Noah Media rejigs senior ranks amid documentary drive

Simon Corney

Finding Jack Charlton producer Noah Media Group has rejigged its senior exec ranks with a series of appointments focused on increasing its documentary output.

Production executive Simon Corney takes up the newly-created position of director of production & development, continuing to report into CEO John McKenna.

Corney will now oversee development strategy on all docs for Noah, which is behind Netflix’s 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible, docuseries South Of The River and Grierson Award-nominated feature, Finding Jack Charlton. Output also includes Amazon original, Arsène Wenger: Invincible, a co-production with Federation Entertainment.

Elsewhere, Stuart Ramsay has been appointed senior development producer, having been previously worked for Lime Pictures label Wise Owl Films, where he served as development executive and series producer. Also joining Noah is Ian Davies, who becomes senior producer of film. He moves on from Initialize Films.

Other changes include the appointment of Neil Kirkham as finance director, effective immediately. Kirkham joins NMG having spent eight years with All3Media International.