David Thompson, former head of BBC Films, has been the recipient of multiple awards, including three BAFTAs, two Golden Globes, and three Emmys. He has produced/executive produced over 100 films. His feature credits include Billy Elliot, Iris, Dirty Pretty Things, Notes on a Scandal, Revolutionary Road, Fish Tank, Eastern Promises, In The Loop, My Summer of Love, An Education, Bright Star and Men Who Stare at Goats.

Over his career, Thompson made a special contribution to introducing the work of new directors such as Pawel Pawlikowski, Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold, Saul Dibb, Dominic Savage, Sarah Gavron, Francesca Joseph, Justin Chadwick and Nick Murphy. His TV credits as producer include several Alan Clarke films such as The Firm and Road, as well as the first Shadowlands and numerous award winning television dramas which he executive produced/produced such as Into the Storm, The Gathering Storm, Conspiracy, The Lost Prince and Einstein & Eddington.

Ed Rubin has worked in the film industry across development and production since 2000. He began in the independent sector working for Mission Pictures across a number of films, including Danny Boyle's Millions, before going on to work in a freelance development capacity for several well-established companies including Working Title, Ealing Studios, Neal Street and the UK Film Council. He joined BBC Films in 2005 as Development Executive and became Head of Development at Origin Pictures at its launch in 2008. He has produced two award-winning short films.

Nicola Hill started her career working as an assistant director on numerous films and dramas. She then went on to work as a production manager for a film location company, eventually moving on to work with David Thompson at BBC Films. She left the BBC with David in June to take up the role of Production Executive at Origin Pictures.

Zander started his media career at Raw TV researching and developing documentaries for BBC and Channel 4, later making the transition into drama at Company Pictures. At the beginning of 2008 he moved to Origin to work with Dominic Savage on the credit crunch drama, Freefall, staying on to work full time across both development and production for the company.