Board, Committees and Assessors
Northern Film & Media’s board is made up of business leaders from the creative industries, commerce, technology, science and the arts. Our board work towards our goal of driving the creative economy in the North East by overseeing investments and organisational development.
Please find below a list of our board members, our funding panel members, our finance and audit committee members and a downloadable list of our external assessors.
Northern Film & Media's Board
Chair of Northern Film & Media: Sir Les Elton
(pictured)
Deputy Chairman and non-excutive Director of Port of Tyne Authority;
formerly Leader of Gateshead City Council
Malcolm Gerrie
Chief Executive, Whizzkid
Entertainment
Carolyn Jennings
Retired Legal Practitioner
Doug Johnson
Chair of the FAR Committee; retired
Accountant and Senior Council Officer
Graeme Thompson
Dean of University of Sunderland Faculty
of Arts, Design and Media and Former Managing Director & Controller
of Programmes of ITV Tyne Tees
Tom Gutteridge
Producer, Standing Stone Productions
Amanda Berry
Chief Executive, BAFTA
Paul Owen
Director, BOP Consulting
Mike Dicks
Chief Executive, Noostar
Simon Franglen
Composer
Tom Harvey
Chief Executive Officer for Northern Film & Media
John Tulip
Company Secretary and Finance &
Administration Director for Northern Film & Media
Funding Panel Members
Sir Les Elton
Deputy Chairman and non-excutive Director of Port of Tyne Authority;
formerly Leader of Gateshead City Council
Carolyn Jennings
Retired legal practitioner for the
media industry
Mike Bolland
Television consultant, writer and producer
- former Creative Director for NFTS, Head of Comedy at BBC Scotland and
before that Head of Arts and Entertainment.
Michael Chaplin
Writer and producer - screen
credits include 'Monarch of the Glen', 'Dalziel & Pascoe' and was
responsible for the recent recomissioning of 'Foyle's War')
Gill Johnson
Legal & Business Affairs
Consultant - 15 year's experience in television, including Tiger
Aspect and the BBC
Tom Harvey
Chief Executive, Northern Film &
Media
John Tulip
Company Secretary and Finance & Administration Director,
Northern Film & Media
Agnes Wilkie
Creative Industry Director,
Northern Film & Media
Samantha Stamp
Operations Director, Northern
Film & Media
Sharon Richardson
Office Manager &
Co-ordinator for the Chief Executive Officer, Northern Film &
Media
Ewan McIntosh
Digital Media Consultant to
Northern Film & Media
Teresa Saint
Evaluation & Monitoring Manager, Northern Film & Media
Gayle Woodruffe
Production Service Manager, Northern Film & Media
George Macklon
Performance & Monitoring
Finance, Audit and Remuneration Committee (FAR)
Doug Johnson
Chair of the FAR Committee; retired
Accountant and Senior Council Officer
Carolyn Jennings
Retired legal practitioner for the
media industry
Graeme Thompson
Dean of University of Sunderland Faculty
of Arts, Design and Media and Former Managing Director & Controller
of Programmes of ITV Tyne Tees
Tom Harvey
Chief Executive, Northern Film &
Media
John Tulip
Company Secretary and Finance & Administration Director,
Northern Film & Media
Sharon Richardson
Office Manager & Co-ordinator for Chief Executive
Northern Film & Media's North East Content Fund Panel Members, 2 September 2009
Carolyn Jennings - (Chair of meeting in lieu of Sir Les Elton)
Barbara McKissack - Consultant
Mike Dicks – Noostar.com
Paul Bedford - Ingenious
Jim Mawdsley - Generator
Laura Sillars - FACT
Graeme Thompson – Sunderland University
Gill Johnson – Legal practitioner and consultant
Andy Brown – Business Link North East
Fahima Chowdhury - Northern Film & Media
John Tulip - Northern Film & Media
Gayle Woodruffe - Northern Film & Media
Tom Harvey - Northern Film & Media
Sharon Richardson - Northern Film & Media
Agnes Wilkie - Northern Film & Media
Please find below a list of external Assessors:
Downloads:
| Title | Date | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | List_of_Assessors_2010.pdf | 04.06.2010 | 74kb |