MUMBAI: Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has appointed industry veteran Aine Healy as VP and head of UK.

Based at PFT’s London facility, Aine will lead the sales, operations, technology and strategic business development efforts in the UK for the global digital content services provider.

She comes to PFT with more than 20 years experience in the broadcast operations and post production industries. She has spent the past decade as CEO of Intermission Studio, a state-of-the-art digital facility which she founded in Ireland, after having worked as Broadband Studio manager at eircom, operations manager at TV3 and head of transmission at Tara Television. She has also held senior roles at TG4, Orbit and RTE.
 
PFT has witnessed significant global growth over the past year on the back of major project wins, including several prestigious contracts in the UK and a strong pipeline of new
prospects.

COO Ganesh Sankaran commented: “Aine’s appointment is an integral part of our growth strategy, building on our recent successes in the UK - a key market for PFT. Aine’s background, and her entrepreneurial experience as a founder and CEO, give her a vital insider insight into the challenges the M&E industry faces, and a deep understanding of the evolution it is going through.”

PFT has also recently announced the appointment of Kapil Gupta as VP of programme management as part of the expansion of its management team.

PFT provides unified multi-platform content operations solutions to organisations that deal with content and are keen to exploit it across platforms.