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Oli Hyatt
Oli Hyatt has, for the past 9 years, been a campaigner for the creative industries in the UK, and was credited by George Osborne as the person who convinced him to bring in the new creative industry tax credits. This year he picked up an MBE and was named one of the 1000 most influential people in London. He is Chair of Animation UK and owner of Blue-Zoo productions. Oli sits on the BAFTA Children's Committee, the British Animation Awards committee, the BFI International Strategy group, The Creative Industries Sector Advisor Group, the Skillset Animation Committee and is a founding patron of the Children's Media Foundation. Blue-Zoo credits include, Tree Fu Tom, Miffy, Olive the Ostrich, Alphablocks and DIgby Dragon to name but a few.2 Articles
Daniel Bays
Creative Director and Consultant, CEO at Lightning Sprite Media Ltd. Passionate about creating and developing outstanding content on all platforms with heart, soul and digital baked in, Daniel Bays was the creator and show-runner of the multiplatform, physically interactive, international hit preschool animated series, ‘Tree Fu Tom’ (for CBeebies and Fremantle Media Kids and Family) and is the creator of new multiplatform CBeebies/Fremantle brand, ‘Bitz and Bob’. Lifelong, avid gamer, animation fan, technology nut and now, professional ideas thinker-upper, developer and producer of multi-platform wonderments, in early 2016, Daniel left the BBC after 15 years there – working across platforms and age groups – to set up Lightning Sprite Media.2 Articles
Andrew Cole-Bulgin
Andrew Cole-Bulgin is Joint CEO and Head of Film & TV of Komixx Entertainment, an entertainment rights and production company with a special focus on digital content technologies. Headquartered in London, and with offices in Los Angeles, the company develops and produces animated and live action entertainment.2 Articles
Dea Connick Perez
Dea Connick Perez has over 30+ years of experience in kids’ media. Perez joined Sprout/Universal Kids in January 2017 as the VP of Content Strategy and Acquisitions. She will oversee all programming, scheduling and acquisitions for the re-launch of the channel to Universal Kids in September 2017.2 Articles
