Shaftesbury is an award-winning creator and producer of original content for television, film, and digital.

Shaftesbury’s current primetime slate includes 17 seasons of the international hit series Murdoch Mysteries for CBC Television, Ovation TV, ION Plus, Acorn TV, and Alibi Channel, and 6 seasons of Hudson & Rex for Citytv, ION, UP Faith & Family, and Alibi Channel. Both series are available in over 150 countries worldwide. Other projects include: the acclaimed horror anthology series Slasher on Shudder and Hollywood Suite, with Emmy® Award-winner Eric McCormack starring in the fifth season; three seasons of the acclaimed six-part event series Departure for Global starring Emmy® Award-winner Archie Panjabi and the late Academy® Award-winner Christopher Plummer; and SisterS, a new Irish-Canadian co-production by and starring Sarah Goldberg (Barry) and Susan Stanley, for Crave, RTÉ and IFC.

Leadership Team

A visionary producer with a track record for delivering award-winning scripted content for audiences around the world, Christina Jennings is founder, chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury, a content company known for innovative storytelling and building successful brands.

Christina Jennings
Chairman & President

As Shaftesbury’s SVP of Business & Legal Affairs, Garvie has overseen negotiation and implementation of all development, financing, sales and recoupment arrangements since 1994. Garvie is the Chair of the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and also sits on the FilmOntario Board.

Scott Garvie
EVP, Business & Legal Affairs

With over 15 years of experience in the industry, her role as SVP, Finance & Operations, Phillips is responsible for managing Shaftesbury through all aspects of corporate and production finance as well as managing all development and distribution finance and reporting.

Hayley Phillips
SVP, Finance & Operations

With over 12 years of experience in the film and television industry, Goldman has experience with dramatic, documentary and reality/lifestyle programming, as well as with domestic production, interprovincial and international co-productions. Prior to joining Shaftesbury, Goldman worked at CBC and Entertainment One and currently sits on the CMPA’s Industrial Relations Committee.

Elysse Goldman
SVP, Business & Legal Affairs

Lacey is a Gemini Award-winning writer who brings two decades of experience in writing, production and development to Shaftesbury. In her role as VP, Creative Affairs, Lacey manages Shaftesbury’s extensive scripted drama development slate, with an eye to expanding the company’s international partnerships.

Julie Lacey
VP, Creative Affairs
Liz Levine

An award-winning producer, Liz has 20+ years of experience in film and TV. She has developed and produced films such as Kyra Sedgwick’s directorial debut Story of a Girl (DGA Nomination) and Across My Land (Palme D’or nominated, Cannes). She has developed and produced TV for CBS, CW, Disney, Sony, TBS and most recently, executive produced the award-winning series Two Sentence Horror Stories for CW/Netflix. She holds a Master of Journalism and has written for the National Post, The Walrus, and Playback. Her memoir Nobody Ever Talks About Anything But the End (Simon & Schuster 2020) received critical acclaim.

Liz Levine
Senior Producer & VP Television

Diang Iu has worked in a number of roles at Shaftesbury across production affairs, finance, and scripted drama development before settling in his current position as VP, Content Production.

Diang Iu
VP, Content Production
As an award-winning marketer, Dylen draws on 13+ years of experience in media and entertainment. Before joining Shaftesbury, Dylen served as Head of Entertainment and Content marketing at CBC, where she oversaw the marketing for CBC properties such as Schitt’s CreekKim’s ConvenienceAnne with an E and Baroness Von Sketch Show.  Dylen has been recognized for her work, in both Canada and the US, for developing audience-first content strategies and innovative storytelling to promote some of Canada’s top-rated series globally.
Dylen Postnikoff
VP, Brand Marketing and Communications
Jennifer McCann is an award-winning producer with over two decades of experience in both Europe and North America in multiplatform content production, international co-production, and development. Beginning her career in Paris at Marathon Media, part of Zodiak Kids, Jennifer held several positions, including Director of Post-Production and Creative Producer, developing overseas co-pro operations, and establishing two satellite studios in Montreal and Los Angeles. Jennifer was recently Director of Development at 9 Story Media Group and Senior Producer at Toronto based Pubcaster TFO.
Jennifer McCann
VP, Kids & Family

Michelle Grys joined Shaftesbury in 2010 as part of the Corporate Finance team. Michelle managed post-production accounting for TV series, features and digital series. In 2013, she was named Manager, Production Accounting and was responsible for overseeing accounting during prep stages for all new projects as well as during post-production to prepare for audit and filing of tax credits. In 2018, she became Corporate Controller, supporting overall company strategies and objectives. As VP, Finance, she oversees and participates in financial reporting activities corporately and across all productions as Shaftesbury continues to build it’s global presence.

Michelle Grys
VP, Finance

Christina Fon is an Emmy-nominated executive with a wealth of experience and a remarkable career. Christina previously served as  Executive Producer on Crave/APTN Original series, Little Bird, currently on PBS. Christina’s contributions have earned her several accolades, including the esteemed Sundance and Peabody Awards and multiple Canadian Screen Awards. This success can be attributed to the glowing reputation that Christina has built with her investment partners, her ability to source winning IPs, maintain strong stakeholder relations and close successful deals.

Christina Fon
VP, Strategic Partnerships & Scripted Content

With 20 + years’ experience in drama development, Chris has collaborated with some of the UK’s finest writing talent on TV and film projects across multiple genres. Before Shaftesbury, Chris was Head of Development at UK film company, Catalyst Global Media (Finding Your Feet, Ghost Stories, Slaughterhouse Rulez), and worked in TV development for the BBC, Company Pictures, and Carnival Films on hit shows, Silent Witness, The White Princess, and Sea of Souls. Based in the UK for Shaftesbury, Chris manages a slate of co-production projects with UK and European partners.

Chris Farrer
VP, Creative and Co-Productions

With 20 + years working in the television industry, Iain has overseen the publicity for dozens of series, both from the broadcaster and production ends. Prior to Shaftesbury, Iain worked at CTV and DHX Studios, overseeing the unit publicity for 388 episodes of Degrassi. Iain also led publicity campaigns for Canadian Idol, LIVE With Regis & Kelly, The View, The Juno Awards, The L.A. Complex and TallBoyz. In addition to publicity, his teams managed a variety of ancillary content that included music videos, linear and digital after shows and documentaries.

Iain Christiansen
Senior Director, Publicity and Marketing

With 8+ years in Human Resources Amber is responsible for leading the HR function and developing and driving strategies for engagement, learning and recruitment across the company. She holds her certificate as a mediator and specializes in conflict resolution for employees in unionized and non-unionized environment. Amber is passionate about actively supporting both employee wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion.

Amber Vansia
Director, HR and Operations
Board of Directors

A visionary producer with a track record for delivering award-winning scripted content for audiences around the world, Christina Jennings is founder, chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury, a content company known for innovative storytelling and building successful brands.

Christina Jennings
Chairwoman & CEO

As Shaftesbury’s SVP of Business & Legal Affairs, Scott Garvie has overseen negotiation and implementation of all development, financing, sales and recoupment arrangements since 1994

Scott Garvie
SVP, Business & Legal Affairs

Former head of the Entertainment Department, Goodmans LLP, Chairman Westwood Creative Artists, Canada’s largest literary agency and Executive Producer

Michael Levine
Blake Callaway
General Manager – BBCA + IFC + SUN
Rob Fox
EVP, Production - AMC Studios