The WFTV Mentoring Scheme is a programme designed for women looking to take a significant step in their career. For the English Mentoring Scheme to apply you must have more than seven years’ experience working in film, TV or digital production.

Alison McCann 

VP, Legal and Business Affairs

Anya Camilleri

Director, Screenwriter 
and content creator 

Ashabi Ajikawo

Actor, Voiceover Artist, Founder and CEO

Dani Rayner

Global Marketing Strategist 

Denise Woods

Cinematographer

Helen Collins

Producer and Edit Producer

Jackie Okwera

Screenwriter

Janet Overfield

Composer

Janey Ayoade

Producer

Josephine Brassey

Head of Entertainment Development

Justine Potter

Head of Development

KT Roberts

Writer

Lynette Slight

Head of Post Production

Polly Scates

Acquisitions Manager

Rebecca Manley

Writer/Director Animation & Live Action

Riffy Ahmed

Film Director, Writer
and Visual Artist

Shelley Gill

Talent Manager

Sophieclaire Armitage

Agent

Stephane Alexandre 

Producer and Director

Tali Walters

Genre Lead, Scripted

2022 MENTORS

• Akua Gyamfi | Founder, The British Blacklist

• Denise Nurse | Chief Success Coach & Black Founders Hub

• Emma Wakefield | MD, Lambent Productions

• Helen Simmons | Writer & Producer, Erebus Pictures

• Jane Millichip | Chief Content Officer, Sky Studios

• Jane Villiers | Managing Director & Agent, Sayle Screen

• Jane Zurakowski | Talent Executive, Production Management, BBC Studios

• Jude Litnaitzky | Chief Creative Officer, Drama Republic

• Karen Smith | MD, Tuesday's Child

• Mandy Chang | Global Head of Documentaries at Fremantle

• Nainita Desai | Composer and Producer

• Nicki Sheard | CMO, BBC Studios

• Nicola Daley, DOP & Lucy Price, Agent at Loop Talent

• Peter Fincham | Co-CEO, Expectation

• Rachel Job | SVP Non-Scripted Content, All3 Media

• Sam Bickley | Executive Producer

• Sam Hoyle | Executive Producer, Sky

• Simon Vaughan | Executive Director, The Story Company

• Sue Vertue | Television Producer, Hartswood Films

• Tamara Howe | Director of Commercial & Operations, Naked