Hanan Kattan began her career in marketing, primarily in the toiletries and cosmetics field. After building a successful distribution company, she moved into creating, marketing and promoting her own brands. In a saturated marketplace dominated by global conglomerates, Hanan personally created a entirely new product category – that of holistic premium mass-market products. Te Tao (the first ever mass brand based on Chinese herbal therapy) is now in full distribution in drugstores and supermarkets in the UK, US and Canada, as well as Europe. One of her later brands, the hair care range Tibet, prompted Marie Claire magazine to label her method of work “beauty with a conscience”.

Hanan has a unique talent for combining a deep passion for her projects with the ability to thrive in a highly competitive environment. She gets things done, and she always gets others as excited about her ideas as she is - qualities which make her a sure success in her role as a film producer.

Hanan created Enlightenment Productions with Shamim Sarif to fulfill their personal mandate of producing entertaining, low to medium budget features that have integrity and individuality.