Elevate supports BAFTA to secure Brooks Macdonald as the Official Wealth Management Partner. Read the full press release below.
Brooks Macdonald is pleased to announce it has become the Official Wealth Management Partner to BAFTA.
A globally renowned charity, BAFTA champions the creative and cultural importance of the screen arts across film, games and television and is an international academy of 14,000 creative professionals. BAFTA also supports the next generation of creatives, spanning filmmakers, to games designers, actors, and producers, to editors, and many other essential craft specialisms, to enter the industry through a year-round programme of talent development initiatives and learning events.
Brooks Macdonald is one of the UK’s leading wealth managers, founded in 1991. As the Official Wealth Management Partner to BAFTA, Brooks Macdonald’s partnership will ensure BAFTA can deliver its mission to break down barriers to opportunity and ensure all creatives, regardless of background, can forge a career in the screen arts.
Starting in 2026, this will include an expansion of BAFTA’s long-standing Prince William BAFTA Bursary Programme to help individuals facing financial barriers to progress in their careers. Previous recipients of BAFTA bursaries and scholarships have gone on to work for major film, television and games productions, from Doctor Who (BBC/Disney+) to Netflix Originals, along with contributing to BAFTA’s Award shows and working on the shoot for BAFTA’s recent cinema trailer, celebrating the art of storytelling in games.
"We are delighted to become BAFTA’s Official Wealth Management partner."
Andrea Montague
Brooks Macdonald CEO
"Brooks Macdonald is dedicated to delivering the highest standards for our clients, BAFTA champions excellence in storytelling. Our fields of expertise may differ, but we are united to make a positive difference in what we do in communities across the UK.”
“As a world-renowned awards body and an arts charity, BAFTA breaks down the barriers to opportunity so that the screen arts are open to everyone, not just those who can afford it."
Jane Millichip
BAFTA CEO
"This generous support from Brooks Macdonald will enable us to deliver our programmes with renewed ambition and reach more people than ever.”
Notes to Editors:
Further information about The Prince William BAFTA Bursary Fund can be found here.
Brooks Macdonald Group plc is a leading provider of wealth management services in the UK.
Proudly serving IFAs and clients since 1991, Brooks Macdonald is independent, financially strong, and aims to deliver strong and consistent investment performance for clients to meet their financial objectives. Brooks Macdonald provides innovative investment solutions to support IFAs and their clients throughout their entire lives as needs and circumstances change. The company is recognised as an innovator in the industry having been one of the first to develop and launch key products such as Managed Portfolio Service.
Realising Ambitions. Securing Futures. We are Brooks Macdonald.
Die Mission der BAFTA als gemeinnützige Organisation besteht darin, die kreative und kulturelle Bedeutung der Bildschirmkünste in den Bereichen Film, Spiele und Fernsehen zu fördern. Durch ihre Preisverleihungen und ihr ganzjähriges Programm an Talentinitiativen und Weiterbildungsveranstaltungen – darunter Meisterkurse, Vorträge, Stipendien, Förderungen und Mentorenprogramme in Großbritannien und Nordamerika – identifiziert und würdigt die BAFTA herausragende Leistungen, entdeckt, inspiriert und fördert neue Talente im Bereich der Bildschirmkünste und ermöglicht Lernen und kreative Zusammenarbeit. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.bafta.org. BAFTA ist eine eingetragene Wohltätigkeitsorganisation (Nr. 216726).
