Lindsay Watson

CEO Lindsay Watson is a Canadian, British and Irish citizen based between UK and Europe; an IP, Media & Entertainment Executive with fifteen years experience in the kids and family content sector. Focused on developing and producing female-led, diverse and inclusive content, this is her third venture after founding CANUK Productions and Animated Women UK. She has also held senior leadership positions at award-winning companies and worked with channels including Disney, Family Channel, Channel5/Viacom, NBCUniversal and Sky Kids. With an MA in Professional Media Practice from Bournemouth University she is a published academic and guest speaker in the areas of girls’ animation and media finance. As a graduate of the Diversity Venture Capital course and a BAFTA-Albert eco-certified member of the UK’s Producers Alliance she is passionate about working with under-represented groups on eco projects to ‘be it’ so she can ‘see it’!