Jonathan Drori

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Jonathan Drori (Jon Drori) Director for Culture Online, Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Jonathan Drori (Jon Drori)
Occupation	Director, Culture Online

In October 2002, Jon joined the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as Director for Culture Online, from Scient, where he was MD of the Media and Entertainment Division. Previously he was Head of Commissioning for BBC Online between 1999-2001. Jon commissioned the BBC's first websites and founded the BBC's Education Digital Media Group. As a BBC Executive Producer he was responsible for many popular series on both arts and science. Jon directed many documentary films for UK television including Local Heroes and Living Islam.

Jon is also MD of Thoughtsmith, a London consulting group, is a trustee of the 24 Hour Museum and the Wingate Foundation, and on the decision-making Learning Committee of NESTA. He is a Fellow of the RSA, a member of BAFTA, the Royal Television Society and the IEEE. He writes for the Financial Times and is a part-time Executive Producer for Channel 4 for Landmark Science series.