Alexandra Finlay

Shaftesbury

The next in EAST’s ASK ME ANYTHING series will be an opportunity to speak to Alexandra Finlay of Shaftesbury. 

This is another opportunity to increase your industry awareness and learn about how scripted programming is created and produced, with particular insight into international co-productions, and how global partnerships are forged to facilitate the successful development of scripted content. 

As VP and Creative Executive, Alex is responsible for expanding Shaftesbury’s scripted co-production activity, sourcing creative opportunities and forging international partnerships. She was formerly Head of Acquisitions and Co-Productions at UKTV where she more than doubled the volume of pre-investment hours, including Murdoch Mysteries, by implenting effective acquisition and coproduction strategies and leading commercial relationships with US studios. 

During her time at UKTV, Alex had identified and secured high-end scripted fare like Castle, Parks & Rec, Criminal Minds and Rizzoli & Isles and that drove audience reach and channel brands, and prior to this, Alex was a UK network buyer, and worked at Channel 4, C4’s Shooting Gallery strand, Film4 Channel and the BBC. 

The discussion will be followed by informal networking drinks at a nearby pub/bar.

The event will be FREE to attend for members of the EAST Network, and a limited number of tickets can now be acquired through the EventBrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ask-me-anything-series-alex-finlay-shaftesbury-east-members-only-tickets-452960054717

EVENT DETAILS

Location: Impact Hub, King’s Cross

Doors: 6pm

Discussion: 6.30pm

Drinks: 7.30pm

The ASK ME ANYTHING series is an opportunity to learn more about the industry from different perspectives - and learn about the career journeys of ESEAs working in the Television industry.

The series is run under Chatham House Rules: This means that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker, nor that of any other participant, may be revealed. Learn more about this here. This allows people to ask and answer questions without fear of being embarrassed. The Rule is about the dissemination of the information after the event - nothing should be done to identify, either explicitly or implicitly, who said what.