Mediation in Media
Meet the practitioners and sector consultants behind Mediation in Media.
Co-founder · Mediation & coaching
Combines mediation and psychotherapy with experience supporting creative professionals.
Monica is an accredited mediator, psychotherapist and coach with a background in fine art. She works with people in music, film and entertainment.
She trains mediators internationally and has written about conflict in the music industry and psychological approaches to mediation.
Co-founder · Music business & legal affairs
Brings international music business and legal affairs experience to creative disputes.
Mirjam spent more than 20 years in business and legal affairs in the entertainment industry, including senior international roles.
An accredited mediator, she works across business cultures and speaks English, Dutch, German and French.
Mediation · Creative practice
Draws on art psychotherapy and coaching to help people navigate complex relationships.
Grace is an accredited coach, art psychotherapist and mediator who originally trained as a fine artist.
Her work draws on experience in trauma, neurodiversity and organisational dynamics to help people understand different perspectives.
Mediation · Law & opera
Combines a background in opera, psychotherapy and commercial law.
Melvin’s career spans opera performance, psychotherapy and commercial law. His mediation interests include intellectual property, theatre and cultural property.
He brings experience supporting people through trauma as well as an understanding of the professional pressures facing performers.
Mediation · Recording artists
A founding member of Ride with first-hand experience of life in a recording band.
Laurence is a drummer, sound artist and founding member of Ride and The Animalhouse. His recording career has taken him to labels in the UK and US.
He became an accredited mediator in 2021 and brings an interest in communication and mental health in the music industry.
Mediation · Cross-cultural coaching
Supports classical musicians and teams working across national cultures.
Susan is an accredited workplace and civil mediator with a background in psychology and management consultancy.
She coaches classical musicians and works with teams across national cultures. She speaks German, French and English.
Mediation · Entertainment & gaming
Brings international legal and commercial experience across television, advertising and gaming.
Bart Jan is an accredited mediator with legal and commercial experience across television, digital media, advertising and gaming.
His work on international intellectual property disputes, including television format protection in Brazil, informs his approach to resolving disagreements.
Mediation · Unscripted television
Understands commissioning, production and the pressures of unscripted television.
Antonia has worked as a producer, commissioner and channel head in unscripted television, with credits spanning entertainment and factual programming.
An accredited mediator and sector lead for unscripted TV, she also offers consultancy and mentoring.
Mediation · Coaching & music
Combines coaching and supervision with a background in DJing and music production.
Yannick is a coach, supervisor and accredited mediator with a background in existential coaching and applied positive psychology.
Alongside teaching and writing about coaching, he has worked as a DJ, recorded albums and taught turntablism.
Mediation · Journalism & broadcasting
Brings newsroom experience from Reuters, GMTV and BBC World News.
Sally worked as a news correspondent for Reuters and GMTV and as a business presenter for BBC World News.
An accredited mediator with training in counselling and psychotherapy, she brings newsroom skills in listening and making complicated situations clear.
Mediation · Television production
Understands production leadership, tight deadlines and competing priorities in broadcasting.
Dan worked his way from daytime television to Head of Production, across cookery, documentaries, sport and factual programming.
He brings experience of high-pressure productions and competing interests to his work as an accredited mediator.
Consultancy · Film & television
Offers consultancy and mentoring informed by film production and workplace experience.
Pascha’s film and television work includes production and direction. Her experience in human resources informs her interest in equality and fairness in the industry.
As a sector consultant she offers mentoring and consultancy to people working in film and television.