Richard is a relentless innovator, with expertise spanning technology, product design, marketing, commercial strategy, and governance. With a passion for people, products, and technology, he has pioneered UK world-firsts in flat-panel, widescreen, and digital TV. A design engineer by profession, and with 30 years of board expertise honed in businesses from global giants down to start-ups he’s the perfect leader to push the Digital TV Group’s collaborative culture to the forefront of UK television.

Recognised by international institutions with numerous accolades, including a coveted Emmy, and being named the Royal Television Society Leader of the Year 2024, Lindsay-Davies has a reputation for navigating the complex landscape of digital media with a visionary’s eye. He understands the importance of looking beyond immediate surroundings to embrace the broader narrative that shapes the industry’s future.

From the halls of Westminster to cutting-edge innovation labs, he’s tuned into the seismic shifts driven by the landmark Media Act, new regulatory frameworks, and breakthrough innovations. Underlining this is his appointment as Chair of the Infrastructure Working Group for DCMS, working with the Minister to convene stakeholders from across the industry to shape and define the Future of UK Television.

A senior industry executive with over 20 years’ experience in content monetization, commercial and editorial strategies, Kasia Jablonska has collaborated with leading media companies, online and cloud-based service providers.

Starting her journey at NatGeo/Fox, she served as Regional Director, overseeing P&L for Fox channels in CEE. She then progressed her career with roles at NBC Universal, A+E Networks, Scripps/Discovery and Endemol Shine Group before joining BBC Studios, where she currently operates in EMEA markets. She spearheaded the digital monetisation strategy for production studios’ catalogues, driving a transition from single to multi-screen exploitation for pay TV providers. She also led the development of the global FAST portfolio and Amazon’s PVD business at Endemol Shine, initiatives that reshaped how content is distributed and monetised.

As the Director of Digital and On-Demand for EMEA at BBC Studios, Jablonska is responsible for developing, executing, and bolstering strategic plans aimed at expanding digital revenue streams, innovating new digital products, and optimizing audience engagement on various digital platforms across EMEA.

Liz Bales is CEO of the Digital Entertainment Group International (DEGI) and the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE). She works with studios, platforms, retailers and technology partners to address shared industry challenges, develop collaborative solutions and drive growth across the global screen entertainment ecosystem.

Under her leadership, BASE and DEGI have delivered industry-wide initiatives spanning audience growth, innovation, market insight, talent development and international collaboration.

An accomplished commercial lawyer with expertise in intellectual property and behavioural change, Liz is recognised for building partnerships, convening diverse stakeholders and turning collective ambition into practical action.

As GM EMEA at Xperi, Gabriel Cosgrave has been instrumental in the strategic expansion of Smart TVs Powered by TiVo across the UK, helping to redefine the connected TV experience in one of Europe’s most competitive markets.

His leadership has driven key partnerships with major OEMs and retailers, accelerating the deployment of TiVo OS – a platform that champions content discovery and user simplicity over app-centric fragmentation. Cosgrave’s efforts have not only boosted TiVo’s visibility in the UK but have also contributed to a broader shift in the VOD and streaming landscape, offering a compelling alternative to incumbent smart TV ecosystems.

His work continues to influence how content is surfaced, monetised, and consumed, making him a standout figure in the evolution of next-gen entertainment platforms.

Beatrice Cooke is Service Executive for BBC iPlayer, where she focusses on growing the service and helping it become the go-to streaming destination for UK viewers. She works with teams across the BBC – from Commissioning teams to Product developers – to keep iPlayer fresh and easy to use. Beatrice leads iPlayer’s editorial strategy for video podcasts, exploring how iPlayer can harness this emerging format to build new brands, deepen audience engagement, and bring BBC audio and TV closer together.

Carli Kerr is a highly respected marketing expert and commercial leader with a distinguished career at Sky, where she has been an integral part of the business since 2008. Over the years, she has become one of the company’s most accomplished and experienced leaders.

In 2019, Kerr was appointed Managing Director of Content Products, where she successfully unified several teams to establish a centre of excellence for all things content, spanning marketing, commercial, product, and propositions. In July, she was promoted to Managing Director of both NOW and Sky Content, overseeing the integration of two dynamic content teams.

