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Alex is the Head of Alliance and Product at EFIC. Alex's role at EFIC is to work with key alliance partners including the banking community, government and industry bodies, to develop solutions that support EFIC in its role to help Australian SME exporters overcome financial barriers. Alex has specific responsibility for assisting Australian producers of low budget productions to finance the producer offset rebate. Alex experience's includes 30 years working in commercial lending, primarily to small and medium-sized enterprises. He specialises in providing tailored solutions that meet a customer's particular needs. Before joining EFIC, he worked for seven years for HSBC, and before that, for 18 years for what was then Australia's oldest finance company, Australian Guarantee Corporation.

Ricky Sutton is a career journalist who made a move into digital early. He has now spent 15 years working with and for leading media companies in Australia, the US and the UK including News Corp, Fairfax Media, Microsoft and others. Four years ago, he founded Fairfax's video on demand network smh.tv and has since worked in the forefront of the VOD industry. .tv is now one of Australia and New Zealand's largest VOD destinations, available on 16 devices enjoying rights deals with more than 100 content providers including the BBC, Endemol, Fremantle, CNN right down to individual film makers.

films and casting TEMPLE pty ltd Producer/Director appointed as an Australia Day Ambassador and nominated as one of the 50 most powerful & influential film professionals in Australia, Anupam Sharma is a film maker, author, reality TV judge, and Australian consultant on Indian cinema. Recently appointed as the head of Australia India Film Fund, Anupam holds a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in film, TV, & Theatre from UWS and UNSW along with a thesis on Bollywood. He was the main judge and advisor of Australia's first India centric reality show Bollywood Star on SBS and commissioned to make the documentary Indian Aussies for Australian National Maritime Museum. Apart from developing his own documentary & feature film projects, Anupam is also co producing Australian features with Bill Bennett and John Winter, is a speaker on India Australia film/media links, and advisor to a number of government and private organisations on issues related to Indian cinema.

Ed Punchard is a Managing Director of Prospero Productions. He has produced many internationally award-winning documentaries. In 1988 Ed survived the world's worst ever offshore oil rig disaster on board the Piper Alpha in the North Sea, when it exploded with the loss of 167 lives. This incident ended Ed«'s eight year career offshore and began his role as a documentary film-maker. He advised in the making of programmes for World in Action ITV, First Tuesday ITV, Yorkshire Television and BBC Panorama.

For appointments during AIDC please email: suziepunchard@prospero.com.au

Julia Redwood established Prospero Productions with Ed Punchard in Perth in 1991. In addition to being joint Managing Director, Julia is a multi award winning Producer, Director and Writer. Her role within Prospero spans a broad spectrum; in addition to overseeing production and the research and development of new ideas, she heads up the marketing and distribution overseas of new and completed projects.

For appointments during AIDC please email: suziepunchard@prospero.com.au

Jules joined Prospero Productions in 2010 bringing with her experience from both RTE and the independent sector in Ireland. After working as a Production Manager on some of Prospero's most challenging documentaries, Jules was appointed to the position of Head of Production in 2012. Now she overseas the day-to-day management of all areas of production, from contracting and budgeting to managing staff and creating schedules.

For appointments during AIDC please email: suziepunchard@prospero.com.au

Marketing & Development Coordinator at Prospero Productions.

Ruifang Hua is Rare Media's representative in Europe, based in Paris. In charge of all aspects of international business development, including acquisitions, coproduction, and distribution.

Michael Byers is Managing Director of Showbrands. An expert in cross platform media, Michael draws on over two decades of professional industry experience with blue chip clients including: McDonalds, Optus, Caltex and Nokia. His knowledge brings a unique approach and unrivalled insight to branded content and product placement.

His skills and position as an industry leader have been recognised internationally, with affiliations in the US and UK.  A regular contributor and blogger for the Marketing Magazine, Michael is also author of the ‘Australian Product Placement Handbook.’