Since December 2025
Stuart is a highly regarded television executive with four decades’ experience across content creation, producing, commissioning, channel management, programming and financing.
He was the Managing Director at Werner Film Productions from 2018-25 and executive produced a range of productions including the acclaimed and multi award-winning drama series The Newsreader, Surviving Summer, Crazy Fun Park, Knee High Spies, Goolagong and The Dispatcher.
Stuart was the Australian Producer on the Synchronicity Films (UK) production of The Cry and previously held various senior management positions at ABC Australia including as the inaugural Controller of ABC2 (2010-2014), where he drove the commissioning of bold, original content for the network’s younger skewing digital channel.