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David Green (Executive Chairman)
David Green was appointed Executive Chairman of DCD Media in February 2012, after 3 years as CEO. He joined the Group in 2007 when London and LA-based television and film production company September Films, of which he was Chairman and Founder, was acquired by DCD Media. He originally took on the role of DCD Chief Creative Officer with the task of driving creative synergies across all Group production and distribution companies. He now merges his Chairman role with special responsibility for spearheading DCD Media's surge into the booming American TV production market.
A veteran of the British and American Film and television industries where he has successfully built his career since graduating from Oxford, David has produced and/or directed over a thousand hours of primetime television including the landmark 'Hollywood Women' series and September's flagship show 'Bridezillas' - both of which he created. His four feature film directing credits notably include the Oscar-nominated 'Buster' (4 awards), one of the biggest grossing British films of all time, and the $22m Disney action adventure 'Wings of the Apache', starring Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones. He was also the Executive Producer of two September movies: Oscar-nominated 'Solomon and Gaenor' (7 awards) and 'House of America' (6 awards).
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Sammy Nourmand (CEO and Executive Director)
Sammy Nourmand brings with him 18 years experience in the independent television sector, first as a Production Accountant and then Financial Controller before joining September Films as Head of Finance in 1998. He went on to become Director of Finance and Deputy CEO in November 2003 taking over as CEO in April 2005. Sammy oversaw September Films operations in the UK and the US as well as its distribution arm, September International. He was instrumental in the sale of September Films to DCD Media in August 2007 and under his stewardship September Films enjoyed its longest period of growth and stability. Sammy took the role of acting COO of DCD Media between 2009 and 2010, became a Director of DCD Media in November 2011 and appointed CEO in February in 2012. More
John Cusins (Non-Executive Director)
John Cusins has had a distinguished career in Finance. He has held a variety of senior posts in the Investment Banking, Insurance and Asset Management sectors. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG before moving to UBS, then took the role of Managing Director at Dresdner Bank, London. He was part of the private equity group that acquired Pearl Group Limited in December 2004 and held a number of senior directorial posts in that business. Whilst at Pearl Group John founded Axial Investment Management Limited and held the positions of CEO, CIO and CFO within Axial. John is an Executive Director of Strathdon Investments PLC and a Non-Executive Director of AMG Systems Ltd. More
Tarik Wildman (Non-Executive Director)
Tarik Wildman has been involved in the financial industry for over 20 years. He was a Director at Credit Suisse First Boston and Dillon Read and remains an adviser at UBS. He is also a partner in the Madrid-based firm Forest Asset Management, and runs his own enterprise Wildman & Company Limited, which finds financial solutions for a wide variety of corporate clients. Tarik is currently Managing Director of PJ Investments and sits on the board of Red Letter Days and other companies associated with Peter Jones. More
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