Paul Kerrison is Head of Generative AI Innovation at ITV Studios, one of the world’s leading creators, producers and distributors of television content, and part of ITV, the UK media and entertainment group.

He focuses on helping teams turn generative AI from emerging capability into practical creative and operational workflows. His work is rooted in ITV Studios, supporting production labels and creative teams across development, production, localisation, marketing and operational processes, while also connecting into selected areas of the wider ITV business where AI can support product, brand, marketing and streaming.

Since taking on the role in 2023, Kerrison has helped build a practical AI adoption model across the organisation, combining introductory training, hands-on experimentation, tool access, guidance and support for teams exploring how generative AI can be used safely and effectively.

Kerrison has also helped shape ITV’s responsible AI operating model, bringing business teams together with legal, data protection, cybersecurity, and architecture expertise around key use cases while keeping experimentation close to real creative, production and commercial needs.

With a background across product management, VOD, media management and continuing drama technology, he has spent his career working at the intersection of content, technology and operational change. Alongside his role at ITV Studios, he co-founded the Creative AI Network, a growing community of more than 1,000 members exploring the future of AI-powered creativity and storytelling.

Leah Hooper Rosa leads WBD’s streaming business in Europe, Middle East, and Africa where she is responsible for the operations and growth of HBO Max in the company’s biggest international streaming market.

Following a comprehensive European wide rollout of the new service, HBO Max is now available in over 30 countries across the continent including major economies Spain, France, Poland, Turkey, Sweden, Netherlands and across Central and Eastern Europe. Further HBO Max launches are planned for the EMEA region including in three of Europe’s biggest economies Germany, Italy and the UK in 2026. 

The globalisation of HBO Max is well under way with WBD’s streaming service now available in nearly 100 markets worldwide. HBO Max has over 122 million global subscribers after adding 22.6 million in just 12 months with international markets powering its growth and Europe its fastest growing region.   

Hooper Rosa joined Discovery in 2015 where she worked on business development including digital revenue growth and scaling of Dplay, its first streaming product, in the Nordics. She rose quickly through the ranks to become SVP Global DTC Strategy and played a leadership role in the launches of discovery+ in regions including India, Europe, and the U.S. 

Previously Hooper Rosa was at Foxtel in Australia over a seven-year period, rising to Head of Strategy, Content where she developed the company’s content strategy and investment portfolio. Leah began her career as a Researcher for Seven Network and the Australia Broadcasting Corporation. 

Hooper Rosa has an MBA from the University of Technology Sydney where she also gained a Bachelor of Business and Arts degree in International Studies, Marketing and Italian. 

With over 15 years of experience delivering large-scale OTT and digital platforms for global sports, media, and entertainment brands, Kieran Bresnan has played a key architectural role in the successful launch and long-term growth of high-profile services for BritBox, Dyn Media, ICC, Rogers Sportsnet, and DRTV.

He leads Deltatre’s solution architecture and integration strategy, covering cloud-native design, modular product deployment, and seamless third-party integration across CDNs, identity, and billing systems. He has been instrumental in evolving Deltatre’s core platforms into scalable, productised solutions that accelerate time to market and reduce operational complexity. He has authored technical content on personalised streaming architectures and how platforms can scale to millions of concurrent users for key live events.

Bresnan combines deep technical insight with commercial pragmatism, helping broadcasters and rights holders rapidly evolve their digital platforms.

Hannah Blyth is Head of TV Acquisitions at Amazon Prime Video UK & Ireland, where she oversees a broad and diverse slate of exclusive scripted and unscripted programming.

Working across co-productions, pre-buys and licensing, she leads on deal strategy and content partnerships, shaping a pipeline that spans returning series, documentaries and true crime, as well as collaborating with Amazon MGM Studios UK on original programming. Her portfolio includes titles such as The Assassin, A Very Royal Scandal, Kill Jackie, Embassy, Molly-Mae: Behind It All, Jessy Nelson: Life After Little Mix, alongside overseeing a slate of true crime series and feature documentaries. 

Blyth joined Amazon in 2017, and prior to this worked at NBCUniversal, where she was part of the team that launched the reality streaming service hayu.