Ade Rawcliffe
TIME’S UP UK Director and Head of Diversity ITV Commissioning
Ade Rawcliffe
Ade Rawcliffe is responsible for delivering ITV’s on-going commitment to reflecting the diversity of modern Britain at the heart of mainstream television, both onscreen and behind the camera. Prior to that, Ade led the Creative Diversity team at Channel 4 and spearheaded the delivery of the broadcaster’s 360° Diversity Charter. She oversaw the creation of C4’s Commissioning Diversity Guidelines and developed projects through diverse funding vehicle the Alpha Fund, including the BAFTA award winning drama Run. Rawcliffe was also part of the team responsible for C4’s coverage of Rio 2016 Paralympics and London 2012 Paralympics, which broke records for employing disabled presenters and production staff.
Ade also worked in the Features commissioning team and was a Television Producer at the BBC, ITV and in the independent sector. She sat on the Board of Governors for the National Film and Television School (NFTS), is a member of BAFTA’s TV Committee, on the Advisory Committee of The Edinburgh International TV Festival, a Board Member of Women in Film & Television (WFTV) and a Trustee of the National Trust.
Barbara Broccoli
Producer at Eon Productions Ltd and TIME’S UP UK Director
Barbara Broccoli
Barbara Broccoli is producer of the James Bond film series with her brother Michael G. Wilson. Together they have produced the last eight Bond films including Skyfall and Spectre and are now producing the 25th film in the series No Time To Die. Broccoli also produced Crime Of The Century for HBO and more recently Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters and Vanessa Redgrave and directed by Paul McGuigan.
Broccoli and Wilson have executive produced several independent film projects including The Silent Storm, Radiator and Nancyand recently produced the upcoming The Rhythm Section starring Blake Lively and directed by Reed Morano. In theatre, Broccoli has co-produced a number of stage productions including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002 West End, 2005 Broadway), A Steady Rain (2009 Broadway), Chariots Of Fire (2012 West End), the Tony Award-winning Once (2012 Broadway, 2013 West End), Strangers On A Train (2013 West End), Love Letters (2014 Broadway), Othello (December 2016 – January 2017 New York Theatre Workshop), The Kid Stays In The Picture (2017 Royal Court Theatre, London), The Country Girls (Summer 2017 Chichester Festival Theatre), Cyprus Avenue (2018 Ireland, 2018 The Public Theater, NYC), Ear for Eye (2018 Royal Court Theatre, London), the Tony Award-winning The Band’s Visit (2017- 2019 Broadway) and Fleabag (2019 Soho Playhouse NYC). As well as Vice President for Film for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), Broccoli is President of the National Youth Theatre, a trustee of Into Film (a film education charity working with young people aged 5-19), a patron of the Film and Television Charity, a patron of Back Up (a charity set up in 1986 to support people with spinal cord injury) and a patron of the International Spinal Research Trust (a charity researching treatment for spinal cord injuries). Broccoli and Wilson are founders of the London Screen Academy, Islington.
Dame Heather Rabbatts
TIME’S UP UK Chair
Dame Heather Rabbatts
Dame Heather Rabbatts’ career spans law, government, media and sport. She is currently Chair of Saatchi PLC, Associated British Foods PLC (where she is also Senior Independent Director) and Soho Theatre and until recently was MD of film & TV production company Cove Pictures where she produced The Drifters and The Bad Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.
In 2018, Heather became Chair of TIME’S UP UK and in 2019 joined TIME’S UP global board. Born out of the revelations of #MeToo, TIME’S UP advocates to end sexual harassment, change representation and pay parity to achieve long-term cultural change. She was previously Chair of CIISA, the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority, currently in development.
Heather began her career as a lawyer, then a government advisor and was the youngest CEO of a Local Authority. She was the first woman and person of colour on the board of the English FA in 150 years, served on the boards of the BBC, Bank of England, the Foreign Office and the Royal Opera House and commissioned award-winning content as a senior executive at Channel 4 Television.
Julie La’Bassiere
Chief Strategy Officer at global entertainment communications agency, DDA and TIME’S UP UK Director
Julie La’Bassiere
Julie La’Bassiere is a veteran entertainment marketing and communications strategist with a long and successful track record of innovative creative leadership and expertise across film, television, film festivals and brands. Julie is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at global entertainment communications agency, DDA where she works across the company’s verticals to create cohesive 360 degree client campaigns across publicity, awards, brand partnerships and events. With over 25 years of experience working with everyone from Martin Scorsese to A24 to Duran Duran to American Express, Julie uses her extensive and diverse experience to partner with industry, filmmakers, festivals and brands to tell stories that resonate across borders and garner wider audiences.
