Skillset's Film Skills Council comprises senior film industry figures, from all areas of the film value chain, who lead and advise us on our work in film. The Film Skills Council meets quarterly. The members of the Film Skills Council are:

Chair: Iain Smith - Applecross Productions Ltd

Deputy Chair: Tim Richards - CEO and Founder, VUE Entertainment

Mark Batey - CEO, Film Distributors' Association

Charlie Bloye - CEO, Film Export UK 

Roy Button - Senior VP, Production and Managing Director, Warner Brothers Europe Production

Tim Cagney - Deputy Chief Executive, BFI

Dinah Caine - CEO, Skillset

Phil Clapp - CEO, Cinema Exhibitors Association

Joe Dunton - MD, Joe Dunton and Company Ltd

Sarah Mackey - Acting Chief Executive, UK Screen Association

John McVay - CEO, Pact

Rebecca O'Brien - Producer, Sixteen Films

Kate O'Connor - Deputy CEO/Executive Director, Skillset

Dan Simmons - Head of Film (Acting), Skillset

Andrew M. Smith - Group Director: Corporate Affairs, Pinewood Studios Group

Karen Smyth - Managing Director, La Belle Allee Productions Ltd

Martin Spence - Assistant General Secretary, BECTU

Emily Stillman - CEO, Production Guild

Michelle Wright - Head of Production, Working Title Films