ABOUT

STEVEN HINDES

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

With an extensive background in media, entertainment, and law, Steven Hindes is a General Counsel with two decades-plus experience in top-tier law firms and corporate public entities. He is also well-travelled in the creative arts as a musician, producer, filmmaker, and scriptwriter.

With a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Technology in Sydney, Hindes began his legal career analysing, structuring, negotiating, and closing legal transactions. After attending New York’s New Music Seminar, he took a left turn and established The Big Backyard, which developed, produced, and syndicated radio and TV programming for new Australian bands to 1,500+ media outlets in 79 countries to an audience of 60 million.

As CEO of The Big Backyard, Hindes combined his talents by leading legal and business affairs. He executive produced a major live outdoor concert that aired on national TV. The firm’s clients included multinational and government clients in the travel, leisure, technology, hospitality, media, and telecommunications fields.

Post The Big Backyard, Hindes returned to law as a partner with a mid-city commercial firm in Sydney, specialising in commercial litigation. Since 2007, he has served as Chief Legal Counsel for a financial services company, a leading provider of residentially secured first mortgage loan solutions. Here, he oversees relationships with internal business clients, regulators and external legal teams, provides legal advice on financial services, manages investment schemes and superannuation funds, and negotiates general commercial agreements.

On the arts side, Hindes recorded two albums as songwriter, vocalist and guitarist for Gravity Pirates, which fostered worldwide airplay, most notably from the BBC’s acclaimed John Peel on the BBC and VH-1.

Steven has several TV series in development.