Co-founder of Mediabiz International, Karine is an award winning producer and an entertainment lawyer with 20 years’ experience in the entertainment industry.

Karine has been involved in equity raising, fund managing and financial engineering for Mediabiz’ financing division as well as third party media groups, international banks and funds (sovereign, private and pension) throughout Asia, the Middle East, North America and Europe.

Karine has executive produced, produced and/or financed more than 40 TV or film projects.

Karine also worked for Lagardere Group as COO of one of its financing entities.

Karine began her career as an attorney for two large law firms were she practiced litigation, commercial and corporate law in addition to entertainment law.

She is the recipient of the 2017 Business Women Award and member of various boards and organizations, including the International Women Forum.

Chris Philip, an executive producer, writer and international television executive with extensive experience in development, packaging, production, business affairs, global strategy and distribution, has served as President and Executive Producer at studio Starlings TV since its formation in 2018.

For Starlings, Philip is executive producing Peacock original drama Departure, starring Emmy Award-winner Archie Panjabi and Academy Award-winner Christopher Plummer (in one of his final roles), and The CW’s sci-fi action series Pandora. Both of the globally distributed series are in production for their third seasons.

The slate for 2022-23 will also include Philip executive producing female-driven, anti-poaching series Shadowland, co-produced with Athena Pictures and directed by Darnell Martin (The Good Lord Bird, The Walking Dead); legal drama Honor, based on the hit Swedish series from Viaplay, which is in development with NBC from showrunner Carol Mendelsohn (CSI, CSI: NY) and EP Maria Bello (NCIS, A History of Violence); and murder mystery Sherlock’s Daughter, with showrunner James Duff (The Closer, Major Crimes), writer Brendan Foley (Cold Courage), UK partner StoryFirst, and Paris-based distributor Mediawan.

On the heels of those series will come the female-driven sci-fi series Veil, from showrunner Craig Van Sickle (Tin Man, 24) and director Adam Kane (Fantasy Island, American Gods) and an adaptation of the South Korean format Trap from CJ ENM, with cross-over action star Don Lee (Marvel’s The Eternals, Train to Busan) to produce and star.

Philip is also working with ZDF Enterprises and G5 Fiction on developing high-profile projects Alexander the Great, a collaboration with Ben Silverman/Propagate, written by Michael Hirst (Vikings, The Tudors); and, with Russian broadcaster Russia One also on board, Romanovs spy thriller Red Winter, written by Emmy-winner Stephen Kronish (24, The Kennedys).

Previous credits include executive producing two NBC primetime scripted series: The critically-acclaimed, 13-episode reality-meets-scripted production Siberia and Crusoe, starring Philip Winchester; executive producing syndicated series SAF3, starring Dolph Lundgren; co-creating Deep Undercover (with 52 episodes currently streaming on Netflix); co-producing Colibritany, a series of digital properties that achieved nearly 100 million views on YouTube; and selling 13 episodes of The Conspiracy, starring Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff, to NBC.

Having launched his career with Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc., and serving as one of the youngest vice presidents ever at ITC/PolyGram Television. Later acquired by Universal, Philip remained with the major Hollywood studio for 13 years until leaving to lead the UK’s Power Television as President. He then co-founded Engine Entertainment – later sold to Philip’s longtime producing collaborator Ben Silverman – and most recently served as Head of Production at Televisa USA.

Hannah Nailor is a creative executive with experience in development, sales, legal, marketing, acquisitions, and production. As Director of Development for Starlings, she is responsible for collaborating with writers on the creative development of their materials, overseeing active productions, and targeting potential partners for packaging and distribution.

Hannah’s career began with internships at Stuart Ford’s IM Global and Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp, in both scripted acquisitions and production, while she was completing her Bachelors in Screenwriting at Chapman University.

Shortly after graduating, she joined Content Media Corporation (later known as Kew Media Distribution) as their Office Coordinator and Receptionist. She quickly took on the additional role of Sales Coordinator, where she facilitated film and television sales in North and South America.

After three years in these dual roles, Hannah moved over to the role of Creative Coordinator, working with Carrie Stein, EVP of Global Scripted Series, where she helped build a slate of content within Kew and the production companies under its banner, including Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Studios, Victoria Fea and Julie Anne Robinson’s Longboat Pictures, Greg Quail’s Essential Media, Jamie Brown’s Frantic Films, Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny’s Sienna Film, and Jeff Norton’s Awesome Media.

Diane Hendricks co-founded ABC Supply Co., Inc. (ABC) with her late husband Kenneth Hendricks in 1982. Since 2007, Diane has been the Chairman and sole owner. ABC is the largest wholesale distributor of roofing in the United States, and one of the largest distributors of exterior and interior building products, with almost 15,000 associates, in over 750 locations. Diane takes great pride in the fact that ABC has been the recipient of the Gallup Great Workplace Award the last 13 years, which honors the most engaged and productive workforces in the world.

Diane is Chairman of Hendricks Holding Co., Inc. (HHC) which presides over a diverse portfolio of businesses including manufacturing, distribution, real estate development, construction, recycling, and life sciences.

Diane is also the Chairman of NorthStar Medical Technologies LLC, a global innovator in the production and distribution of radioisotopes used for medical imaging in the United States.

Diane considers her patriotic and conservative values of high importance and is passionate about her civic responsibility, her primary efforts are focused in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Diane is the lead investor in Starlings Capital fund and Chairman of Starlings Entertainment

Co-founder of Mediabiz International, Karine is an award winning producer and an entertainment lawyer with 20 years’ experience in the entertainment industry.

Karine has been involved in equity raising, fund managing and financial engineering for Mediabiz’ financing division as well as third party media groups, international banks and funds (sovereign, private and pension) throughout Asia, the Middle East, North America and Europe.

Karine has executive produced, produced and/or financed more than 40 TV or film projects.

Karine also worked for Lagardere Group as COO of one of its financing entities.

Karine began her career as an attorney for two large law firms were she practiced litigation, commercial and corporate law in addition to entertainment law.

She is the recipient of the 2017 Business Women Award and member of various boards and organizations, including the International Women Forum.