After 4 years at Richards Butler (now Reed Smith) including secondments to MTV and ITV, Nicola moved to Endemol UK as Legal and Business Affairs Executive for 3 years and then to Jamie Oliver Limited for 6 years as Senior Legal and Business Affairs Manager for Fresh One Productions, Fat Lemon, Fresh Pictures and Jamie’s Youtube and MCN channels.

Nicola set up Mint & Co in 2016 with a vision to provide accessible, commercial business affairs support for the media and creative industries, whilst championing a flexible working ethos.

Is: down to earth, positive, tenacious and unfailingly calm in any crisis.

Loves: Interior design, the sea, good wine and her cat Lethal Basil.

With over ten years in communication and change at PwC and IBM, working in Europe and globally, followed by a stint in legal recruitment, Maisy then trained as a business coach. For the past ten years, Maisy has enjoyed coaching international business leaders for Untapped, running HR and client service reviews for media businesses, training in schools and businesses to improve communication and written for BT TV, Volleyball and Netball magazine. Maisy brings a love of connecting with people and a passion for client service. At Mint & Co Maisy manages workflow, focuses on improving and nurturing Mint & Co’s relationships with clients and consultants, and helps build and support the Mint Collective team.

Is: creative, upbeat, a problem solver, caring and curious.

Loves: cooking, skiing, The Archers, walks with Mitch the cockapoo and everything about Christmas.

Jules trained as a musician before working on the operations side of the record industry, as product manager for a variety of labels. At theatrical data specialists Purple Seven she oversaw client operations, before becoming Studio Manager for a creative agency. At Mint & Co she manages day to day operations, supporting Nicola, Maisy and the Mint Collective.

Jules is across all functions of the business aside from client relationships and consultant management. She manages social media and marketing (including the blog) consultant and client billing, our IT and trade subscriptions, organises consultant socials and internal mint Collective comms re client and industry updates. She keeps all internal databases and documents in tip-top shape and assists with biz dev.

Is: Organised, enthusiastic, broad-minded.

Loves: Cooking, Grand Designs, video games and cycling.

Sarah has over 18 years’ experience in the creative industries. She worked in business affairs at BBC Worldwide before moving to Princess Productions (makers of Friday Night Project, T4, Got to Dance, Something for the Weekend) where she worked for 6 years. She became Head of Legal and Business Affairs there for 4 years before moving out of London to Bath and starting life as a consultant. Sarah is a production and distribution specialist through and through, for TV, podcast and branded content. During Sarah’s time at Mint & Co, she has worked on a variety of unscripted TV, branded, immersive and audio projects, including for The Connected Set, Fulwell 73, Zinc, Novel, Peanut & Crumb, Up Creative, Storyhunter and Wiser Films.

Sarah has run training seminars for various Mint clients, including AudioTrain, TRC Media and The TV Collective, and regularly takes part in events such as The Podcast Show on behalf of Mint. On the audio side, Sarah has worked on a variety of broadcaster and platform deals including Wondery, Acast, Luminary, Audible, Spotify, NBC, Amazon, BBC Sounds and BBC Radio, plus branded projects such as WeTransfer for Curly Media and ‘Get Birding’, award winning podcast for Peanut & Crumb sponsored by Swarovski. Recently Sarah has been assisting with the Audio UK Terms of Trade negotiations with BBC.

Is: Pro-active, reliable, friendly and persuasive.

Loves:  Sun, snow, family, gin and Axl Rose.

Laura has over 12 years in-house and consultancy experience with a wide range of production companies. Laura enjoys working across the entire production process including development, commissions, compliance, licensing, and everything in-between. Laura’s audio-specific work has included dealing with multiple platforms and broadcasters such as BBC Sounds, BBC Radio, Spotify, Audible, Wondery, and Luminary. She has taken part in audio events on behalf of Mint, including speaking at The Podcast Show, and carries out training sessions for clients.

Laura started her in-house career at Twofour Group, working on a vast array of ob-docs, fact and fact ent as well as scripted programmes such as This Time Next Year, Educating Yorkshire and The Real Marigold Hotel and Motherland. She has been fortunate to work on commissions for a wide range of broadcasters and platforms including Discovery, Vice, Disney, Blue Ant and Netflix, as well as UK broadcasters. During Laura’s time at Mint & Co, she has worked on a variety of unscripted TV, brand- funded, immersive and audio projects, including for World Book Day, Hello Sunshine, Novel, We are Grape, Random Entertainment, together with a placement at Netflix’s Wildspace Productions. Laura lives in Devon and enjoys the delights of living in the South West. 

