Our People
Meet the Industry Media team
We are experienced advisors, friendly, approachable and we have a good understanding of the challenges of running a creative business.
Rosemary is a dual qualified English and Canadian lawyer and has worked both in-house and in private practice since 1990 advising various media companies on production, distribution, exploitation and protection issue. Previous to qualifying as a lawyer she was a stage manager and company manager at the Stratford Festival and various regional theatre companies in Canada. She re-joined Industry Media in 2016 from the TVA Business Affairs Consultancy and was previously at Rights TV.
Rosemary has advised NBC Universal International, Comedy Central and was Director of Legal at Nickelodeon UK and Head of Production Contracting at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Bell Canada’s legal adviser on digital content for its Sympatico web service. Rosemary has sat on the Boards of Animated Women UK, the Children’s Media Foundation and the Zoielogic Dance Company and is now a board member of the award winning independent production company Animate Projects.
Huw has more than 20 years’ experience of tv business affairs, programme finance and rights exploitation with a particular focus on international co-production. He has recent experience of negotiating deals with all the major UK broadcasters and with key international broadcasters, SVOD platforms and distributors. As a result, he has a thorough understanding of tv business affairs contracts, co-production treaties, talent deals and agreements relating to ancillary exploitation.
Huw was previously a director of multi BAFTA winning animation producer Calon and, before that, he was Director of International Business and Head of Co-Productions at Welsh broadcaster S4C working on many UK and international series including children’s brand Fireman Sam and Emmy award winning Shakespeare – the Animated Tales.
Gwenda trained as a solicitor with Richards Butler (now Reed Smith LLP) before moving home to Cardiff and joining the BBC as Senior Legal and Business Affairs Manager for BBC Wales. Gwenda subsequently worked as a freelance consultant for S4C, Wiggin and Lawyers on Demand and as Commercial Director for the Flame Media Group.
In 2020 Gwenda joined the board of Cardiff Productions, working with this diverse, cross-genre indie on its specialist factual, scripted and entertainment content. Gwenda came to Industry Media initially as a consultant, then a partner and now advises a range of leading TV production companies, talent agencies, broadcasters, writers, and creatives of all types on commercial and business affairs matters – from development and finance through to production and distribution. In addition to her Film and TV expertise, Gwenda is Vice Chair of Anthem Music Fund and co-manages Welsh language indie rock band, Dagrau Tân,
Gwenda speaks fluent French and Welsh and is a passionate advocate for nurturing talent and excellence outside London.