GFS RISK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
Frith is a former health services manager and nurse practitioner, with both clinical and medical research experience. She has worked with productions for nearly two decades since co-founding GFS.
As Chief Operating Officer, Frith oversees client service delivery and business administration. Her medical background is also applied to ensuring our medical services meet appropriate standards.
Frith has held senior governance roles including being regional chair of New Zealand's Child Cancer Foundation.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Leadership Team
Julian is a three-time Primetime Emmy® Award-winning producer, nominee for the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Television Producer of the Year Award and a member of both the PGA and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
He has produced and directed series for clients, including U.S. networks A+E, ABC, CBS, Discovery, Fox, National Geographic, and NBCUniversal, and holds executive producer credits for feature film Low Down Dirty Criminals (New Zealand) and documentary film Sculpting the Giant (Indonesia).
Julian has held senior governance roles, including six years as chair of Film New Zealand and two years as director of Auckland Film Studios.
Simon brings 20 years' experience as a corporate and commercial lawyer, including at top tier law firms and multinational corporations.
Most recently he was senior legal counsel at FMCG giant Goodman Fielder and previously specialized in technology law for media and telecommunications clients at Chapman Tripp in Auckland, and as corporate counsel for Hitachi Data Systems in the UK.