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Simon Shaps

Simon Shaps

Chairman

Simon is formerly ITV's Director of Programmes. His track record speaks for itself, with more than two decades at the UK's largest commercial broadcaster, ITV, Simon has had a varied career across almost all parts of the network, ranging from CEO of Granada's Global Production business to Director of Television for the most successful family of channels in the UK.

While Director of Television, he was responsible for commissioning a huge range of programmes, from "Britain’s Got Talent" to "Benidorm" and "Secret Diary of a Call" to "Primeval". Under his leadership of Granada, the production company launched "I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here", "Dancing on Ice", "Hell’s Kitchen" and "Come Dine with Me".

Neil Osborne

Neil Osborne

Chief Executive

Neil has been in advertiser funded programming for over 10 years and overseen some of the biggest branded entertainment series in the World.

Having created and/or developed series such as Gillette World Sport, Allianz Inside Grand Prix, Gillette FIFA World Cup, Toyota World of Wildlife, Nissan Sports Adventure, Unilever's Sure Fans United, Adidas Legends; the Story of the All Blacks, Kenwood Glamour Puds and many more, Neil has arguably overseen more multi-market AFP deals than anyone else.

A former Granada/ITV executive, Neil has produced programming for broadcasters including Channel Five, Sky One, Sky Sports, ITV2, Discovery, ITV and distributed series to over 250 networks worldwide.

Jon Mycroft

Jon Mycroft

Head of Business Development

Jon has spent the last eight years working with worldwide companies such as NBC Universal, MTV, MGM and 20th Century Fox in London, New York and Los Angeles. He now heads up Business Development at ABA, matching the content on our extensive development slate with the best and most appropriate brands in the world.

Rebecca Dickinson

Rebecca Dickinson

Director of International Distribution

Rebecca is a highly experienced distribution specialist with contacts at broadcast networks spanning every country in the World.

She also has a history managing some of the biggest AFP's in recent years including, Gillette World Sport, Gillette FIFA World Cup, Toyota World of Wildlife, Nissan Sports Adventure, Unilever's Sure Fans United and Allianz Inside Grand Prix.

Rebecca manages the ABA distribution team, frequently reporting into our brand clients and their media agencies, ensuring the best possible distribution of all our branded entertainment.

 

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