Stewart Till

Stewart Till, CBE (born 1951) was the chairman and chief executive of United International Pictures^[1] from 2002 to 2006.^[2] He is a graduate of the University of Bath.

Till started his career with advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi in 1979.^[3] He became managing director of the UK division of CBS/Fox Video and left in November 1988 to become deputy managing director of Sky Television and head of Sky Movies.^[4][5] He later became deputy managing director of British Sky Broadcasting's movie channels.^[6] He joined PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in January 1992 as President of its international distribution arm^[7][8] before joining Universal Pictures International (UPI), where he became president and one of the most important film people in London.^[9] He left UPI in 2000 when it was closed down and became an executive director of Redbus Film Group.^[9][10] He became chairman and chief executive at UIP in 2002. After leaving UIP in 2006, he became Chairman of Icon Productions UK and then became CEO of Sonar Entertainment in 2012.^[2]

During the 1980s, he was chairman of the British Videogram Association.^[11] In 1999, he was appointed vice chairman of the new UK Film Council.^[9] He became chairman after Alan Parker left.

In May 2006, he became chairman of Millwall F.C..^[3] He was succeeded by John Berylson in October 2007 and became vice-chairman.^[12]

In July 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex.^[13]