Ian has over 20-years-experience in the Australian film and television industry and is currently a director of Indian Pacific Pictures, Home Fire Creative Industries, and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation. In May 2022 Ian was appointed the CEO of Black Swan State Theatre Co, Western Australia’s major performing theatre arts company. He was CEO of Screenwest, the Western Australian film financing body for over a decade, financing hundreds of screen projects, including Mystery Road, Breath, Red Dog, Satellite Boy, Paper Planes, Bran Nue Dae, Cloudstreet, SAS: The Search for Warriors, Outback Truckers, Lockie Leonard and many more. Originally a lawyer, Ian also worked at the ABC, and has served on the Boards of national screen agency Ausfilm, Awesome Arts and the FTI.