Accredited Profile

Financing: How can cash flow be secured in the new content economy?

Finance & Business

The CFO has become an indispensable strategic partner for investment funds, leveraging tax incentives as a critical source of working capital for production. As the industry shifts towards a model in which ROI and IRR have replaced star power as the primary drivers of financing decisions, leading finance experts will examine how rigorous financial metrics have become the key determinants of project viability and investor confidence.

WHERE

Sala Azcona (Cineteca)

WHEN

September 29

TIME

10:30 - 11:00

Session sponsored by

Video on Demand

Exclusively for accredited people. Available from 24 hours after its celebration until October 24 on the virtual platform.

Speakers

Elisa Alvares

Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Global Intellectual Property
Tower Peak Partners LLP
United Kingdom

Elisa Alvares

Elisa is the Global Intellectual Property Investment Director at Tower Peak Partners LLP. As head of the firm’s Media and Entertainment (M&E) division, her responsibilities include raising capital, identifying investment opportunities, and negotiating, structuring, and executing transactions. Tower Peak Partners LLP is a global investment firm specializing in the acquisition, development, and monetization of high-value intellectual property assets in the media, entertainment, and creative industries.

Serge Hayat

CEO
Cinemage
France

Serge Hayat

Serge Hayat is a serial entrepreneur in film and television. He co-founded the Cinemage fund, Federation Studios, ( 50+ producers in 9 countries, 1200+ titles), OzmaLabs (IP factory powered by AI for creators) and Abel Studios (creator economy studio). He presides the Media Chair at ESSEC Business School. Cinemage is a tax shelter fund that has raised €180M+, invested in over 600 films, including 200 selected by major international festivals and 3 Palme d’Or winners.

Phil Hunt

CEO
Head Gear
United Kingdom

Phil Hunt

Phil’s main business interests include Head Gear (film, TV and video game investment, est. 2002), Bankside Films (international sales and production, est. 2007), (Yet) Another Distribution Company, Vacancy (a film bridge company), and other investments across the screen sector. Head Gear is a leading investment company specialising in film, television and video games. Established in 2002, it provides production finance and investment to independent projects across the UK and internationally. With a strong track record of supporting award-winning and commercially successful productions, Head Gear is recognised as one of the industry’s most experienced and trusted media financiers.

Guadalupe Rodríguez

CIO
NorthLight
United States

Guadalupe Rodríguez

Guadalupe “Lupe” Rodriguez es inversionista, estratega y fundadora de NorthLight, The Family Office for Culture. Con más de 25 años de experiencia, conecta capital, talento y propiedad intelectual para transformar influencia cultural en empresas, activos y patrimonio de largo plazo. NorthLight es “The Family Office for Culture”: una plataforma de inversión, creación empresarial y gestión patrimonial diseñada para transformar talento, propiedad intelectual, audiencias y relevancia cultural en empresas y activos de largo plazo.

Moderator

Stewart Clarke

SVP Content International
Deadline
United Kingdom