Andy Beale is Business Development Director, EMEA for Ateliere’s live production solutions. A noted technologist with expertise in sports and live production, Beale joined Ateliere from his specialized media consultancy and previously BT Sport, where he served as Chief Engineer & Head of Innovation overseeing the broadcaster’s groundbreaking facilities build and cloud and software-based live production transformations. As Business Development Director, Beale helps Ateliere customers modernize their live production workflows, significantly reducing costs and carbon footprint while achieving new levels of efficiency with Ateliere Live and partner solutions. In addition to his pioneering work, which has been recognized with honors by the media industry, Beale is deeply involved in community growth and important diversity initiatives for media and entertainment (M&E). He is the co-founder and chair of trustees for The Rise Academy, a skills and education charity dedicated to inspiring, educating and informing young people about the diverse career pathways and opportunities across M&E. Beale is also a non-executive director for Rise, M&E’s powerful gender advocacy group that promotes women in broadcast.