Rebecca Davies
Film Partnership Manager, Creative Skillset
Rebecca works at Creative Skillset as a Film Partnership Manager on the UK film skills strategy A Bigger Future 2. She manages the part of the Creative Skillset film skills fund that addresses Developing Creative Talent and Enhancing Business Skills (including distribution, exhibition and cross-media).
Conference Speaker List 2012
Andrew Timms
Marketing Director at Substance
Andrew Timms is Marketing Director at leading London-based digital marketing agency Substance. Andrew began his career in advertising and marketing at Universal Pictures in 2001, and in 2004 became...
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Andy Eardley
Director and Co-Founder, TV App Agency
Andy is co-founder of TV App Agency, which launched in 2011 to provide TV app development and app store submission, to enable brands, production houses, agencies and broadcasters to get onto connec...
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Andy Whittaker
Chairman, Dogwoof
Andy Whittaker is the founder of Dogwoof. Established in 2003, Dogwoof has grown to become the UK's leading Documentary film distributor through innovative online and interactive film campaigns...
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Arit Eminue
Founder and Managing Director, DiVA
Arit Eminue is the Founder and Managing Director of DiVA, an independent training provider for media professionals. DiVA’s core work incorporates creative apprenticeships, career coaching, an...
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Cameron Saunders
UK Managing Director, Twentieth Century Fox Film Company
Cameron Saunders joined 20th Century Fox in January 2009 from Channel 4, where as head of marketing for E4, Film4, More4 and 4Music he pioneered Channel 4’s highly innovative digital marketin...
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Col Needham
Founder of IMDb
Col Neeham co-founded IMDb.com in 1990. It has become the #1 movie website in the world for information on film, TV and actors, listing 2 million entertainment titles, attracting a combined web and...
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Daniel Heale
Director of Social Marketing, Doco London
Daniel Heale is responsible for Doco's social marketing proposition including social strategy, content and creative, campaign delivery and evaluation for a range of clients including NBC Univer...
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Denise Parkinson
Entertainment Partnerships Director
Over 20 years experience in all aspects of Marketing and Distribution in the UK and International film distribution industry. Starting her career in the marketing department of the legendary Palace...
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Helen Cowley
Head of Editorial & Digital Content, LOVEFiLM
Helen Cowley is responsible for coordinating editorial content across all European LOVEFiLM websites. Helen moved from UK Editor to Head of European Editorial at the beginning of 2010. Helen jo...
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Jacob Ahlin
Head of Film, BT Vision
Jacob Ahlin is responsible for growing BT’s television business by developing and marketing new film products and services, and managing studio and industry relationships. Jacob began his car...
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James Cashmore
Director of Media and Entertainment, Google UK Ltd
James Cashmore is responsible for developing communications and partner development strategies for Google’s advertising offerings to Film, Broadcast, Music, Gaming and Gambling companies. Jam...
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James Field
Social Media Manager at Substance
James Field is Social Media Manager at Substance, where he is responsible for the strategy and development of the agency's growing Social Media team. Joining the company in 2005 as the company&...
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James Hobbis
Co-Founder, Gruvi
James Hobbis is the co-founder of Gruvi the social movie marketing experts. Gruvi's apps have been used for over 30 different film titles with all of the major distributors generating close to ...
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James Kirkham
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Holler
James Kirkham is Managing Director of Holler, the digital strategy agency he formed in February 2001 with business partner Will Pyne. Holler’s clients include Channel 4, innocent Drinks, John...
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Jezz Vernon
Head of Distribution, Metrodome
Jezz Vernon is a film school graduate that worked in a variety of marketing disciplines before moving into film distribution. After leaving film school in 1998 he worked as a magazine editor on...
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Jeff Henry
CEO, FilmFlex Movies
Jeff Henry began his career with accountants Touche Ross before joining the BBC. He then spent six years as a Director and General Manager of Scottish Television Enterprises, dealing primarily with...
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Jon Mason
Director/Owner, Jollywise Media
Jon Mason brings over 13 years of experience in the Digital marketing and content space. Beginning his career as a content producer for a student Start-up, and then a 5-year stint as Creative...
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Jon Watts
Director and Co-Founder, MTM London
Jon Watts is a Director and Co-Founder of MTM London, a specialist provider of market research and analysis, strategic advice and practical support to companies in and around the media, technology ...
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Jo Underhill
Head of European Media Sales, LOVEFiLM
Jo Underhill has over 12 years experience in internet business specializing in online advertising and marketing solutions. Since joining LOVEFILM in Oct '08, Jo has developed a team of people p...
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Mark Batey
Chief Executive, Film Distributors’ Association Ltd
From Cambridge University, via a work placement at Thorn EMI Cinemas, Mark Batey joined Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising in London as an account handler. After five years he moved to marketing con...
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Matthew Cain
Director of Intelligence, Trufflenet
Matthew Cain is responsible for developing Trufflenet to meet the needs of clients in the entertainment sector. He has worked in partnership with Dogwoof and Soda Pictures on the UK releases of Dre...
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Michael Gubbins
Journalist and Consultant
Michael Gubbins is a consultant and journalist, working in film and all forms of digital media. He has acquired a wide breadth of knowledge as the former editor of Screen International, Music Week ...
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Nicolas Roope
Founder / EDC, Poke London
Nicolas Roope has always looked beyond industry rhetoric to the inspiring truths of networked media and design; this passion driving his career in the business spanning the last seventeen years. Ni...
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Paul Wright
Chief Digital Officer, Omnicom Media Group, UK
Paul Wright has spent over twenty years in the media industry - often (rather accidentally) at the cutting edge of change. He started his career in 1988 in Sky TV's first ad sales team staying ...
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Pierre Oger
Founder and Director, SOCIALMEDIABOX
Pierre Oger is the Founder and Director of London-based social media agency, SOCIALMEDIABOX. SOCIALMEDIABOX specialises in the development of social media marketing solutions for the entertainment ...
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Rebecca Davies
Film Partnership Manager, Creative Skillset
Rebecca works at Creative Skillset as a Film Partnership Manager on the UK film skills strategy A Bigger Future 2. She manages the part of the Creative Skillset film skills fund that addresses Deve...
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Richard Wilson
Director, Mobile Pie
Richard left his position of Lead Developer at the prestigious digital design agency Team Rubber to cofound Mobile Pie in 2008. With his long history in the digital media and videogames industries ...
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Simon Morris
Chief Marketing Officer at LOVEFiLM
Simon Morris graduated from the European Business School in 1987 and began his career at Lintas Worldwide advertising agency in the early 90's. He moved to become Marketing Manager at Virgin Ga...
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Simon Heyes
International Head of Sales Operations, bigmouthmedia
Simon Heyes joined bigmouthmedia back in 2003 in the role of Business Developer after gaining a degree in International Marketing and Management at the University of Hull and the University of...
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Terry Stevens
Home Entertainment, Dogwoof
Terry joined Dogwoof in 2008 after a background in press and publishing. Terry studied film at BA and MA and has worked in press, marketing, and online roles at Dogwoof. He is now responsible...
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Tim Redgate
Co-Founder, Redberry Digital
Tim Redgate has been involved in delivering content for all things digital since 1998 (making content for broadband when broadband was 512k). On leaving university, Tim was lured into the gla...
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Tobias Bauckhage
Founder and CEO, Moviepilot
Tobias Bauckhage is founder and CEO of Moviepilot, where he is responsible for company strategy, business development and sales. In 2007, along with his business partner and best friend Jon Handsch...
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