To contact a member of staff via email please use the following format: firstname.surname@em-media.org.uk
Debbie Williams - Chief Executive
Responsible for leading and shaping the EM Media business. She is also a member of the EM Media board.
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Suzanne Alizart - Head of Partnerships
Suzanne's focus is developing and furthering industry relationships and partnerships with a range of regional and national organisations and stakeholders. She is also a member of EM Media's senior management team.
Helen Chiswell - Finance Executive
Helen supports the effective and efficient provision of financial operations in line with both EM Media’s and funding partners’ objectives and priorities.
Carol Clarke - Market Development Coordinator
Carol works across the Markets and Audiences team, Carol advises on matters of procedure and process, managing many of EM Media's delivery partner investments. Her understanding and knowledge of industry and public investment underpins much of the team's development and strategy work.
Mark Durkin - Head of Finance
Responsible for leading EM Media's financial strategy and overseeing all of the agency's financial functions and procedures. Mark has the additional responsibility for financially managing the investment and recoupment of EM Media's £6million ERDF venture capital and loan fund. Mark is a member of EM Media's senior management team.
Heidi Gaffney - PA to the Chief Executive
Heidi assists the Chief Executive in every aspect of her role, including the co-ordination of Debbie's diary and the provision of support to meetings of EM Media's Board and Finance Committee.
Katy Green - Development Executive, TV
Katy develops and delivers support to small to medium enterprises, helping them flourish as they run their media businesses.
Emma Hewitt - Communications Coordinator
Emma supports the communications team in all aspects of their work, through the production of print and corporate materials, management of events and the publicising of EM Media's message to diverse audiences.
Dan Hodgett - Locations Executive
Dan promotes and encourages the use of the region's highly skilled media workforce, locations and facilities to regional and national production companies.
Sally Hodgson - Communications Executive
Sally produces communication materials for EM Media projects, services and activities, manages internal communications and the delivery of EM Media events.
Emily Lappin - Head of Communications
Emily manages EM Media’s external voice and Locations Service, ensuring the region is represented on the agendas of regional, national and international organisations. She is a member of EM Media's senior management team.
Linda Loker - Monitoring Executive
Linda works with EM Media's key partners and stakeholders, and with internal staff, to report on the delivery of outputs on all work undertaken by the agency.
Anna Seifert-Speck - Development Executive, Film
Anna discovers, nurtures, retains and develops film talent within the East Midlands and builds on EM Media’s reputation for investing in innovative and distinctive film production and development projects.
Nic Smith - Locations Executive
Nic promotes and encourages the use of the region’s highly skilled media workforce, locations and facilities to regional and national production companies.
Antony Thomas - Education & Film Heritage Executive
Antony works with regional partners to develop education and film heritage projects across the East Midlands region. Through schools, FE and HE institutions as well as community groups and exhibition venues his aim is to increase the use, understanding and appetite for visual media.
John Tobin - Head of Market Development
John leads on EM Media’s Market, Audiences, Film Heritage and Education development activity. Devising and managing the strategies and projects that will boost and sustain the regional creative infrastructure and economy. John also leads on the implementation and exploration of Digital Cinema and is a member of EM Media's senior management team.
Alison Whitlock - Skills Development Executive
Alison maintains and develops key film and media industry partnerships to manage and deliver a range of skills development projects and programmes.
Delivery of Consultant Business Affairs services: Mike Kelly and Laura Hypponen from Northern Alliance. Mike and Laura focus on the business affairs side of the agency’s investment portfolio back catalogue and all future investments.
