Who are we?

Festival Director, Head of Irish Film London

With a background in film production and having produced at some of the UK’s biggest film festivals, Gerry brings his wide reaching film industry knowledge to IFL. Having started his career in Newcastle Upon Tyne, delivering BAFTA nominated films such as I Am Nasrine, Gerry then went on to produce at Berwick FIlm & Media Arts Festival and London Short Film Festival, while continuing to produce film content through his own production company Pins & Needles.

Festival Coordinator and Shorts Programmer

Following a 20 year career as a Drama teacher, leading a busy department and mounting large scale theatrical productions both in school and in the community, Madeleine was delighted to find a new career with IFL. Her roles combine her lifelong interest in film with her organisational and communications skills as well as fulfilling her creative drive for finding and supporting new talent, and love of being at the heart of live events.

Marketing Assistant

Irish Film London's most recent hire, Róisín combines her passion for Irish culture and marketing skills developed during her MA in Digital Culture and Society to deliver IFL's outreach and marketing.

Chair

Carey is an experienced Film & TV Entrepreneur with a long history in all areas of production, distribution, advertising, financing, sales and marketing. She has enjoyed Oscar Nominations, A list Festival Selections & a wide range of commercially successful TV commissions. She is the Founder & MD of Silver Mountain Productions, the Irish production, distribution & training business, Partner & Producer at Ballpoint Films, Co-Chair of BOFTV, a Business Mentor for Screen Skills Ireland & WIFTV, a Visiting Lecturer in Film & TV for the Universities of Hertfordshire & Sunderland, Co-Founder of Wise Women, and Co-Chair of the social inclusion charity, Ashford Place.

Treasurer, Vice Chair, Chair Resource Committee

Michael is a commercially focussed qualified accountant with 15 years experience in designing, developing and implementing financial systems & solutions in both the commercial and not-for profit sectors. Formerly Head of Finance at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and The British Academy, and Accountant to Birkbeck University of London, Michael's most recent position was with International Non-Government Organisation Westminster Foundation for Democracy.

Lead Business Strategy & Governance, Member Resource Committee

Paddy joins IFL from the City where he has led intelligence, corporate security and risk management programmes for Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, and Swiss Re.

His career has involved engagements across the public and private sectors, notably in security and defence, energy and finance, often helping corporate leaders to align threats and risks with effective controls and countermeasures and thereby protect critical business assets and processes. He currently sits on multiple international industry forums specialising in security and business intelligence.

Lead, Communications & Sponsorship

With over 25 years of film and TV industry experience, JoJo has consistently been called upon to produce some of the biggest and best events at Cannes, Abu Dhabi LA and Berlin film festivals. In Cannes, she has created parties and conferences for varied clients, governmental agencies and finance houses, amongst many others.

Her JJDConsultancy commands significant loyalty through the infrastructure of amazing creatives, PRs, designers and production companies that JoJo has built over the years.

Member, Resource Committee

Highly experienced as a Management Accountant, David has specialised in management and royalty accounting for film, television and music companies over many years. With clients ranging from the UK's Sky TV, to independent production and distribution companies such as Silver Mountain Productions, Eureka Video, Miracle Films and Peccadillo Pictures, David's track record is second to none.

Lead, Distribution & Exhibition

Martin Myers is the fourth generation of his family to enter the movie business; his great grandfather and grandfather owned cinemas across London and Martin followed his own father into distribution at an early age, working in a Soho office during school holidays.

Since then he’s worked at 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Universal and MGM, and founded his own companies, delivering numerous memorable films. Martin currently works with Miracle Communications as well as Demand Film UK. He is a BAFTA member and a patron of Raindance and BIFA.

Former IFL Board Member and Lead on Business Strategy, Karen has strong credentials in strategy and governance frameworks.

Karen has led strategy and business development activities for profit and non-profit organisations, from start-ups in the South Pacific to clean energy companies in Canada. Her love of film began as an intern at United Artists’ head office in San Francisco.