Nick Bennett – CEO

Nick brings over 20 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience across the creative industries, spanning music, advertising and digital. He held senior roles at WPP and Hyper Island before establishing a long-standing consulting practice advising some of the world's biggest brands across Europe, the Americas and the Middle East, including Spotify, Virgin Media O2, Nike, Netflix and Nestlé.

Juliette Squair – Co-founder

Juliette has over 30 years of experience in the television production and music industries. After 15 years working in a wide variety of roles and genres in TV production, Juliette went on to lead the music library company Audio Network, which grew from a small start-up in 2003 into an established multi-million global music brand. Prior to launching The Nerve, Juliette spent 3 years as the Deputy CEO of the online rights trading platform, TRX.

Scott Pearce – Co-founder

Scott has a wealth of experience across the music industry – from production and recording to writing. He has also worked in a variety of roles in TV and Film. In 2005 he joined Audio Network to spearhead the opening of their London office and went on to lead their North American business and global sub-publishing network. As SVP of Channel Strategy, he was responsible for developing new business strategies and initiatives.

Caroline Bingham 


Director of Business Development

Caroline started her career in a leading kit hire house as a technician before embarking on the path of a freelance location sound recordist. She then moved back in to hire as crew co-ordinator and progressed to the sales team at Procam TV. In 2008 Caroline joined the Farm Group to launch Rent, their own hire division.  After a spell at Pro Motion Hire Caroline moved to Film Locker to drive their content archiving services into the TV sector, before joining The Nerve in September 2020. 

Joe Rutherford


Business Development Manager

Joe is a multi-disciplinary creative who has a diverse background in TV and music. He studied composition for TV and Film at the London College of Music where he gained a strong passion for music synch and library, also composing and writing for various short films and collaborative projects. Joe's passion for TV led him to join indie production company Fulwell 73 Productions where he worked across both strategic operations and Post-Production. He has strong knowledge of Post-Production and music and is an advocate of young, diverse composer talent.

Sophia Bingham

Key Account & Marketing Manager

With an MA in Marketing Management and wide experience in the corporate, hospitality and media sectors, Sophia brings her passion and expertise to elevate our key client relationships and steer our marketing strategy. With top digital marketing, social media, event management, email and campaign management, Sophia has every base covered – keeping The Nerve brand bold and full of personality. She is an avid music lover - seeking out off the grid, live gigs is what she loves to do in her spare time.

Pip Pearce


Publishing & Administration Manager

Pip started her career in post-production in 1999 and has worked in senior administrative roles since then in the TV industry within locations, post production and television production. She spent 4 years at Objective Productions before a move to assist in the smooth running of the New York City office of Audio Network.

Mark Fabian

Music Operations & Insights Manager

Mark is a Hungarian composer based in the north of England. In the past 10 years he’s written music for television and video games, working with indie studios and blending orchestral and contemporary sounds to create immersive scores. He has a particular love for building interactive music systems that bring stories and worlds to life. That creative background has led Mark into the business side of music, where he brings the same curiosity and big-picture thinking. He’s especially focused on the role technology plays in shaping the future of music and how it can open doors for creativity.

Ruth Mezey

Music and A&R Supervisor

Originally an oboist, Ruth studied at Chetham's School of Music, Manchester, before moving to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
At the Guildhall, Ruth developed a passion for composition - particularly for popular music, music for moving image and media, and how music reflects and shapes identity. This fueled further study for a Master's at Goldsmith's, University of London.
She's written music to accompany a number of short films, podcasts, charity campaigns and recently had her first album published with the Nerve. She also co-wrote music for feature film "Are You Proud?", which appeared in the documentary category for the Guardian's Best Films of 2019.

Rebecca Lockett

Junior Music Researcher

Rebecca graduated in 2023 with a BA (Hons) in composition for Film and Television from the Leeds Conservatoire. It was whilst studying here that she first discovered her passion for music sync and production music. She is particularly interested in the cultural impact of music and its ability to transform the emotional impact of a scene. In her free time she loves to stay up to date with her favourite music blogs - always keeping her finger on the pulse of the latest industry trends.