Havoc Franklin

Havoc Franklin – Director, Content Development and Production, Programming  Regional – Office of Gen Mgr, English Services – CBC Canada My key work for the past 15 years has been developing new and existing programs and units on all platforms (radio,...

Nicky Ness

Nicky Ness Nicky Ness – Director of Broadcasting & Entertainment, BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) www.bfbs.com BFBS’s Nicky Ness was a consumer of the UK armed forces specialist broadcaster’s services for several years before she joined the...

Faisal J Abbas

Faisal J. Abbas – Editor in Chief – Arab News Faisal J. Abbas is the Editor-in-Chief of the leading Middle East English language daily, Arab News. Based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – where he is originally from – Abbas joined Arab News in September 2016 with a...

Gardenia Trezzini

Gardenia Trezzini – Editor-in-Chief News – Euronews Gardenia Trezzini has been Editor-in-Chief at Euronews since 2006. In November she will take up the post of Head of Euronews Brussels Bureau. Her new role will include building on her experience of...

Kieran Smith – Creative Director – Love Productions

Kieran Smith – Creative Director – Love Productions Kieran joined Love Productions in 2007 and has executive produced many of Love’s most innovative and controversial critically acclaimed factual series and formats. He oversaw the Bafta nominated...

Phil Rees

Phil Rees – Acting Director Investigative Journalism – Al Jazeera Media Network Phil Rees is the Acting Director of Investigative Journalism at al Jazeera. He moved to Doha in 2013 and has been instrumental in building up the company’s Investigative...

Nathalie Lenfant

Nathalie Lenfant – Marketing Director – France Médias Monde Nathalie Lenfant has spent the past 12  years working in a international broadcasting environment, acting as France 24 Communications Director from 2006 to 2012,  then becoming Marketing Director...

Carlson Huang

Carlson Huang Chia-shan Carlson Huang Chia-shan- Radio Taiwan International, Rti Academy Director  Carlson Huang Chia-shan has almost 30 years’ experience as a reporter, program producer and an English radio personality. He has been involved in administration and...

Liz Tucker

Liz Tucker – Producer/Director and Chair of the UK’s Women in Film and TV   Liz Tucker is a multi-award winning documentary executive producer and director.  Her awards include the UK’s top science documentary prize, the prestigious Glaxo/ABSW...

Dr Joanna Spiteri

Dr Joanna Spiteri Dr Joanna Spiteri is the Chief Executive Officer at Malta Broadcasting Authority. She obtained her PhD at the University of Stirling in Scotland.  Her research focused on achieving news impartiality in the Maltese TV programmes. For 5 years she...