Who we are

Jonathan Drori
Director

Jon came to the DCMS from Scient, where he was MD of the Media and Entertainment Division. Previously he was Head of Commissioning for BBC Online, Europe's most popular content website. Jon commissioned the BBC’s first websites and founded the BBC’s Education Digital Media Group, responsible for an array of groundbreaking digital services including GCSE Bitesize. As a BBC Executive Producer he was responsible for many popular series on both arts and science. Jon directed many documentary films for the BBC - he and his teams won a number of TV and new media awards including the Prix Italia, Japan Prize, New York Film Festival, several RTS awards and a BAFTA.

Jon is also MD of Thoughtsmith, a London consulting group, is a trustee of the 24 Hour Museum and the Wingate Foundation, and on the decision-making Learning Committee of NESTA. He is a Fellow of the RSA, a member of BAFTA, the Royal Television Society and the IEEE. He is much in demand as a speaker and commentator on creative strategy, writes for the FT and is a part-time Executive Producer for Channel 4 for Landmark Science series.