Each division and business unit of Ten Alps is run by an experienced manager. The following is a list of key staff across the group.
Content Division
Tony Allen
Group Financial Controller, Ten Alps Plc
Chartered accountant. Degree in Commerce from University of British Columbia. Qualified with Deloitte & Touche 1998 and came to the UK where he worked at media companies Warner Music, Universal Music and BBC before joining Ten Alps. Role includes purchase and integration of acquisitions. Also on the Operations Board.
Andrew Bethell
Chief Executive & Creative Director, Teachers TV
After fifteen years as a teacher, Andrew founded independent producer Double Exposure, making award-winning documentaries and educational programming. In 2003 he joined the Brook Lapping, bidding for Teachers TV. A driving force behind its success, in 2006 he became Chief Executive and Creative Director.
Dawn Boyfield MBE
Managing Director, DBDA
Former school head, then founder and MD of dbda, a business which delivers work on corporate social responsibility (CSR) across key issues such as education, safety and the environment. One of the foremost educational experts on road safety in the UK. Ten Alps acquired dbda in 2007 and Dawn continues its expansion.
Denys Blakeway
Chairman, Blakeway Productions
Denys set up Blakeway Productions in 1994. He started in television as a General Trainee with the BBC in 1980 and then worked on Newsnight and Panorama. In 1990 he left the BBC and worked as a freelance. Blakeway Productions rapidly became one of Britain’s leading production companies. He sold the company to Ten Alps Ltd in 2004.
Roger Graef OBE
CEO – Films of Record
New York-born Roger Graef developed ‘fly on the wall’ techniques that gained the first access to normally closed places from ministries to prisons. His more than one hundred and twenty films cover arts, current affairs, social issues, and comedies. He was a founding director of Channel 4, and the first documentary filmmaker with the lifetime achievement BAFTA Fellowship. Films of Record, bought by Ten Alps in 2008, celebrates its 30th year in 2009.
Clare Healy
Chief Operating Officer, Teachers TV
A founding director of Education Digital, and key member of the team which in 2008 renewed contract to supply the Teachers TV channel for five years to the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Twenty years’ experience in the television industry. Joined Brook Lapping as Head of Production in 1997 and board in 1999.
Brian Lapping
Chairman, Brook Lapping Productions
Major figure in documentary production. CBE in 2005 for "services to broadcasting", including running "World in Action" and "Question Time." Many international awards, for such series as "The Second Russian Revolution", "The Death of Yugoslavia" and "Endgame in Ireland". Chairs Brook Lapping and subsidiary that launched Teachers TV.
Sarah Murch
Executive Producer, Blakeway North
Award winning Executive Producer, who joined Blakeway from Granada. Developing factual programming to complement Blakeway’s current affairs and documentary commissions.
Norma Percy
Founding Partner, Brook Lapping
A founding director of Brook Lapping and Executive Producer, series producer of IRAN & THE WEST, the 2009 winner of the One World Media best documentary award for ‘storytelling and journalism of the highest quality’. She was responsible with Lapping for the series that a BBC report called ‘a new genre’ of documentary including The Death of Yugoslavia, The Second Russian Revolution, Endgame in Ireland, Elusive Peace. These series have won dozens of major awards including an EMMY, two BAFTA’s, four Royal Television Society journalism awards. She has twice won the James Cameron prize for the year's outstanding journalism.
Sarah MacDonald
Managing Director, Ten Alps Asia
Uproar Productions was launched in 2006 by journalist, producer, director, Sarah Macdonald. New Zealand born, Sarah spent five years working for the BBC’s flagship news and current affairs programme Newsnighty, and was nominated for a Royal Television Society awardIn 2000, she began a seven month undercover investigation into familial child abuse in Liverpool which involved putting secret cameras on a victim to entrap her abusers. As a result of the film, three men were jailed for a total of 90 years. Sarah won a British Academy of Film and Television Award (BAFTA) as New Director and the heroine in the film won ‘Woman of the Year’ presented at Downing Street.Since then Sarah has produced and directed 13 one-hour documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4’s Dispatches, CNN and WGBH Frontline World. These have included ground-breaking investigations into child abuse within the Catholic Church. Her film ‘Suing the Pope’ led to the resignation of an Irish Bishop, a Government inquiry and was nominated for a Royal Television Society award.
Des Shaw
Director, Ten Alps Radio
Manages Ten Alps’ radio production. An award winning radio producer, programmer and consultant with over 28 years experience, he has had clients including the BBC, Xfm, Capital Radio, Chelsea FC, BP, 98FM and Austereo.
