Producers’ trade body Pact has announced the appointment of See-Saw Films’ Hakan Kousetta as Pact Chair for the next two years.
Kousetta was uncontested as Chair during the recent Pact Council elections. Eleven Council Members have also been elected to Pact Council for the same period.
Kousetta succeeds All3Media COO, Sara Geater, who stands down at the end of the year having served the maximum four-year term as Chair. During her tenure, Geater has overseen Pact’s re-negotiation of Terms of Trade with all of the domestic broadcasters, and played a pivotal role in Pact’s COVID-19 response this year, working with industry partners and Government officials to help ensure production could get up and running again.
Emmy Award-winning Kousetta joined See-Saw Films in 2014 to co-run its TV division and has, throughout his career, overseen the finance and production of a large number of films and television programmes. He has been co-Chair of Pact’s Film Policy Group for the past two years and currently sits on Pact Council.
The newly elected Pact Council Members are:
- Alex Jones, Red Planet Pictures – re-elected
- Claire Mundell, Synchronicity Films – re-elected
- Gwenda Carnie, Cardiff Productions, re-elected as National Representative for Wales
- Jacqueline Moreton, FremantleMedia – newly elected
- Jane Kelly, Big Mountain Productions, newly elected as National Representative for Northern Ireland
- Jane Muirhead, Raise The Roof Productions, uncontested and re-elected as National Representative for Scotland
- Kate Norrish, Hillbilly Films & Television – newly elected
- Laura Marshall, Icon Films – re-elected
- Marc Samuelson, Route 24 – re-elected
- Nicky Bentham, Neon Films – re-elected
- Sue Vertue, Hartswood Films – re-elected
Commenting on the appointments, Pact Chief Executive, John McVay, said: “In what has been an unprecedented year, Pact Council has worked hard to enable the UK indie production sector to get back to work to do what it does best – creating globally successful content.
“I’d like to thank Sara Geater for her time as Chair over the past four years – steering Pact and the indie TV sector through both Brexit and Covid-19 – and ensuring we come out of the other side in good health. Her contribution to the industry as Pact Chair has been second to none. And welcome to Hakan and the new Council whose job it will be to help us navigate the uncertainty of the next few years.”
Hakan Kousetta says, “Pact has been crucial to the survival of the production sector and Sara has been an exceptional chair during incredibly turbulent times. The production community will continue to face many challenges, and I am looking forward to working with Pact to help ensure the sector bounces back.”
Jon Creamer
Share this story
