Tom Batchelor

A 16-year film industry veteran, Tom returned to The Walt Disney Company to lead content operations and realize localization strategy for EMEA.

He was previously the VP of Client Operations at Iyuno, the world’s largest content localisation and media services group, where he led global and EMEA teams for content servicing.

Before Iyuno, he was with Disney for over 8 years and held multiple leaderships positions in Singapore and the UK. This included wearing many hats as VP & GM where he led content operations for the Film, Music and Live Theatre business.

Over the years, Tom has been lucky enough to work on some of the biggest global hits and film franchises of all time, including Harry Potter, Dark Knight, Hobbit, Marvel and Star Wars titles, as well as Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, The Incredibles 2, The Jungle Book and a host of other Disney and Pixar titles.

Prior to this, Tom was overseeing the UK's film distribution at Disney for 3 years and spent his early career working in distribution at Warners Brothers for over 8 years.