Julianne Reddin Chair Expand Julianne joined SEE’s board in 2017 and was appointed Chair in 2019. Senior Manager - Strategy and Innovation at Climate Group, she specialises in stakeholder engagement, fundraising, and public affairs, with previous experience including roles at Imaginate, the University of Edinburgh Business School, Royal College of General Practitioners and Centre for the Moving Image (Edinburgh International Film Festival, Filmhouse Cinema and Belmont Filmhouse). Julianne is also a Trustee of the Bank of Scotland Foundation and a Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. [email protected]
Katherine McNab Secretary Expand Until retirement in 2018, Katherine was a Scottish Government Senior Policy Adviser, working in policy areas including Education, Public Health, Transport and Environment. As Education policy lead for Developing the Young Workforce programme, Katherine worked in collaboration with national education bodies, local authorities, employers, and third sector orgs to ensure all young people have access to the skills and knowledge to prepare them for the world of work. [email protected]
David Johnson Treasurer Expand David was appointed Treasurer in August 2020. Currently the Financial Director for Scottish Gymnastics, he previously worked for Scottish Rugby, Silberline, and Christian Salvesen, bringing considerable experience of dealing with various financial situations to benefit SEE. [email protected]
Sarah Drummond Trustee Expand Sarah is Managing Director and Executive Producer at LS Productions, leading its UK wide production service offering across commercials, TV episodes, film, music videos and fashion. She is driven to create opportunities for new entrants into the industry, and support those already working industry-wide. Starting at our org as a YTS trainee in the early 90's, her career has seen her film work premiere at the Berlinale and EIFF, and a BAFTA New Talent Award for her role producing our film Mum’s Birthday.
Elliot Linger Trustee Expand Elliott is Global Head of Portfolio and Audience Development at the LEGO Group. Formerly Senior Vice President at Universal Pictures with responsibility for marketing strategy, consumer research and data analytics for global film releases, overseeing marketing for billion-dollar movie franchises such as The Fast & The Furious, Despicable Me™ / Minions and Jurassic World, James Bond 007™, Mamma Mia!™ and Fifty Shades of Grey™. Elliott has worked in the entertainment sphere his entire career, spending six years at PlayStation prior to Universal Pictures where he managed the development of the The Last of Us™ and LittleBigPlanet™ franchises.
Christina Hinds Trustee Expand Christina is a Community Energy Shared Ownership specialist with Local Energy Scotland. Prior to this, she worked at EVOC in organisational development and capacity building, supporting local organisations with governance, compliance, and funding.
Jared Taylor Trustee Expand Jared is Programme Director of the award winning Animation Department at Edinburgh College of Art, part of the University of Edinburgh. Jared has trained animators in Edinburgh and London for the last 17 years. His teaching career began on the shoulders of a 10 year involvement in video games. He has worked as a designer and producer, coordinating projects developed by independent games studios based in the UK for large international clients including LEGO, Nokia. Nintendo (NCL), Square-Enix, Konami, Sony (SCEE) and Philips Media. He has also directed the world’s largest multi camera rotoscope shoot at the Roundhouse in London.
Wendy Griffin Advisor Expand Wendy has extensive experience as a film and TV line producer, including films from Andrea Arnold, David Mackenzie, Annie Griffin, Paddy Considine and Scott Graham. As a film producer she has overseen films such as improvised feature Wasted with Raindog, indie rom-com Not Another Happy Ending with Synchronicity Films, music documentary and EIFF audience winner Big Gold Dream, and EIFF first feature winner and Netflix hit Calibre. First engaging with our org in the 90's overseeing short film scheme production, Wendy is passionate about working with diverse voices and new talent, particularly female, both in front of and behind the camera and is a strong advocate for grass roots training within the industry. Wendy is an advisor to SEE's team and board.
Alistair Scott Advisor Expand Alistair is Associate Professor of Film and Television at Edinburgh Napier University. After working on community arts projects he was a postgraduate student at the National Film & TV School in the 1980s, and then worked as a Producer and Director in broadcast television. He has made documentaries with local communities for over 30 years from Leithers (Channel 4, 1988) to Raploch Stories: Where are they now? (BBC, 2017). In 2005 he moved to teach in higher education. Alistair is an advisor to SEE's team and board.