Meet Our Founders
The FTVWA was formed in 2024 by Fiona Fletcher, Dr Howie Fine and Jude Spencer.
Fiona Fletcher
Founder & Welfare Executive
BAFTA, RTS, and Broadcast award-winning Production and Welfare Executive and Head of Production, Fiona brings over a decade of experience in unscripted television, specialising in compliance, duty of care, and mental health. She is extremely passionate about improving mental health and welfare in
the industry, combining her indepth production knowledge with specialist wellbeing expertise to drive meaningful change.
Fiona is a certified Mental Health I-ACT instructor (accredited by the Royal College of Psychiatrists), Mental Health First Aider, Wellbeing Facilitator, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapist. She has mentored and trained numerous production teams, helping to embed a culture of care and resilience across the industry.
In addition to founding the FTVWA, Fiona currently serves as Head of Production and Welfare at Screendog Productions, the team behind Channel 4’s multi award-winning series The Jury.
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Dr Howie Fine
Co-Founder & Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Howie Fine is a leading Clinical Psychologist who has supported projects in the TV and film industry since 2007. His expertise spans development, mental health training, script reviews, and talent and contributor screening, extending through to post-production aftercare, where he provides support for both talent and production teams. Howie and his team at Mindzone Media support over 150 projects each year, including films, dramas, unscripted and reality TV, observational and factual documentaries, blue light and undercover projects, news, game shows, competitions, podcasts, and projects in studio or on remote locations.Recent projects include The Traitors, SAS: Who Dares Wins, Squid Games, and Race Across The World.
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Jude Spencer
Co-Founder & Mental Health Specialist
Jude comes from a front-line mental health crisis background, having spent a decade volunteering for Samaritans and setting up a crisis service for the charity Mind. Over the past five years, she has provided critical advice, consultancy, and support across the industry through her company, Dolly Mental Health, for companies such as Banijay, Arrow Media, CPL, and Studio Ramsay. Jude is a Mental Health First Aid provider accredited by the Royal Society for Public Health.Prior to becoming a mental health specialist, she worked as a production manager and producer across TV series and feature films.