Media CFO with Tobias Jaeger

Marie-Josée Corbeil of Banque National du Canada: Going from lawyer to producer to media banker

We sat down with Marie-Josée Corbeil of National Bank of Canada, or rather Banque National du Canada to talk about how she started her career as an attorney and representing talent and productions. She became a pioneer in Canadian entertainment law before transitioning to producer and ultimately banker.

Marie-Josée joined a law firm after getting her law degree and specialized in entertainment law before pursuing her passion for production and joining a production outfit as Head of Legal and Business Affairs. Today Marie-Josée works with entertainment clients in Canada and around the world and is instrumental in making some of the most prolific projects and co-productions a reality.

Lindsay Conner of Manatt: Brokering some of the biggest deals in Hollywood and driving US-China film and business relations

We sat down with Manatt partner Lindsay Conner, who has always been a bridge between capital, studios, and producers. Lindsay was instrumental in brokering, negotiating, and closing some of the most prolific US-China film deals in recent history as well as the first series deals on Netflix.

Lindsay Conner is a partner of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, where he is also co-chair of the firm’s media, entertainment, and digital practice. He studied at UCLA, Occidental College, and Harvard and since he got started more than 25 years ago Lindsay is a regular on all top attorney lists and rankings including the legal 500, chambers, best lawyers, and Variety. Besides his work in every day media transactions for production companies and studios, Lindsay negotiated one the largest US-China slate deals ever to the tune of a half a billion dollars.

Guirec van Slingelandt of Volterra Group: From hustling talent agent to entrepreneur building a group of media companies

We sat down with Volterra Group partner Guirec van Slingelandt to talk about getting started as a talent agent, making the shift to media entrepreneur and how to stay effective and efficient building five companies with two partners.

Guirec van Slingelandt is a partner in Amsterdam based Volterra Group. Guirec started his career as talent agent and over the years, together with his business partners Daniel Koefoed and Anne-Paul Houwen, built a group of media companies ranging from talent agency Montecatini, film packaging firm European Film Company, production company Pellicola, film finance company Global Film Partners, as well as musical financing and production company.

Philipp Hoffmann of Rushlake Media: Launching VOD venture Kino on Demand and the new rules of film distribution

We sat down with Rushlake Media founder Philipp Hoffman to talk about the new rules of VOD, the future of film distribution, and release windowing.

Philipp Hoffmann is the Founder and CEO of Cologne based Rushlake Media, a specialized distributor and film sales company that has recently branched out into Video on Demand by creating its own platform. Philipp started his career 15 years ago in film sales and worked his way up through brokering distribution deals. Besides becoming a specialized distributor, Philipp and his team have launched a new VOD platform in cooperation with exhibitors to bring people back to movie theaters. 

Robbert Aarts of Fintage House: Building an entertainment finance powerhouse

We sat down with Fintage House co-CEO Robbert Aarts to talk about Fintage House’s role in the global film, television, and music industry, how he got started, and his winning philosophy as an entrepreneur in the media & entertainment industry.

Robert is Co-CEO of Fintage House, one of the largest collection account management firms in the world. Robbert worked as a lawyer, and later as banker at ABN Amro MeesPierson. He joined his now co-CEO Niels Teves 20 years ago and helped build the company into the global leader it is today.