcroft
Founder,
Barcroft Media
Lee Mason
Commissioning Editor (Drama), Channel 4
Satmohan Panesar
Commissioner ITV
Gary Reich
Founder,
Brown Eyed Boy
Rory Wheeler
Managing Director,
Popkorn TV
Tanja Meier Sieden
Head of Corporate and Portfolio Strategy, ZDF Enterprises
Steve November
Creative Director UK Television, Lionsgate
Polly Leys
Founder,
Hillbilly Television
Laura Franses
Head of Growth Fund,
Channel 4
Jonathan Norman
Partner Stella EOC
Richard Parsons
Chief Operating Officer, International Production, Sony Pictures Television
Kate Barekati
Partner,
Ecovis Wingraves Yeats
Lucy Willis
Commissioning Editor Factual,
Channel 5
Dimitri Doganis
Founder, RAW
Clare Thompson
Non-Exec Director,
K7 Media
Ulla Streib
Chief Operating Officer,
Talesmith
Simon Chinn
Producer
Wayne Garvie
Chief Creative Officer,
Sony Pictures
Jane Featherstone
Chief Executive,
Sister Pictures
Diederick Santer
CEO,
KUDOS
David Flynn
Founder,
Youngest Media
Hilary Strong
CEO,
The Anthology Group
Michael Haig
Senior Tax Manager,
Ecovis Wingraves Yeats
Karen Smith
MD,
Tuesday’s Child
Simon Huntley
Chief Operating Officer,
KEO
Jeremy Mills
Chairman,
Woodcut Media
Grace Wilson
Financial Director,
Leftbank Pictures
Shane Murphy
Managing Director,
Acorn Media Enterprise
Paul Cohen
Group Commercial Director,
Hat Trick
Malcom Gardner
Brayford Media Limited
Michael Lorber
Lionsgate
Rosemary Klein
Director The Television Affairs Consultancy
Stuart Mullin
MD,
Greenbird Media
Elise Woolfe
Sales Manager,
StudioCanal
Beatriz Campos
VP Sales,
StudioCanal
Katie Cundall
VP Factual Acquisitions,
DRG
Graham Smith
Finance Adviser Ingenious Corporate Finance
Ben Barrett
Joint Managing Director,
Drive
Hasham Khan
Associate Director ,
ACF
Rodd Beer
Strategic Relations Director UK Business Angels Association
David Swetman
Acquisitions Executive,
All3Media
Michael Brader
Partner,
Wiggin LLP
Andrew Eastel
Creative Director,
Middlechild Productions
Richard Johnston
Chief Executive Officer,
Endemol Shine UK
Jane Kelly
Co-Founder and CEO,
Big Mountain Productions
Camilla Lewis
Joint CEO,
Curve Media
David Notman Watt
Founder/Managing Director,
back2back productions
Mark Raeburn
Joint CFO / COO,
Renowned Films
Andrew Sheldon
Creative Director and Founder, True North
Helen Tonge
Managing Director, Executive Producer and Co-Founder, Title Role Productions
Nick Catliff
Managing Director,
Lion Television
Bill Hobbins
Commissioning Editor, Entertainment and Arts, Sky
Andrew O'Connell
VP Development and Production, Discover
Gergor Sharp
Commissioning Editor, Comedy, BBC
Chloe Tucker
Commissioning Executive, Drama,
Channel 4
Steven Brown
Group Director of Corporate Development, All3Media
Kat Hardy-King
Associate,
Harbottle & Lewis
Lucinda Hicks
Chief Operating Officer,
Endemol Shine UK
Alison Mcarthy
Founder and MD,
New Bohemians