Isabel leads Screen Scotland and, with its team and partnership agencies, will deliver on the shared ambitions for Scotland’s screen sector. Isabel was the BFI’s Head of International since 2011. In a role combining editorial, production and policy expertise, Isabel delivered the BFI’s international strategy. Drawing together industry, public and government stakeholders to identify the UK screen industries’ key sectors and territories, she led the design and delivery of a package of initiatives and funding to help achieve success on the international stage. As a Production executive / Executive Producer on several high profile UK co-productions, Isabel backed films including Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War which premiered at Cannes 2018 in Official Selection, winning Best Director, Victor Kossakovsky’sAquarela, Claire Denis’s High Life, Haifaa Al Mansour’s Mary Shelley, and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Oscar® nominated The Lobster. She also backed the development of films from Scottish talent including David Mackenzie and Rona Munro. Isabel negotiated the film co-production treaty between the UK and China, which was ratified in 2016, and contributed to the negotiation of the UK’s TV co-production treaty with China, ratified in 2017. She also negotiated the audiovisual co-production treaty between the UK and Brazil, ratified in 2017. Isabel spearheaded a programme of film business development with China, leading a number of high level delegations to broker political, business and creative relationships between the UK and China.