THE TEAM
DAVE
SHEAR
CEO
With nearly 25 years of experience in the film distribution and production sector, he has released a number of mainstream titles such as Supersonic, Stone Roses: Made of Stone, Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac, Justin Bieber’s Believe, Ill Manors, Cinema Paradiso, The Imposter and Exit Through the Gift Shop, amongst others.
Prior to Lorton Entertainment he worked as Head of Theatrical Distribution for Revolver Entertainment and before that as Head of Sales at The Works, Content Films and Winchester Film.
MAURICE
SHEAR
Chairman
Maurice is the chairman of Shear Entertainment. He has spent his entire working career in international banking. Most of his time was spent in the Treasury area of Bank Leumi (UK) plc. Whilst there, he managed the Dealing Room, Private Banking and Offshore Banking and at the time of his retirement, he was Deputy General Manager and a director of their Bank and Trust role in Jersey. Maurice also played a major role in Leumi’s acquisitions of the London Banking operations of both Julius Baer and Riggs Bank.
Maurice was a non-executive director of Shore Capital, representing Leumi, when it was a major shareholder.
JONATHAN
DECKTER
Advisor
Jonathan Deckter serves as President & COO of Voltage Pictures. Deckter oversees Voltage’s international and domestic sales, business and legal affairs, finance, third-party acquisitions, and strategic planning. In conjunction with CEO Nicolas Chartier, Deckter also manages all new Voltage business ventures.
Deckter is a frequent speaker on industry panels as well as a guest lecturer at USC’s Stark program and his alma mater the University of Arizona.
JULIAN
BIRD
Advisor
20 years’ experience working in the financial sector, raising finance for Banks and Insurance companies and advising Institutional Investors.
Previously Head of European Equities at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW), the bank which he personally founded the European division of in 2012.
Julian is the Founder & CEO of Lorton.
SHUEY
SHEAR
Head of Games
Shuey is the Founder of Shear Games. He has developed numerous small game projects and prototypes for the purposes of entertainment as well as education.
He has experience developing Unity and Unreal Projects compatible with mobile, PC, XR and more,