Deborah Collier(IV)

Deborah Collier FRSA is a strategic business & creative leader, digital, media and technology entrepreneur, keynote speaker, executive producer, with a multi-industry career in publishing, education, entertainment and business. President and Founder of industry's global 'Digital Skills Authority', she was also listed 2016 in a publication's 'Top 100 Most Influential Chief Marketing Officers in the World'. Listed in Thinkers360 Global Thought-Leaders Top 4 for Legal and IP, Top 10 for Business Strategy, and Top 25 for Emerging Technology and Sustainability, She is a futurist leader, with a large influential following and network in business, media, education, government, and entertainment. A media group CEO, published author, with executive music producer experience, she has also developed commercial, business and education strategies, produced, branded, marketed and monetized over 45-hrs of subscription content over a 12-year period. She has written for and appeared for interview in national and international press, and further to a corporate career, her 20-years business experience includes leading a group of companies as Chief Executive & Marketing Officer 2007-2015, and more recently being on the board of directors of a leading UK government backed education management group with a media and creatives college, and a charitable foundation, contributing to the governance of over £50-million in public funding. In 2019, Deborah conceived, developed and branded a magazine format educational and entertainment series called Toward Utopia, through her company Portman Collier. As lead executive producer, she is now embarking on a large scale theatrical movie about an astonishing true-story of survival and human-kindness. This high-impacting thought provoking history during World War II, will be brought to life through a newly formed dedicated company, with highly-experienced producers and directors including an Oscar Award winning executive producer. She is also working a fictional animated comedy TV series - Adventures of Madam Music, which she wrote and developed.