DCD Media plc - The TV production and distribution powerhouse

David Elstein whose latest venture Sparrowhawk Media was recently acquired by NBC Universal for £175m has spent over forty years in the media industry. David spent four years as Producer of ITV's "This Week", six years as Director of Programmes at Thames TV, four years as Head of Programming at BSkyB and four years as CEO of Channel 5, which he launched and led to a valuation on his departure of over £1 billion. As well as chairing DCD Media plc, David also chairs Sports Network Group plc, Screen Digest, Luther Pendragon Holdings, the British Screen Advisory Council and the Broadcasting Policy Group (which wrote a seminal report on the future of the BBC for the Conservative Party). He is also a board member of NTL Inc (US), Escaline S.a.r.l (Luxembourg) and Hardt Group UK. He is a visiting professor at Stirling University, and was previously a visiting professor at Westminster University and Oxford University.

Chris Hunt (Chief Executive)

Chris Hunt has been Chief Executive of DCD Media plc since its inception in 1999, and supervised its transformation from dot-com to strongly-based media super-indie producing and trading intellectual property rights in the audio-visual factual, entertainment, drama, music and arts sector. In 2000 , he oversaw the acquisition of the blue riband independent television production company Iambic Productions Limited (over forty international awards, including four Emmys). In 2001 he led the exploitation rights to the large and prestigious NVC programme catalogue as well as other smaller libraries. In 2004 he was instrumental in the acquisition of the market-leading arts distribution company RM Associates and subsequently launched the Digital Classics Download & DVD label. In 2005 Chris led the Company to its next significant phase of growth with the takeover of the 3 high-profile media businesses Done & Dusted, Box TV, and NBD Television. A further trio of acquisitions followed in 2007 with the takeover of producers September Films, Prospect Pictures and West Park Pictures, propelling the group into the top ten super-indie league in the UK television sector.

Nicky Davies Williams (Director)

Nicky Davies Williams has been Chief executive of NBD Television since she founded the company in 1983 and has managed its growth until 2005 when the company was acquired by DCD Media. She recently spearheaded the merging of Digital Classics Distribution and NBD Television's libraries to create enlarged the single distribution operations NBDtv. Nicky graduated from Leeds University (BA 2.1 English Language) in 1975 and her professional career spans over 30 years working in the record industry and television distribution management.

Justin Thomson-Glover (Director)

Prior to joining Box TV, Justin Thomson-Glover was Senior Business Affairs Negotiator at FilmFour. He also worked at Channel 4 as Senior Business Affairs Executive where he was responsible for key deals on Queer As Folk, The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rockstar and Sword of Honour. Justin trained at leading law firm Denton Hall (now Denton Wilde Sapte) with a subsequent period at Marriott Harrison where he represented a number of leading television companies.

Simon Pizey (Director)

Simon Pizey started his television career in the post production area and joined the BBC in 1995 as a production manager with the specific brief of re-vamping the post production process of the Youth and Entertainment Department. In the subsequent years Simon went on to manage a variety of programmes from The Travel Show to Standing Room Only. In 1997 Pizey left the BBC to join Ian Stewart and Hamish Hamilton at MTV Europe, where they worked together on many MTV projects. When Hamilton and Stewart left MTV and eventually found Done and Dusted, Simon stayed on at MTV to take up the role of Head of Production MTV Networks Europe. In this role he oversaw the production of 3 of MTV's annual awards and many of their other shows. He joined Done and Dusted in 2000.

Michael Barton (Finance Director)

Michael Barton BSc,FCA, MIoD, has over 20 years experience in small and growing businesses and is most at home in an entrepreneurial action environment. He specialises in fund raising, business planning, business purchases and business sales. He is a Past President of the North West Society of Chartered Accountants and Deputy Chairman of the Audit Registration Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Tarik Wildman (Non-Executive Director)

Tarik Wildman has been involved in the financial industry for over 20 years. He was a Director at Credit Suisse First Boston and Dillon Read and remains an adviser at UBS. He is also a partner in the Madrid-based firm Forest Asset Management, and runs his own enterprise Wildman & Company Limited, which finds financial solutions for a wide variety of corporate clients. Tarik is currently Managing Director of PJ Investments and sits on the board of Red Letter Days and other companies associated with Peter Jones.

Richard Price (Non-Executive Director)

From 1968 to 1998, Richard Price was Chairman of what became the Primetime plc group which included Britain 's largest independent television distributor, Primetime Television Associates; its catalogue contained over 7,500 hours of programming. His television productions have won several BAFTAs and Emmys. He is a past Chairman of BAFTA and a Fellow of the Royal Television Society. Richard is currently Vice-Chairman of the national learning disability charity, the Home Farm Trust, Chairman of the Watermill Theatre, Newbury and is vice chairman of the television writers' charity TAPS and of the Charities Tax Reform Group.