Advisory Board
Donovan Chan
Creative Director
Beach House Pictures
Donovan is Co-founder and Creative Director of Beach House Pictures, a Fremantle company. Donovan is across all content creation in the company, overseeing BHP’s development and production teams, while growing and managing business relationships in the company’s key markets in the US, China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and Australia. Regular...more
Speaking on: Creative collabs: The future of funding
Jenny Daly
President
Critical Content
Jenny Daly is President of Critical Content, a SK Global company.
Under Daly’s leadership, the company dominates in nonfiction across multiple genres, including E!’s Kevin Hart-hosted Celebrity Game Face; Netflix’s Slyvester Stallone premium documentary Sly; MTV’s legacy series Catfish, now more than 300 episodes strong; Reese Witherspoon and Emily Sims’ Get...more
Speaking on: Creative collabs: The future of funding
Thomas Dey
CEO & Founder
ACF Investment Bank
Thomas Dey is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of ACF Investment Bank.
ACF specializes in selling, buying, fundraising, securitization, and pre and post deal services for businesses, intellectual property owners, and brands in Media and Entertainment. The company has offices in London and Los Angeles and has completed...more
Brett Dismuke
Head of Content (ALLBLK & WEtv)
AMC Networks
An entertainment industry professional with over 29 years of experience across marketing, production, sales and branding, Brett Dismuke currently serves as General Manager/Head of Content of AMC Networks brands ALLBLK and WE TV. Prior to being appointed to this role in December 2020, Dismuke served as Chief Content Officer of...more
Speaking on: 30 Minutes With Brett Dismuke, WEtv & AllBlk
Jeff Gaspin
VP, Unscripted Series
Netflix
Gaspin is an accomplished and highly-respected executive with over 30 years of experience in all aspects of the entertainment business. Gaspin most recently served as President of Gaspin Media, a production company with credits including Netflix’s NAACP Image Award-winning Rhythm & Flow; Emmy-nominated Netflix hit The Tinder Swindler; and The...more
Sally Habbershaw
EVP, Americas
All3Media International
Sally is EVP of the Americas for All3Media International where she is responsible for implementing strategies and maximizing exploitation of content originating from All3Media International's slate of production companies. Prior to that she was VP of International Programming, Operations and Research at A&E Networks. Here she was responsible for driving...more
Kevin Hill
Head of Television
Maximum Effort
Kevin Hill is the Head of Television at Maximum Effort Productions, co-founded by Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey. Since joining he's helped launch the Maximum Effort Channel, a new FAST channel in partnership with Fubo, and produced five originals for the platform including Bedtime Stories with Ryan, starring Ryan Reynolds...more
Speaking on: New revenue models in the Peak IP era
Ra Kumar
Agent, Unscripted Television
UTA United Talent Agency
Ra Kumar is an Agent in the Unscripted division at leading global talent, entertainment, sports and advisory company UTA. His widespread roster of clients includes Warm Springs Productions, Texas Crew Productions, The Garden UK, Entertainment One, Committee Films, Lone Wolf Media, Ark Media, TeamSheed, Versus Productions, Red Rock Films, Watt...more
Mikiko Nishiyama
Executive Advisor, Global Strategy Headquarters
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Mikiko Nishiyama is EVP for Global Business and MD for Content Business & Distribution at Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV), where she comprehensively oversees the company’s international, domestic, and distribution businesses. She is a member of the founding team that established the international business arm in 2012 and held...more
Allison Wallach
Head, Unscripted Entertainment
FOX Entertainment
Allison Wallach is Head of Global Unscripted Programming of FOX Entertainment’s production division, FOX Entertainment Studios. In her Los Angeles-based role, she leads all creative and production for FOX Entertainment Studios’ full scope of unscripted content and studio entities, including FOX Alternative Entertainment (FAE); Studio Ramsay Global, launched in partnership...more