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Please Note: The Pact office will be closed from 5:00pm on Friday 19th December until 9:00am on Monday 5th January. During that time, Pact staff will not be responding to emails. If you need to contact Pact with an urgent enquiry regarding a production registration, website access or membership during this period, please email [email protected]We would like to wish all Pact members and our industry partners a very happy festive break and all the best for the New Year.

James Burstall

CEO, Argonon

Headquartered in London, Los Angeles, New York, Oklahoma and Glasgow, James is the global CEO of the Argonon group, as well as Executive Chair, Argonon USA.

Argonon consists of several production companies and joint ventures producing hundreds of hours of content across all genres for broadcasters, streamers and brands including The Masked Singer (ITV1), Hard Cell (Netflix), Worzel Gummidge (BBC One), House Hunters International (HGTV/Discovery), Dispatches (Channel 4) and Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard (BBC One). The group has won over 130 awards including Emmys, BAFTAs and RTS Awards.

Prior to Argonon, James was CEO of Leopard Films and executive produced long-running series, formats and award-winning dramas for broadcasters across the world.

James is passionate about representation of all voices and backgrounds, with equity, diversity and inclusion at the heart of Argonon’s culture since launching in 2011. James is a leading advocate for climate change action, partnering with organisations across the UK.  His best-selling leadership book, The Flexible Method, Prepare to Prosper in the Next Global Crisis was published across the globe in 2023.

James is a huge advocate for the UK production sector, regularly speaking on international and wider creative industry platforms.