Fiona Stourton
Managing Director, Blakeway Productions
Joined Ten Alps from the BBC where she was Executive Producer for Current Affairs, responsible for numerous award winning programmes. Since her arrival at Ten Alps, Fiona has been responsible for a slate of current affairs commissions, notably for Panorama and Dispatches. Fiona is also on the Operations Board.
Trevor Birney
Managing director, Below the Radar
Trevor Birney was editor of current affairs at Ulster Television until leaving to establish Below the Radar Ltd. He won a Justice Media Award in the Irish Republic for one of the company's first investigative outings in the jurisdiction. In a career spanning two decades, he has also won two Royal Television Society awards, been nominated for three others and was named NI Broadcaster of the Year in 2002. Trevor began his career in Enniskillen on the "Impartial Reporter" newspaper and has also worked in radio.
Ruth O'Reilly
Senior Producer, Below the Radar
Ruth O’Reilly set up Below the Radar with Trevor after working with him in current affairs in UTV and having produced the two UTV programmes which won Royal Television Society awards. She has since appled her experience and distinctive approach to film-making on most of the company’s productions and picked up its first prize – from the Justice Media Awards in Dublin – for The Devil in Detail. Her 20 years in journalism started in The Irish News in Belfast and encompasses newspapers, TV, radio as well as a four-year stint with the Press Association in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
Communications Division
Derek Morren
Finance Director, Ten Alps Communications Division
Former FD of Trinity Mirror’s Scottish Daily Record and Group Financial Controller of Trinity Mirror Plc. Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1988 and spent early career with The Thomson Corporation. Joined McMillan-Scott February 2006. Now FD of Ten Alps’ Communications division, plays a key role on acquisitions and is on Operations Board.
Stuart Brown
Managing Director, Ten Alps Communications North
Over 20 years sales and marketing experience, in converging media platforms and emerging technologies. Joined Ten Alps after Director role at mobile marketing innovator Mediaburst. Heads Ten Alps Communications operations in Macclesfield, Manchester and Gateshead.
Scott Ford
Managing Director, Ten Alps Creative and Ten Alps Media
Scott joined Ten Alps as Managing Director of the South Coast full service advertising agency Ten Alps RMA. He then moved to Managing Director of Ten Alps Creative and Ten Alps Media - a newly formed integrated company resulting from the merger of Mongoose Media, Ten Alps Publishing South, Live, Digital and RMA. Scott joined the agency with 15 years of marketing and communications agency experience both in the UK and abroad on domestic and international brands.
Vince Meiklejohn
Managing Director, Ten Alps Vision
MD of Ten Alps’ communications business Ten Alps Vision, Over 25 years experience at several well known advertising agencies and across Scottish, UK and international businesses and brands. CAM diploma, MBA from the University of Edinburgh Management School and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Tim Murphy
Managing Director, Atalink LTD and Sovereign Publications
MD of Atalink media sales business since 2002, having joined in 1996 and become Head of Sales in 1998. Saw through the sale of the business to Ten Alps in 2007 and continues to drive the business forward in consumer and trade publishing markets.
Bruce Settle
Head of Publishing and Events, Ten Alps Creative
Bruce joins Ten Alps as Head of Publishing & Events at Ten Alps Creative from Wardour where he was Commercial Director having worked across national press, newsstand and customer publishing for 20 years.
Richard Walters
Ad Sales Managing Director, Ten Alps Media - London ad sales
Richard heads the business providing offline and online advertising sales for Ten Alps Media. The unit has high quality UK and international client base including Newsweek, National Geographic and Time Out. Richard previously held senior communications and public relations roles prior to joining Ten Alps in 2003 as the Advertising Director,
Alan Whibley
Managing Director, Grove House Publishing
Alan has over 25 years experience in B2B publishing collecting awards such as the IVCA Grand Prix for best website, PPA subscription awards as well as the ACE Best promotional campaign for Farmers Guardian newspaper. His has extensive experience of diverse markets such as agriculture, construction, marketing, catering, medical and travel. Prior to setting up Grove House Publishing, Alan was Group Director at CMP Information, a United Business Media company and has extensive experience of media disciplines spanning newsstand sales, subscriptions, book and video production, events, database management and internet products. Alan runs Grove House Publishing with his wife Marketing Director wife, Caroline.
Raymond Wong
CEO, Ten Alps Communications Asia
More than 10 years of senior management experience with p&l responsibility in businesses spanning Asia. Was formerly Managing Director for Reed Business Information Asia as well as Chief Operating Officer for Informa Performance Improvement Asia. Founded Interface Media which was acquired by Ten Alps in 2010 and now heads the Asian division of Ten Alps Communications.