Prior to joining DDA, Julie was the UK Awards lead for Apple TV+ across feature film and television series. Before that, she was across marketing and awards campaigns at Obscured Pictures in NY for clients including Bleecker Street, Amazon Studios, Focus Features, Magnolia Pictures, Netflix and Roadside Attractions. Prior to Obscured, she was the CEO of BAFTA New York and over the past two decades has worked with companies as diverse as FilmBuff, the British Council, Los Angeles Film Festival, Tribeca Enterprises, CAA, Film Independent, the American Cinematheque, Magus Entertainment and Writers Guild of America West, to name just a few.
Julie has also served on numerous film festival juries and industry panels and frequently mentors filmmakers on how to tell their stories authentically as possible with a lens on diversity, equity and inclusion. She is currently the joint Deputy Chair of BAFTA and additionally sits on the BAFTA North America Board and on BAFTA’s Film Committee (since 2021). She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, a Founding Board Member of the Future of Film is Female, a Board Member of TimesUp UK, a mentor for We Are Parable’s Momentum Program and is a project advisor for Future of Film which marries the art of world-building and transformative storytelling. Julie is based in London and is a graduate of Stanford University.
Kate Buckley
TIME’S UP UK Director and Director, 42films
Kate Buckley
Personable and approachable, Joanna is a media specialist with over 25 years’ experience spanning audit, annual accounts, corporation tax compliance and business advisory work, as well as ad hoc projects, including company valuations, business plans and forecasts, and recommending accounting systems and internal controls to clients. Jo works with individuals as well as small and medium-sized owner-managed and entrepreneurial businesses, with a focus on TV and film production companies. Her clients represent all stages of the business life cycle, from start-up to sale or wind-down. With a natural ability to discuss finances in a way that is easy to digest, Jo’s clients appreciate that she proactively identifies practical and commercial solutions for the issues they face. Passionate about developing the next generation of accountants, Jo works closely with the firm’s early talent, including our trainees and junior managers, to develop them and guide them in achieving their potential. As an advocate of equity, diversity and inclusion Jo is a patron of Access Accountancy, Access: VFX, TIME’S UP UK, and a board member of Rise, an advocacy group for gender diversity within the broadcast technology sector.
Joanna Cosgrove
TIME’S UP UK Treasurer and Partner, Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Joanna Cosgrove
Ade Rawcliffe is responsible for delivering ITV’s on-going commitment to reflecting the diversity of modern Britain at the heart of mainstream television, both onscreen and behind the camera. Prior to that, Ade led the Creative Diversity team at Channel 4 and spearheaded the delivery of the broadcaster’s 360° Diversity Charter. She oversaw the creation of C4’s Commissioning Diversity Guidelines and developed projects through diverse funding vehicle the Alpha Fund, including the BAFTA award winning drama Run. Rawcliffe was also part of the team responsible for C4’s coverage of Rio 2016 Paralympics and London 2012 Paralympics, which broke records for employing disabled presenters and production staff.
Ade also worked in the Features commissioning team and was a Television Producer at the BBC, ITV and in the independent sector. She sat on the Board of Governors for the National Film and Television School (NFTS), is a member of BAFTA’s TV Committee, on the Advisory Committee of The Edinburgh International TV Festival, a Board Member of Women in Film & Television (WFTV) and a Trustee of the National Trust.
Susanna White
Film Director and Director TIME’S UP UK
Susanna White
BAFTA award-winning director Susanna White is known for her wide-ranging body of work with some of the world’s top writers. Most recently in film, Susanna directed WOMAN WALKS AHEAD, written by Steve Knight, starring Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes and Sam Rockwell, and released by A24. She made her debut feature film NANNY MCPHEE AND THE BIG BANG for Working Title Films. Written by and starring Emma Thompson, the film also features Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dame Maggie Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Ewan McGregor and Rhys Ifans. It was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Film in the children’s category. This was followed by OUR KIND OF TRAITOR, an adaptation of John le Carré’s novel by Hossein Amini, starring Ewan McGregor, Damien Lewis, Stellan Skarsgård and Naomie Harris.
Susanna won widespread praise for her six episodes of BLEAK HOUSE, winning a host of international broadcast awards including the BAFTA and RTS awards for Best Drama Serial. She went on to direct another highly-regarded drama series for the BBC, JANE EYRE, which earned an Emmy nomination for directing. She has directed on the last two series of the Simon’s THE DEUCE starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, and for FX she directed the finale of TRUST, written by Simon Beaufoy and starring Donald Sutherland and Hilary Swank. In 2013, she directed the critically acclaimed PARADE’S END (BBC/HBO), adapted for television by Sir Tom Stoppard from the novels by Ford Madox Ford, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall. Previously for HBO she directed David Simon’s GENERATION KILL, which was nominated for 11 Emmy awards including Outstanding Directing. Susanna also directed on BOARDWALK EMPIRE and season one of BILLIONS.
She has a reputation for working with new talent – BLEAK HOUSE was a breakthrough role for Carey Mulligan and Jane Eyre did the same for Ruth Wilson, just as Alexander Skarsgård had his first major television lead in GENERATION KILL.
