The Festival

The Executive Committee

 

The Executive Committee is made up of senior figures from the television industry. They meet five times a year and take responsibility for the overall governance of the Festival and its educational initiatives.

 

Executive Committee Chair

Tim Hincks Chief Executive Officer, Endemol UK

 

Executive Committee

Kenton Allen
Chief Executive Officer, Big Talk Productions
Paul Almond
Head of Communications for BBC Vision, BBC
Ash Atalla Managing Director, Roughcut Television
James Baker  
Peter Barron
Director of Communications, North and Central Europe, Google
Elaine Bedell
Director of Entertainment and Comedy, ITV & 2009 Festival Advisory Chair 
Josh Berger President & Managing Director, Warner Bros. Entertainment UK & Ireland
Murray Boland Creative Director, CPL Productions
Charles Brand Head of Specialist Factual, Tiger Aspect Productions
Alan Clements Director of Content, STV
Danny Cohen Controller, BBC Three
Peter Cowley Managing Director of Digital Media, Endemol UK
Anthony Fry Senior Managing Director, Evercore Partners
Wayne Garvie Managing Director of Content and Production, BBC Worldwide
Janine Gibson Editor, guardian.co.uk
Joe GodwinHead of News, Factual, & Entertainment, BBC Children's & The Network and Fast Track Chair
Daisy GoodwinHead Girl, Silver River Productions
Krishnan Guru-Murthy Newscaster, Channel 4 News
Steve Hewlett Writer, Broadcaster and Media Consultant
Dan Korn
Senior Vice President, Programming, Discovery Networks UK
Stephen LambertChief Executive, Studio Lambert Ltd
Ian LewisDirector of Sky Movies and Sky Box Office, BSkyB
Anthony Lilley
Chief Creative Officer and Chief Executive Officer, Magic Lantern Productions 
David Lynn
Executive Vice President & Managing Director, MTV Networks UK & Ireland
Andrew Mackenzie
Head of Factual Entertainment, Channel 4
Alex Mahon President, Shine Group
Stuart Murphy Director of Programmes Sky 1, 2 & 3,  BskyB
Andrew Newman Head of Comedy & Entertainment, Channel 4
Sara Ramsden Creative Director, Cheetah Television, Endemol UK
Patrick Robinson Head of Corporate & Public Affairs, Virgin Media Television
Paul Robinson Managing Director Worldwide, KidsCo
Rebecca Rormark
Senior Vice President, UK Marketing, Discovery Communications Europe
Jane Root
Chief Executive Officer, Nutopia
Ruth Settle Director of Corporate Communications, ITV
Alison Sharman Director, Factual & Daytime, ITV
Chris Shaw Senior Programme Controller, Five
Patrick Walker
Director of Video Partnerships (EMEA), Google