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The Board

The National Film and Television School is a registered charity overseen by a Board of Governors comprised of senior figures from film, television, games and higher education.

Chair of the NFTS

Sophie Turner Laing

Chair

Sophie Turner Laing

Paloma Baeza

Award-winning Director and Animator

Paloma Baeza

Julian Bellamy

Managing Director, ITV Studios

Julian Bellamy

Chris Bird

Managing Director, Prime Video UK

Chris Bird

Paul Clark

Strategy Consultant - Higher Education

Paul Clark

Polly Cochrane

Partner, Advisor and Coach at The Alexander Partnership

Polly Cochrane

Professor Geoffrey Crossick

Professor of Humanities, University of London

Professor Geoffrey Crossick

Scott Forrest

Chief Publishing Officer, EA

Scott Forrest

Cécile Frot-Coutaz

Cécile Frot-Coutaz

CEO, Sky Studios, and Chief Content Officer, Sky

Cécile Frot-Coutaz

Patrick Fuller

Director of Finance, University of West London

Patrick Fuller

Andy Harries

Chief Executive and Co-Founder, Left Bank Pictures

Andy Harries

Eloise Jenninger

Student Governor

Eloise Jenninger

John Lee

NFTS Staff Governor

John Lee

Andrew Macdonald

Producer and Co-founder, DNA Films

Andrew Macdonald

Ollie Madden

Director, Film4

Ollie Madden

Pukar Mehta

Media Consultant

Pukar Mehta

Charlotte Moore

Chief Content Officer, BBC

Charlotte Moore

Adil Ray

Screenwriter and Actor

Adil Ray OBE

Laurent Samama

Director EMEA Partnerships, Google

Laurent Samama

Caroline Silver

Chair of the NFTS Audit Committee

Caroline Silver

Hilary Strong

CEO of UK and Europe, International Literary Properties

Hilary Strong

Sue Vertue

Board Attendee (Chair of NFTS Creative Industries Liaison Group)

Sue Vertue

Dr. Jon Wardle

Director, NFTS

Dr. Jon Wardle

In addition to the Board, the School's President is distinguished film producer and educationalist Lord (David) Puttnam CBE. He has held the role since 2017, when he succeeded the late Lord (Richard) Attenborough.