PRIME FOCUS APPOINTS NEW SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE AND AUDIO PRODUCER
Prime Focus has appointed Neil Coles as senior sales executive and Louisa Sutherland-Smith as audio producer to its UK Broadcast division.
Neil Coles will work closely with the Broadcast sales team on business development, predominantly for longform and light entertainment broadcast projects. He has extensive experience in the broadcast sector, working most recently on the studio and outside broadcast side at Roll to Record. He was previously at The Pinewood Studios Group and Lynx Digital in business development roles.
"I'm thrilled to be joining such a dynamic company like Prime Focus at this exciting stage of their development and am keen to boost the light entertainment portfolio in the weeks and months to come," said Neil.
Also new to Prime Focus is Louisa Sutherland-Smith, who has joined as audio producer. She joins from Aquarium Studios where she was responsible for 6 studios and has a wealth of experience in prep, sound design, mixing, foley, ADR and Dolby mastering and encoding.
Louisa?s broadcast credits include Merlin, 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers, The Secret Life of the Berlin Wall and Pulling. She?s also worked on many shortform projects such as commercials for Land Rover, an online campaign for Lynx and television idents for Dave. ?As audio producer, I?m looking forward to supporting and promoting this talented audio team,? said Louisa. ?It?s exciting to become part of a strong team of producers who together continue to deliver the clients? highest expectations.?
Simon Briggs, managing director, UK commented: ?Broadcast continues to play a major role in our London offering and we?re constantly looking to progress and develop our facilities and our team. Both Louisa and Neil have great experience and a wonderful attitude and I know they?ll make a significant contribution to the company?.
About Prime Focus
Prime Focus is one of the world?s largest visual entertainment services groups, specialising in creative and technical services for the film, broadcast, commercials, music, games, internet and media industries. With a market capitalisation of $140m USD, it operates nine facilities in India, four in the UK and four in North America, offering clients access to a talent pool of over 600 visual effects artists worldwide.
Prime Focus Limited is a public stock company with shares traded in the Mumbai and National Stock exchanges in India (Symbol - PRIMEFOCUS). Prime Focus also owns and operates Prime Focus London plc (Symbol - PFO), which is publicly traded in the LSE?s AIM market. For more information, please visit www.primefocusworld.com.
