Patrick McKenna Bio

Patrick is the founder of Ingenious. Prior to forming Ingenious in 1998, he was Chairman & Chief Executive of The Really Useful Group and, prior to 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 chairs the Young Vic Theatre Company and the National Film and Television School (NFTS). He is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) at Goldsmiths in the University of London and a member of the Creative Industries Council (CIC). 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.