John McVay is the Chief Executive of Pact, the trade body representing UK independent producers. He is currently Chairman of the Creative Diversity Network, a member of the Creative Industries Council (CIC), chaired the CIC’s Diversity working group for the 2016 Strategy, is currently Chairman for the CIC committee on the EU and is the industry lead on the CIC sector deal. John is also the Chairman of the UK’s Digital Single Market Campaign and is the UK rights spokesperson for the Creative Coalition Campaign. He attends and contributes to many UK government and international policy forums on the creative industries, broadcasting, trade and investment.
John has been active on many industry bodies and organisations and has served as a board member of Skillset, is Chairman of the Skillset TV Investment Committee, a Governor of the NFTS, and President of CEPI, the pan-European TV producers' association.
John has been involved in programme making as a producer, consultant and trainer since 1986.
