Emma Hardie

Executive Commercial and Brand Director

Aardman

Speaker Biography

Emma Hardie sits on the Board of Directors at Aardman. As Executive Commercial and Brand Director, she is responsible for all commercial, distribution and licensing, marketing and brand partnership activity across the company.

Emma joined Aardman in 2024 from BBC Studios, where she led their Global Entertainment’s commercial strategy; overseeing the division’s investment portfolio for new creative partnerships and programmes, managing commercial negotiations across co-productions and co-development, and driving brand partnerships and opportunities for global formats such as Dancing with the Stars (Strictly Come Dancing), Top Gear, The 1% Club and The Great British Bake Off.

Prior to that, Emma spent two years as Strategy Consultant at Deloitte, advising media clients’ executive boards of the BBC, The Guardian, Virgin Media, Sky, and international broadcast channels NHK, DR and RTVE.

Emma is a member of BAFTA and Women in Film and TV. In January 2025 Emma joined the Bristol One City Culture board.

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