The AIBs are unique among international broadcasting awards in being judged by an independent panel of respected professionals representing the worldwide media industry.
The Association for International Broadcasting is proud to announce the following list of judges for the 2012 AIBS (please click on the links for more biographical details of the judges):
- Steve Ahern, CEO, IMBA, Australia
- Mohamed Ali Harrath, Chief Executive, Islam Channel
- Robert Bell, Executive Director, WTA, USA
- Wayne Borg, Deputy CEO and COO, twofour54, UAE
- Nicolas Bourdon, Marketing & Communications Director, EVS, Belgium
- Ivo Burum, Executive Producer, Burum Media, Australia
- Puruesh Chaudhary, President, AGAHI Foundation, and Ambassador to CIME, Pakistan
- Linden Clark, Manager, Radio New Zealand International, New Zealand
- Annabel Croft, Presenter, UK
- Alexandre Daquo, Editorial Deputy Director, Eurosport
- John Dunlop, Market Development Specialist, Arqiva, UK
- Mark Errington, CEO, OASYS, UK
- Adelheid Feilcke-Tiemann, Director International Relations, Deutsche Welle, Germany
- Eduardo François, Executive Director, Illuminati Films, Brazil
- Malcolm Fried, Managing Director EMEA, Bloomberg TV, UK
- Jeffrey Gedmin, CEO, Legatum Institute, UK
- Mihai Gîdea, CEO, Antena 3, Romania
- Rut Gomez Sobrino, Communications for Development, Professional, Spain
- Flora Gregory, Journalist/Filmmaker, Al Jazeera, UK
- Lorelei Harris, Editor, RTÉ Radio, Ireland
- David Hochner, CEO, SatLink, Israel
- Barry Houlihan, General Manager, Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), UK
- Carlson Huang, Vice Manager and English Programme Host, RTI, Taiwan
- Amir Jahangir, CEO, Mishal Pvt. Ltd, Pakistan
- Abubakar Jijiwa, Director General, Voice of Nigeria
- Richard Kastelein, Partner, Agora Media, UK
- Oleg Kupriyanov, Deputy Chairman International Relations, Voice of Russia, Russia
- John Maguire, Director of International Development, Audiovisuel de la France, France
- Vivien Marles, MD InterMedia Africa, Kenya
- Michael McCluskey, CEO, ABC Radio Australia, Australia
- Michael McEwen, Director General, NABA, USA
- Marcus Metzner, Head Marketing & Communications, arvato Systems, Germany
- Rohanna Mohamad, VP Programming & Promotions, Channel NewsAsia Network, Singapore
- Nicky Ness, Controller BFBS Radio & SSVC, UK
- Alexey Nikolov, Deputy Editor in Chief, RT Channel, Russia
- John Ogden, Network Director, The Spectrum Radio Network, UK
- Alpesh Patel, CEO, Mi-Fone, UAE
- Julia Ragona, Chief Broadcast Operations Officer, RFE/RL, Czech Republic
- Dick Rempt, CEO, TalentsMedia
- Lior Rival, VP Sales & Marketing, RRsat, Israel
- Paul Robinson, President, International, A Squared Elxsi Entertainment, UK
- Philippe Rouxel, VP Marketing, GlobeCast, France
- Simon Spanswick, CEO, AIB, UK
- Helen Stehli Pfister, Producer, SRF, Switzerland
- Fedor Strizhkov, CEO, RTG TV, Russia
- Amir Tajik, Production Manager, Press TV
- Jeffrey Trimble, Executive Director, Broadcasting Board of Governors
- Nigel Wilkes, Group Manager, Panasonic Systems Network Company
- Tom Wragg, Director, Global Broadcast Summit, UK