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Ferne Cohen
Executive Director, Banff World Media Festival
Vice President, Entertainment Group
Ferne has been with Achilles Media since 2008 and during her time at Achilles, Ferne has developed and produced several new initiatives including Kids and Animation Day at BANFF 2009, which was turned into a full programming stream at BANFF/nextMEDIA 2010. Before joining Achilles, Ferne was the Director of Business Affairs for Alliance Atlantis Television Production Group, responsible for overseeing various television properties. With a background in intellectual property law, Ferne began her career in private practice as a litigator in the areas of trademark and copyright law.
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Mark Greenspan
Chief Operating Officer
Achilles Media
Mark Greenspan is Chief Operating Officer for Achilles Media and has taught and designed new media curriculum in Singapore, Philippines and India. He worked for Razorfish Inc in both London, England and Milan, Italy. He produced MTV Asia‘s first web cast, set up a boutique design and branding firm called methodgroup and produced a 12-series alternative travel show entitled Above the Clouds. Mark was also Training Programs Manager at the Canadian Film Centre‘s Habitat New Media Lab where he oversaw the quality of the curriculum design and delivery of the TELUS Interactive Art and Entertainment Program (IAEP).
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Jory Groberman
Executive Vice President, Business Development
Jory is an experienced team leader and executive manager of Industry Partnerships, Business Development, Government Partnerships, and B2B Facilitation, in the Entertainment, Technology, Media, Advertising and Investment industries. At Achilles Media, he oversees the Partnerships team, and looks for Business Development opportunities for the company.
Jory comes from a background as a creative, successful and hard-working entrepreneur in the digital media, entertainment and music industry. He is the founder and President of 29 Productions Inc, based in Vancouver. 29 Productions is the parent company of 29 Mobile (mobile content), the New Music West Festival & Conference, and the 29 Productions Recording Studios. He has held positions in radio (Corus Network) and television (CTV). Jory holds degrees in English & Anthropology from the University of Western Ontario, in Radio & Television from Ryerson University, and studied Sales Management at the University of Toronto. He also plays a mean guitar.
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Amy Davies
Director
Events and Programmes
Amy brings to Achilles experience in the events, television, digital media and public relations industry and has a proven track record of planning and executing landmark events including nextMEDIA, the Banff World Television Festival and the Canadian Innovation Exchange. Amy has been Senior Conference Producer at Broadcast Magazine and Screen International producing seminars and business training events. She has also programmed IMM (International Media Management Training) for Media & Marketing Europe. Amy is a graduate of Brunel University London (B.A.) and the London School of Public Relations (with distinction).
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Robert Montgomery
Chief Executive Officer
Achilles Media
Robert Montgomery is the chief executive officer of Achilles Media Ltd., producer of international media events including the Banff World Media Festival, History Makers International and nextMEDIA. For many years he was an executive and advisor for media, communications and technology companies and the investment community. His work has included investment in several companies in the media and technology sectors and until 2001 he was Non-Executive Chairman of Media Content PLC, a media services company specializing in sports and entertainment television programming. Robert’s experience includes working as President for the Americas for The Fantastic Corporation, a broadband software provider to the media and information sector. Before this, he was Managing Director of Kagan World Media in London, England, one of the world's leading media industry research and consulting firms. Prior to Kagan, Robert was a co-founder of Digital Media International, an events and publishing business. In addition, he served as Managing Director and Publisher for two magazine publishing and events companies, subsidiaries of what is now Informa Group PLC, and Euromoney PLC, respectively.
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