Indi prodco Loud Minds hires two experienced development executives

Tim Haines' Loud Minds has appointed experimented executives Will Aslett and Emma Parkin in pivotal development roles. Award-winning writer, executive producer and senior development executive, Will Aslett, now takes the lead as head of development for Loud Minds’unscripted content, tasked with growing and managing its cross-genre programming slate. He joined Loud Minds from Wall to Wall where he was showrunner on its four-part Netflix series "Earthstorm".

Emma Parkin becomes development executive at Loud Minds, reporting directly into Aslett. She joins from Pioneer Productions, where she was AP on a yet to be announced feature documentary.

Tim Haines, founder and creative director at Loud Minds says: “We are delighted to welcome Will and Emma to our expanding team. Will is a world-class senior development executive and supremely skilled at helping to create and deliver the sort of epic, smart and engaging global factual content for which we are known. Emma, meanwhile, brings a valuable scientific background, a brilliantly inquiring and creative mind, plus a talent for managing large scale international shoots. Together, they make a formidable addition to our evolving business and are the perfect team to supercharge our slate, which in turn will ensure we can deliver on both our creative and growth ambitions.”

Will Aslett comments: “In Loud Minds, Tim Haines has created a vibrant and exciting new business and I am thrilled to be part of the team – and indeed to have the chance to work with him for the second time in my career. Tim is a visionary and his plans for the business now provide me with an incredible opportunity. Not only do I get to work in areas I already know well, but I also get the chance to explore and develop different genres and types of content that will drive a range of audiences and be successful across various platforms in the international marketplace.”

Loud Minds’first major series, "Surviving Earth", is currently in production with Universal Television Alternative Studio. The 8 x 60, multi-million-dollar series for NBC and Peacock tells the fascinating story of eight mass extinction moments throughout the Earth’s history, to see what the planet’s past can tell us about its future.