Our team
Our senior team’s skills and expertise span the media value chain:
Adam Chadwick
Managing Director
Adam has 20 years experience in international broadcasting as a programme maker, senior manager and consultant. Since founding ITN Consulting, Adam has led more than 60 television and multi-media projects for corporate clients and broadcasters around the world. Prior to this, Adam held a wide range of senior roles within ITN.
Paul Naha-Biswas
Director
Paul has been advising the media and communications industries internationally for 15 years on issues ranging from new ventures and industry-wide collaborations to financing support. His experience combines both media strategy consulting and senior roles at FremantleMedia and TVNZ.
Gary Rogers
Principal
Gary has 20 years experience in broadcast news internationally and combines consulting with operational/editorial roles. He is a former editor of Five News, BBC 6pm News and launch Director of BBC Arabic.
David Mannion
Special Advisor
David has over 30 years as an award-winning front-line television news professional and is among the most respected and experienced international broadcast executives. Following a number of years as Editor-in-Chief at ITV News, he is now a special advisor to ITN's CEO.
Helena Renfrew-Knight
Associate Principal, Digital Education
Helena has 20 years of experience in digital education and media. She has advised public and private sector organisations on digital education policy and rollout. She was a Senior Manager at Spectrum Strategy Consultants and is ex- Booz-Allen & Accenture.
John Hondros
Principal, Digital Research
John has 20 years experience in digital media strategy and operations. He is a specialist in digital media and its impact on traditional media players. He was formerly Board Director, Digital Content at NTL (now Virgin Media), ex-Accenture and Kalchas.
Laurie Patten
Principal
Laurie has advised the communications industries for 12 years, working for clients including pay-TV operators, mobile operators, rights owners, regulators and investment companies across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Before joining ITN Consulting, Laurie led a range of media projects for Spectrum Value Partners in Hong Kong.
Conrad Roeber
Principal
Conrad has been a consultant to the media and communications industries internationally for over 15 years, more recently as a Partner at both Mediatique and Spectrum Value Partners. Conrad started his career as an Associate Producer for broadcasters including the BBC, Sky and Channel 4.
Ioannis Marangos
Principal, Customer Marketing
Ioannis is a specialist in customer marketing, strategy and strategic implementation. He spent 3 years consulting for BSkyB on customer marketing projects on retention and upsell. He has 10 years consultancy experience at Curzon (Gemini spin-off) and Accenture.
Henry Clark
Senior Manager, News & Magazine Programming
Henry has over 20 years experience in media. He is a specialist in breakfast television. Formerly he was Head of Output at GMTV and held senior editorial roles at Reuters and ITN.
Alessandro Petazzi
Principal
Alessandro has over 10 years experience in strategy consulting and operational experience in the Pay TV market across Europe and other markets. He has held a number of senior industry positions, including Head of IPTV & Digital Media at Fastweb, the Italian leader in broadband and IPTV services.
Mike Southgate
Associate Principal, Operations & Facilities
Mike has extensive experience of designing and running television studios and facilities. He is ex-CEO of BBC Resources and RTL Technical Group. He is the ex-MD of The London Studios, ex-Commercial Director of ITV and ex-Chairman of ITV Sport.
Munro Forbes
Senior Manager, Television Production
Munro has over 20 years experience in television production. He is a former Senior Programme Director for ITN's ITV News service and launched a wide range of ITN and ITV productions. Since then, Munro has been working as a Consultant throughout Europe and the Middle East.
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Our Principals are supported by media-specialist consultants, advisers from ITN's operational divisions and world-class sector experts.
