Patrick McKenna Bio

Prior to forming Ingenious in 1998, Patrick was chairman and chief executive of The Really Useful Group and, before that, was a partner at Deloitte, where he ran the media group. Patrick is chairman of a number of companies in the media sector, including the award-winning television company Hat Trick Productions. He is chair of the advisory board of the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) at Goldsmiths in the University of London and was formerly a member of the Creative Industries Council (CIC), chair of the Young Vic Theatre Company and chair of the National Film and Television School (NFTS). Patrick was previously a board trustee of NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts), where he chaired its Creative Economy Committee, and a trustee of the British Council. He is a fellow of the RSA and a member of BAFTA.