Senior Management Team & Board
Senior Management Team
Mark Browning
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Browning, CEO of Zinc Media Group Plc, leads the UK’s sole television production company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Joining Zinc in April 2019, Browning previously served as Group Managing Director of ITN Productions for a decade, steering the company from near-bankruptcy to prominence. His tenure saw landmark achievements including ITN’s first Oscar nomination and collaborations with figures like Queen Elizabeth II and Sir David Attenborough. Prior, Browning transformed Heart London into the UK’s largest commercial radio brand. With a background spanning teaching, journalism, and media leadership, he excels in driving creative and commercial success across diverse sectors.
Laura McGaughey
Chief Financial Officer
Laura joined Zinc in 2025, bringing over 25 years of senior leadership experience across the television and film production sector, having held roles including Chief Financial and Operating Officer and Global CFO at some of the UK’s largest and most respected production companies. Across her career, Laura has built deep expertise in scripted and unscripted television, IP exploitation, rights management and distribution. She has led large M&A projects, refinanced companies, and built high-performing teams, combining financial discipline with operational excellence to drive growth, efficiency, and long-term value. Her appointment as CFO reinforces Zinc’s commitment to strong governance and sustainable growth, positioning the Group to continue delivering high-quality, commercially successful content to audiences worldwide.
Faye Jackson
Chief Marketing Officer
Faye joined Zinc Media Group in 2024, taking up a newly appointed role to establish and run the Press and Marketing department for Zinc plc and the 12 businesses under the Zinc umbrella. Previously, Faye was at The Edge Picture Company where she spearheaded the international publicity on projects such as JOUD – a feature length documentary that showcased at Cannes Film Festival. Working with a dynamic team of experts in social media, branding, marketing, and public relations, Faye leverages her extensive experience and insight to execute campaigns that not only stand out but also set benchmarks across both national and international broadcasters.
Olly Strous
Chief Technology Officer
Olly was appointed to the newly created role of Chief Technology Officer in 2021 to grow Zinc Media Group’s production capacity and help drive innovation in programme creation and delivery. Previously, Olly was Director of Post-Production at ITN, overseeing the post-production and production technology needs for the whole of ITN Productions. He also led the organisation’s full service post-production business, working with third-party production companies, including ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here’ and ‘Dancing on Ice’ for ITV, various popular documentary series for Netflix, and Channel 4’s Oscar-nominated ‘For Sama’. Prior to ITN, he held roles at Zig Zag and Fever Media.
Norma Gaunt
Managing Director of Production
As The Edge’s Managing Director, Norma guides the company’s strategic direction of The Edge in line with Zinc’s long-term growth strategy and vision. Supported by Zinc’s platform, Norma leads the The Edge across its offices in London, Doha, Riyadh, Durban, and Paris. Prior to her appointment as The Edge’s MD and joining Zinc’s SMT, Norma had established herself as a major presence within the industry. Joining in 2000, she quickly became an integral part of the company since 2000, going on to lead a huge range of productions from drama and documentaries through to brand image films and regular internal TV series.
Non Executive Directors
Christopher Satterthwaite
Chairman
Until 2017, Christopher was Group CEO of Chime Communications, overseeing its sale to Providence Equity in 2015 for £374 million, having grown the business to a global sports entertainment and communications group employing over 2,500 people in 27 countries and delivered £250 million in shareholder value during his tenure. Christopher is currently chairman of AIM-quoted technology group, Access Intelligence and Spacehive, a private technology start-up, and was a non-executive director of Centaur Media plc from 2007 to 2015. He was awarded an C.B.E. for services to the arts in 2017.
Andrew Garard
Non Executive Director
Andrew was previously Group Legal Director and Company Secretary for ITV plc, having spent over a decade at the company, where he was also a Board member of ITV plc and chairman of ITN. While at ITV, Andrew was responsible for an international team overseeing global legal and business affairs. He helped lead ITV’s rapid expansion in the UK production market and ITV Studios’ expansion into the USA. During this period, he also had management responsibility for ITV’s Interactive Business. Prior to ITV, Andrew held various General Counsel roles, including at Cable and Wireless plc and Reuters Asia, and positions at legal firms, including Clifford Chance, Freshfields and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae.