Is: Optimistic, goal-oriented, friendly and responsive.

Loves: Getting the work/life balance right – including sea swimming, horse riding, beach and moorland time, and everything else that a family life in Devon entails!

Dan has worked in-house in the UK TV sector since 2002, with extensive experience in scripted and non-scripted development and production, co-production and studio work, distribution, broadcasting matters and commercial exploitation. Before becoming a freelance consultant his in-house career consisted of 9 years at ViacomCBS, including 5 years as head of legal for Comedy Central, and also leading business for the launch of Viacom’s UK scripted drama studio, 9 years at Fremantle in distribution and production, and a six-month interim position heading up legal and business affairs at Big Talk Productions. Since he started consulting in 2021 Dan has worked with various producers and distributors on scripted and non-scripted programming, from book options, shopping and writer agreements, life rights and exclusivity agreements, access and contributors, compliance protocols through to Equity terms, talent, commission, financing, and distribution agreements, clearance and copyright advice and all the practical issues which arise during production.

Is: Pragmatic, calm, commercial, someone who wants to help his clients achieve their objectives. 

Loves: Music, playing the trumpet in bands and orchestras, travel, walking, and watching too much TV.

Lisa worked in private practice in Australia for 7 years before moving to London. Over the last 25 years in the UK, Lisa has held senior business affairs roles in the television industry. She was VP of Business Affairs at Sony Pictures Television International Production for 7 years, and prior to that was Director of Legal and Business Affairs at Entertainment Rights plc. Lisa has broad experience advising across entertainment, factual entertainment and factual television and podcast production and distribution, and on the development and exploitation of ancillary products and rights, and merchandising. She has particular expertise in respect of the production and exploitation of television formats. Since becoming a consultant, Lisa has been providing business affairs services to various TV and podcast clients including Stellify Media and Fremantle, Red Bull Studios, Zinc, Beakus, The Nest, Goldwala, Northern Studios and Persephonica.

Is: Calm, pragmatic and a creative problem-solver.

Loves: Sunshine, cheese and her Westie, Jackson.

Guy is an experienced media lawyer specialising in content distribution, licensing, and regulatory compliance. With Mint & Co., he has worked with clients such as ITV Studios, ITVX, Fifth Season and Sky on a wide range of agreements including programme licensing, app distribution and development, channel carriage (including the launch of FAST services and apps), platform agreements and ad sales, working with a broad range of stakeholders and partners. Prior to joining Mint & Co, he was Associate Principal Counsel at The Walt Disney Company, where he led regional teams licensing for Disney’s Film, TV, and Channel businesses and paving the way for Disney+’s launch. Guy’s background also includes his time as Head of Legal for ChelloZone (now AMC Networks International) and his work at City law firms Travers Smith and Field Fisher. Guy’s experience also spans CAP committee service and deep expertise in TV and on-demand regulation, including Ofcom requirements.

Is: a ‘can do’ effective problem solver and deal facilitator with a strong commercial outlook.

Loves: scuba diving, open water swimming, running, homemade cocktails and going to muddy music festivals.

Clare is a highly experienced consultant, having worked in the media and entertainment industry for almost 30 years. Clare’s expertise lies in all aspects of television (from production to playout) and content distribution including digital, programming, channels, apps. Clare has previously headed up the European legal team at Discovery Communications, supporting the channels business and, more recently, has worked closely with Disney and the media distribution teams to deliver their strategic goals and vision in the direct to consumer space. Clare is a mentor to young solicitors and trainees and is on the board of trustees for a small befriending and mentoring charity in West London. Clare’s Mint & Co clients include Reduced Listening, The Nest, ITVX, ITV Global Studios Distribution, and Endor Productions. She has worked on scripted and unscripted audio projects for Novel, Unusual Production, Unedited, Yada Yada and others. 

Is: Positive, tenacious, responsive.

Loves: Cycling (ultra distance, gravel, and track); yoga, gardening, and painting.

With a degree in Political Science, and having qualified as a corporate lawyer, Jo decided to jump ship from the City to work for Channel 4, where she spent nearly 10 happy years.  She left Channel 4 to join the management team of Maverick TV, where she continued to build her experience, developing commercial opportunities around many of the UK’s most loved factual tv programmes. Since the sale of Maverick to All3, Jo has been a consultant, helping companies with their commercial and strategic affairs, focusing primarily on factual, entertainment and sport.

Is:  solutions oriented, loyal, commercial, good at assessing risk.

