Gravity Media Group
- John Newton Chief Executive Officer
- Kevin Moorhouse Chief Operating Officer
- Eamonn Dowdall Business Development Director
- Elliot Kaye Chief Financial Officer
- Adrian Young Corporate Development Director
Managing Directors:
- Eamonn Dowdall Gearhouse Broadcast UK, QATAR & INDIA
- Graham Elliot Gearhouse Broadcast AUSTRALIA
- Marc Genin Gearhouse Broadcast USA
Director Biographies:
John Newton – Chief Executive Officer
John Newton is the founder of Gravity Media Group Ltd which was formed in 2000 as the MBO vehicle for Gearhouse Broadcast around the world. John, with 25 years in the industry, is group Chief Executive Officer with particular focus on worldwide performance, strategy, business development and high value procurement.
Adrian Young – Commercial Director
Adrian Young joined Gravity Media Group Ltd in December 2006 initially as Chief Financial Officer and more recently has undertaken the Corporate Development and Commercial Director roles for the group worldwide. Previous to this Adrian had a twenty year career in banking with Barclays where he was Deputy Head of Corporate Leveraged Finance and Head of the Media Industry coverage team. Adrian’s responsibilities for GMG include strategy, M&A, joint ventures, disposals and corporate & legal affairs.
Kevin Moorhouse – Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director Gearhouse Broadcast UK
Kevin Moorhouse has worked in the broadcast industry for twenty five years. From Senior Technician for South Africa Broadcasting Corporation to Technical Manager responsible for Technical Operations of Facilities and Manpower for Outside Broadcast, Studio, News and Flyaway facilities. 1997 saw Kevin leave his native South Africa with a move to the UK as Engineering Manager for Gearhouse Broadcast. Subsequently Kevin has taken responsibility for group wide technical operations and he is currently focused on ensuring first class delivery of all large scale projects alongside his role as Managing Director of the UK business which includes teams handling sales, rental, system integration and flyaway projects globally.
Elliot Kaye – Chief Financial Officer
With an Economics and Econometrics degree from the University of Manchester, Elliot Kaye qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 1995 with HW Fisher & Co, a top 20 accounting firm in London and he has extensive experience of audit and corporate finance, with Price Waterhouse and Grant Thornton. Elliot joined Gearhouse Broadcast as Group Financial Controller in 2001, became UK Finance Director in 2005, UK Finance & Operations Director in 2007 and on 1 January 2008 became Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for the finance function of the whole Group.
Eamonn Dowdall – Business Development Director
With over twenty years experience in the Broadcast industry Eamonn Dowdall worked for Sony Broadcast & Professional Division for fourteen years progressing through various market segments with the UK Sales Division ending in the role General Manager. In 2000 he joined Gearhouse Broadcast to become Commercial Director and within 2 years was promoted to the role of UK Managing Director. In this period the UK business has trebled in turnover with expansion of its Projects, Rental and Sales Divisions. Eamonn’s responsibility is business development across all of the group’s activities with particular emphasis on sales and systems integration particularly in emerging markets.
