About Exclusive Media Group

Simon Oakes is Vice-Chairman of Exclusive Media Group and President & CEO of Hammer. Together with Exclusive Media COO Marc Schipper, he led the acquisition and recapitalization of Hammer in 2007.

Prior to his role at Hammer, Simon Oakes held the posts of Managing Director UPCTV and latterly Head of Content Chellomedia, the content distributor of John Malone’s Liberty Global, Inc.; Europe’s largest cable company. Simon Oakes’ early career highlights were founding producer of “The Comic Strip”, Managing Director of Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel’s production company Cucumber Productions (producers of “Max Headroom”) and founder of Crossbow Films. He is also the Chairman of The Big Sleep Hotel Group and Chairman of B@TV.

SELECTED CREDITS:

• Let Me In (2010) (producer)
• The Resident (2010) (producer)
• Wake Wood (2010) (executive producer)
• The Way Back (2010) (executive producer)