Loves:  hearing the other side of an argument,  wild poppies, outdoor swimming  (although not below 15 degrees!).

Charlotte is a general commercial lawyer with a focus on the media industries. She trained at Harbottle & Lewis and following qualification spent 3 years at NBCUniversal before moving to Scripps Networks, the company behind the Food Network and Travel Channel. Her experience of over 10 years includes linear and on-demand content licensing, channel distribution, ad sales, marketing, rights management & compliance. Charlotte now works as a consultant while living in beautiful Geneva. Charlotte has most recently been working on a placement basis with All3 Media, advising on linear/VOD rights licensing. 

Is: Diligent, adaptable, resilient, fair, pragmatic, calm & a happy soul.

Is: Blue skies, the sea, cooking, dark chocolate, laughter & deep breaths.

After finishing training at Beggars Group and Statham Gill Davies, Henriette began consulting for clients in the music industry in 2000. She has held long-term business affairs consultancy roles over the years at companies including Air-Edel, Cutting Edge, Beggars and Instant Karma as well as representing individual artists, composers, songwriters, managers, and producers (TV, digital, podcast and branded content). Henriette also has a wealth of live events experience, especially through her experience working on London Calling. Henriette specialises in all matters music and events related, and for Mint & Co her clients have included Blink Industries, Scottish Opera, The Midnight Club, Paraorchestra, Gold Wala, Zinc Media and Brother Film. She has helped on podcast music clearances, licensing and contributor contracts for audio clients including Novel, Curly Media, Random Entertainment and Persephonica, among others, and has taken part in online seminars for AudioTrain and TRC Media.

Is: Positive, effective and devoted

Loves: Travelling, reading, good food and wine

Keith is an experienced commercial, legal and business affairs executive with 35 years+ in commercial media IP licensing and exploitation in domestic and international media/content distribution, production and broadcast businesses. Keith was previously Commercial Director at UKTV, General Counsel of Sparrowhawk Media Group, and SVP of LBA at Disney overseeing Disney’s television licensing in EMEA and started his career in the media department of city firm Richards Butler.

Is: A confident negotiator with keen analytical, strategic, and influencing skills, empathetic and inclusive in approach, a clear communicator, and prepared to ask and resolve the difficult questions.

Loves: Road cycling, history of art, the craic of good food, wine, and company.

Mark is a law graduate, broadcaster and radio programming specialist. Concurrent with a successful career in broadcasting, Mark established ROCK THE RADIO, a consultancy that develops custom programming concepts for brands, and completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP University Law School in London. Mark assists clients with special projects from time to time, including contract reviews.

Is: Tenacious, indefatigable and fiercely loyal.

Loves: Biscuits, running and brave people.

Kirsty is a highly experienced, creative and collaborative media and compliance consultant working across all traditional and new media platforms. She regularly deals with cutting-edge legal issues and high-profile matters for national and international publishers, broadcasters and producers dealing with all content and compliance issues as well as with legal and regulatory complaints. She worked for many years at RPC, the leading defendant media litigation practice in the country. She then moved in-house enjoying senior roles at Penguin Books, the Daily Mail/MailOnline and The Times and The Sunday Times.

Kirsty now advises a range of digital, print, audio, TV and film producers and publishers. She brings her wealth of pre- and post- publication and broadcast expertise to Mint & Co. Kirsty’s specialisms include libel, privacy, copyright, trade marks, passing off, contempt and data protection, as well as the relevant regulatory codes and the criminal and civil laws affecting all broadcasters and publishers. She has run specialist Compliance training sessions on behalf of Mint with TRC Media, and her Mint & Co clients have included Little Gem Media, Starstruck Media, Curly Media, Narratively, Novel and The Nest TV Productions. 

Is: Practical, calm and ever curious.

Loves: Food and wine, the Scottish islands, family and our cocker spaniel puppy.

Luci is a commercially minded senior leader in international content. With 15+ year’s experience, Luci has a deep knowledge of the format and programme distribution market having worked at IMG, DRG, Banijay and Content FilmTV in acquisitions, sales & development roles before spending 7 years in the senior management team at The Story Lab at Dentsu. Luci is skilled in areas including IP strategy, branded entertainment, international distribution, IP investment, deficit financing and agency financing models, podcasts, rights management, B2B marketing and PR. She is a contributor to TBI magazine and regularly speaks at industry trade events, as well as running training seminars on behalf of Mint.

Is: Adventurous, reliable, commercial

Loves: Scuba diving, cheese and badgers!