Our Speakers
Indielab is delivered by the industry for the industry.
Speakers from indies, broadcasters, platforms, distributors, agents, advisers and investors come together to support the sector’s up-and-coming indie leaders, delivering high-level masterclasses and training in the critical areas you need to fast-track your business.
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Some of our speakers and mentors from across our programmes:
David Abraham
CEO,
Wonderhood Studios
Steve Ackerman
Chief Content Officer and Vice Chairman, Somethin' Else
Shane Allen
Controller, Comedy Commission, BBC Television
Sam Barcroft
CEO,
Barcroft Media
Tom Brisley
Co-founder and Creative Director, Arrow Media
Ruth Caleb
Producer
Emma-Rosa Dias
Managing Director,
Afro-Mic Productions
Alexandra Fraser
Chief Creative,
Wonder Television
Sally Woodward Gentle
Founder,
Sid Gentle Films
Andy Harries
Chief Executive Officer,
Left Bank Pictures
Tamara Howe
former MD,
VICE UK
Jimmy Humphrey
Head of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Beyond Rights
Alex Jones
Joint Managing Director, Red Planet Pictures
Damian Keogh
Managing Director,
Lookout Point
Elizabeth Kilgarriff
Founder,
Firebird Pictures
Nicole Kleeman
MD,
Firecrest Films
Iris Maor
Consultant,
Duck Media
Jonathan Meenagh
former Creative Director,
Objective Media Group
Anil Mistry
Director of Gaming and E-Commerce, Endemol Shine Group
Matt Robins
Creative Director,
October Films
Heather Jones
GM UK and Senior VP Content and Creative A+E Networks UK
Lindsay Bradbury
Commissioning Editor Daytime and Early Peak BBC
Rob Carey
Joint CEO Curve Media
Matt Garside
Director of Independent Production BBC Worldwide
Sam Shetabi
Content Director for UK and Ireland, Acast
Jonathan Stadlen
MD,
Knickerbockerglory
Selma Turajilic
Co-founder / COO,
Little Dot Studios
Simon Wood
Senior Business Development Manager, Europe, Getty Images
Iain Pelling
Managing Director Arrow International Media
Debbie Manners
Consultant Ingenious Media
Nick Emmerson
CEO KOSKA
Jeff Norton
Founder Awesome Media Entertainment
Magnus Temple
Chief Executive The Garden Productions
Anthony Pins
Partner Nyman Libson Paul
Paul Sandler
COO Cat’s On The Roof Media
Ben Gale
Managing Director Little Gem
Ian Moffitt
Senior Agent ICM Partners
Norma Wisnevitz
Senior Portfolio Manager Growth Fund Channel 4
Patrick Young
MD Sugar Films
John McVay
CEO Pact
Katie Kelly
Lead Media Banker, Central London SME, Barclays
Jess Fowle
Creative Director and Founder True North
Tom Edwards
Commissioning Editor BBC
Sanjay Singhai
Chief Executive Voltage TV Productions
Collin Howes
Partner,
Harbottle and Lewis
Chris Stweart
VP of Sales Acquisitions
Banijay Rights
Liz Warner
Founder, Betty
Alex Graham
CEO,
Two Cities Television Ltd
Simon Vyvyan
CEO ,The Television Affairs Consultancy
Emily Elisha
Head of Factual,
Banijay Rights
David Jenkinson
Editor in Chief & MD, C21Media
Sarah Lazarides
Partner, Harbottle & Lewis
Gary Reich
Founder,
Brown Eyed Boy
Sam Barcroft
CEO,
Barcroft Media
Lee Mason
Commissioning Editor (Drama), Channel 4
Satmohan Panesar
Commissioner ITV
Polly Leys
Founder,
Hillbilly Television
Rory Wheeler
Managing Director,
Popkorn TV
Tanja Meier Sieden
Head of Corporate and Portfolio Strategy, ZDF Enterprises
Steve November
Creative Director UK Television, Lionsgate
Kate Barekati
Partner,
Ecovis Wingraves Yeats
Laura Franses
Head of Growth Fund,
Channel 4
Jonathan Norman
Partner Stella EOC
Richard Parsons
Chief Operating Officer, International Production, Sony Pictures Television
Ulla Streib
Chief Operating Officer,
Talesmith
Lucy Willis
Commissioning Editor Factual,
Channel 5
Dimitri Doganis
Founder, RAW
Clare Thompson
Non-Exec Director,
K7 Media
Simon Chinn
Producer
Diederick Santer
Wayne Garvie
Chief Creative Officer,
Sony Pictures
Jane Featherstone
Chief Executive,
Sister Pictures
Katrien Roos
Associate,
Harbottle & Lewis
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
Marc Lorber
Senior VP, International Co-productions & Acquisitions, Lionsgate Television
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