Emyr Afan is an accomplished exec producer, multi-cam director, and ideas creative. He co-founded Avanti in 1995, and has built one of the most successful TV production companies in Wales. In 2017, alongside partners Nine Lives Media, Avanti won the contract to produce BBC’s flagship series, Songs of Praise. Avanti is based in Cardiff & Manchester. In 2018 Sky acquired a majority stake in Avanti with a view to developing the business in the UK and internationally

Recent credits; The Mobo’s C5, Para’s: Ready for War ITV1, Secrets of Henry the VIII’s Warship C4, Plastic not Fantastic BBC3, Jonathan S4C