Neil Hatton MBE
Chief Executive, UK Screen Alliance
Neil has been involved with UK Screen as a director right from its inception in 2004. His background is in broadcast post-production where he was an editor/MD/owner for 20 years and he was a pioneer of non-linear editing. He was appointed CEO in 2016 and is the organisation’s principal spokesperson and policy advocate. He was awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours 2025.
Rich Moss
Managing Director, Gorilla Group
Rich has worked in the Post Production Industry for over 25 years. Beginning in VT ops and tape editing, Rich gained a reputation as one of the most respected finishing editors in Wales. Rich has started, built and been involved with many UK post houses including Pyramid Post Production, Platform Post Production, The Joint and Mwnci.
Rowan Bray
Group MD, Clear Cut Pictures
Rowan Bray joined Clear Cut Pictures in 2017 as the MD. After strategic expansion, the Clear Cut Group now comprises of four businesses, offering post-production and VFX to the non-scripted market in London and Birmingham. Rowan has served on several industry bodies over the years and is particularly passionate about staff development and training for our sector.
Kate Hollingsworth
Head of Business Operations and Content Security, Picture Shop
As Head of Business Operations and Content Security at Picture Shop, Kate Hollingsworth is experienced in all aspects of Media Production, most recently, in the fields of Post-Production Business Operations, Information Governance, Risk and Compliance, Production Management and Creative Service Lines.
Nick Long
MD, Salon Limited
Nick Long has been MD of Salon for 15 years, continually growing the editing equipment hire business, founding their sales division and designing their remote solutions that have now become a global offering.
Jens Christensen
Post Production Director, Pinewood Group
Jens Christensen has worked in Audio Post Production for 30 years, in both the UK and Denmark before joining Pinewood Group in 2001 to work in the localisation team providing Foreign Version Mixing services for several major studios. Jens helped establish Pinewood’s reputation as the leading facility for localisation mixing and was head of the localisation team for six years before becoming Post Production Director, a role in which he manages Pinewood’s Audio Post Production, Localisation and Screening Services teams and facilities.
Gemma Nicholson
Founder, Post Super
Gemma Nicholson has been in the film and TV industry for over twenty years, starting her career in Sound before becoming a Post Supervisor, who has worked on all budget levels of both film and TV. Gemma founded Post Super in 2019, a platform that aims to provide Post Supervisors and Facility Post managers with four key elements for them to be able to do their work more effectively: Community, Information, Training and Tools.
Chris Burn
Group Managing Director, Milk Visual Effects
Chris Burn has over 20 years of experience working in the VFX industry. He started initially as an artist and supervisor, before tackling leadership and strategic growth opportunities at DNEG, Technicolor Creative Studios and most recently, Milk Visual Effects. Chris is passionate about creating the best possible experience for the teams to excel.
Rachael Penfold
CEO, One of US
Since starting One Of Us in 2004, Rachael Penfold has carefully and successfully steered a boutique facility, with a reputation for tackling design and creative challenges, to a company able to execute ever more complex and sophisticated work on a far larger scale. She oversees the company’s creative and business strategies.
Stefano Salvini
General Manager, DNEG
With over two decades of experience, Stefano held senior management positions before joining DNEG London as General Manager in 2022. He is responsible for developing key business and creative strategies for the studio, as well as overseeing site operations and teams. Stefano has been immersed in every aspect of the VFX pipeline during his years in the industry.
Lizi Bedford
Head of Studio - Film (London), Framestore
Lizi began her career with projects like Avatar and the Harry Potter series, going on to work in VFX production on over 70 films. Her responsibilities since have involved heading Framestore’s London film division as Crewing Manager, Head of Production and Global Head of Resourcing, where she worked on films and oversaw all crewing for Framestore’s network of global studios. As Head of Studio, London, she manages Framestore’s UK film division, which has been responsible for the likes of Wicked, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Civil War, and Wonka.
Tom Balkwill
Founder & Managing Director, Dirty Looks
Vittorio Giannini
Director of Business Development & Strategy, Freefolk
Vittorio has built his career around high end VFX and post production, initially in advertising and latterly in film and episodic tv. Having post produced large scale and complex projects with some of the industry’s leading directors and producers, Vittorio has gone on to run businesses and hold senior management positions in some of London’s most reputable studios. He is currently Director of Business Development & Strategy at Freefolk.
