About

Tammie is an Assistant Producer and writer from Bradford. She’s a Grierson Doclab 2018 and Edinburgh TV Festival’s ‘The Network’ 2020 alum, getting into TV after a career in civil engineering. She’s worked in specialist factual and factual entertainment in development, production and the edit at various companies including BBC Studios, Raw, Studio Lambert, Orchard Studios and Wise Owl Films. She’s currently on Edinburgh TV Festival’s Class & Social Equality Working Group to make TV more accessible for the working-class.

Laura provides administrative and office support and has a broad range of business experience including publishing, marketing and account management.

Lisa began her career in journalism at Time Out Amsterdam, going on to work in reporting and editing roles on a range of specialist media titles spanning PR, music, marketing and advertising. After working as a freelance writer for national newspapers and magazines, Lisa joined TV industry bible Broadcast magazine where she enjoyed a ten year career in a variety of roles, including editor, a post she held for 7 years. Lisa was then appointed as Festival Director for the Edinburgh International Television Festival, boosting the Festival’s global profile, attendees and reputation as the biggest and most prestigious media event in the UK. She joined ITN in January 2020 and is director of communications, responsible for managing internal and external branding and messaging, alongside strategy, policy and public affairs.

Nina is an award-winning digital specialist with a career spanning television, corporate communications, journalism, live events, and film. She has advised global organisations across the public and private sectors on using original film and digital platforms to engage the audiences that matter most and is dedicated to building strategic partnerships that drive collective success.

As Head of ITN’s branded content studio, Nina led a team delivering hundreds of high-impact film and live event projects for clients including Tesco, Google, PwC, British Airways, and Boots No7, growing the division’s digital audience to 34 million views in 2024 alone.

Previously at Reuters, Channel 4 News, Sky, and the Associated Press, Nina has shaped communications strategies for investors, policymakers, customers, and employees worldwide. She is committed to supporting the next generation’s career growth and serves on the Trust Board of two charities focused on that mission.

Six-time Royal Television Society Award winner and two-time BAFTA nominee, Solon Papadopoulos is an acclaimed executive producer, producer and director whose work spans documentary and drama. As founder of Liverpool’s boutique production company Hurricane Films, he has produced eight independent feature films including Terence Davies’ Of Time and the City, Sunset Song, and A Quiet Passion, alongside other films such as A Prayer Before Dawn and The Last Bus. All have premiered at ‘A’ list film festivals internationally.

A former marine engineer turned filmmaker, Sol’s career has taken him from the decks of an aircraft carrier in Pearl Harbor to the West Bank.

He is a BAFTA and Directors UK member, Co-Chair of The Open Eye Photography Gallery, and a visiting lecturer at Salford University, Sheffield Hallam, and Liverpool John Moores.

Ruth runs the media consultancy Under The Moon Ltd, advising media and public sector bodies on the strategic development of the screen sector across the UK. She also designs and leads talent and mentoring initiatives for clients ranging from Channel 4 and Directors UK to Bradford Council and Batley Girls’ High School and is deeply committed to broadening access to the industry for people from all backgrounds, especially those working outside London.

Ruth was the creative consultant on the successful Leeds bid for Channel 4’s national headquarters, winning an RTS award for outstanding contribution to television. A trained print journalist, former radio and TV reporter and a documentary-maker by background, Ruth has been creative director of documentaries at BBC Religion and Ethics, head of documentaries at Granada TV, founding MD of Real Life Productions, head of factual at Tiger Aspect Productions and executive director of Screen England.

A regular festival and event chair with a specialism in political interviewing, she is currently also chair of the National Poetry Centre, a multi-million pound project led by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to establish a new cultural home for poetry outside London.

Ruth co-founded the Creative Cities Convention with Pact chief executive John McVay in 2018.

Susie has worked on the Creative Cities Convention since it began in 2018 and ensures the smooth running of the conference. She has extensive expertise in making sure events and activities fully deliver.

Susie is passionate about working in the creative industries whether in her former role as a BBC television producer on both live and pre-recorded studio-based shows or working in programme development looking for new on-screen talent.

In addition to her role as Operations Director for the CCC she has organised and run a variety of events and mentoring projects for Under the Moon including the Channel 4 Commissioning Mentor Network, Pact’s 30th birthday celebrations for 700 people in central London, the ScreenSkills/Channel 4 FilmMakers25 mentor project in Bradford and a wide range of other mentor networks and workshops.