Denise Proctor, NOISE CEO and Charity Trustee is
recognised within the music industry as the figure who pioneered the
single music download revolution, ten years before it became industry
standard. Denise setup NOISE in 2004 with a view to finding the
funding, sponsors and media partners to deliver a whole range of unique
projects that make up the NOISE festival.

Denise comes from a
highly successful background in online initiatives having set up PWP,
one of the first UK interactive design companies that created the
world’s first interactive music CDrom with video. PWP went onto win a
plethora of awards including “Best Web Design” for the Manic Street
Preachers (Sony) and ‘The Times’ Award for E-Commerce. Denise also
worked with Lord David Puttnam in the setting up of NESTA Futurelab
bringing together the games and education industries, and with AIM
(Association of Independent Music) to establish an E-Commerce strategy
for UK independent music labels.

Denise has directed a host of
music videos (including No.1 selling artists), adverts, television
titles and documentary pieces for BBC television, ARD and SFDRS. She
has a BA from New York University and St. Martins School of Art, an MA
in film directing from the Royal College of Art and is currently
completing an MBA in finance at Manchester Business School.