>>7741069 (LB)
Right you are but wait there's moar.
Gate Ventures
The company has expertise in the world of theatre, mainly due to the experience of the CEO Geoff Morrow who has been involved in the entertainment world for most of his life.
Box office gross receipts from theatre have nearly doubled in the last thirteen years and now amount to over £1,083 million in 2013 in the UK (according to BFI film forever statistic year book 2014) and an astonishing USD 1,370 million on Broadway (according to The Statistics Portal). A successful show can see vast returns but the key, of course is to identify which shows will be hits and which will be flops. It is in that area that the company believes it has a great edge over the individual investor.
http://gateplc.com/en/our-business/
Gate Ventures Directors & Key Management
http://gateplc.com/en/directors-key-management/
Lord Michael Grade
Chairman
Michael Grade has over 40 years’ experience in the entertainment industry.
He became deputy controller of entertainment programmes at London Weekend Television in 1973, moving on 11 years later to become controller of BBC One and became BBC TV’s director of programmes two years later. In 1988, Michael Grade became Chief Executive at Channel 4, bringing the hugely popular American series’ Friends and ER to British television. He left Channel 4 in 1997 and has been involved in numerous companies including First Leisure, Camelot, Pinewood Studios and Ocado. Michael Grade was awarded CBE in 1998 for his significant achievements in broadcasting.
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
Executive Director
Sarah has presented programmes for ITV, BBC, and Sky TV in the UK and has been a guest presenter on Radio 2 and Radio 4’s Today programme. In the US, Sarah was special correspondent for NBC’s Today Show, and has presented television programmes seen on ABC, Fox, and CNN. Sarah is the founder of Children in Crisis, a children’s charity focused on education, care and protection for forgotten children in some of the poorest countries including Afghanistan, DR Congo, Sierra Leone and Liberia. She is a passionate supporter and patron to a number of charities including the Teenage Cancer Trust, The British Heart Foundation, Not for Sale, the Perfect World Foundation and Key to Freedom.
1/2