Our jury for this year’s AIBs is as international and diverse as the programmes they will judge. We have producers, editors, journalists, reviewers and executives from all over the world who will be using their experience to choose the winners in each category.
Our 2015 judges are:
Faisal J Abbas – Editor-in-Chief – Al Arabiya News
Mekki Abdullah – Group President & CEO – Fujairah Media Group
Kevin Anderson – Executive Editor – Gannett Lakes Group
Albertus Aochamub – Director General – Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
Neeraj Arora – Executive Vice President, Head International Business – MSM Asia Limited/Sony Entertainment Network
Anna Averkiou – International Media Consultant – Anna Averkiou Media
Hla Yin Aye – General Manager – MandalayFM, Forever Group
Charlotte Cabrero – Project Manager – Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium
Linden Clark – Manager – Radio New Zealand International (RNZI)
Eugen Cojocariu – Director – Radio Romania International
Brian Conniff – President – Middle East Broadcasting Networks
Nick Daly – Vice President-UK & Ireland, South Asia, Nordic Region – eutelsat
Vincent De Paul – Vice President News, Content Group – Astro
Henrik Eklund – CEO and Founder – Newstag
Anastasia Ellis – Managing Editor, Bloomberg Media EMEA
David FitzGerald – Founder and Executive Consultant – Globelynx
Marco Frazier – SVP of Distribution and Business Development, Western Europe – AMC Networks
Mihai Gadea – CEO – Antena 3
Lee Gal – Chief producer – i24news TV
Mohamed Ali Harrath – CEO, Islam Channel
Sam Jackson – Managing Editor – Classic FM
Simon Kendall – Head of Business Development – BBC World Service
Henry Mance – Media Correspondent – Financial Times
Michael McEwen – Director General – North American Broadcasters Association
Lucio Mesquita – Director- BBC Monitoring
Marcus Metzner – Chief Marketing Officer- arvato Systems
Izak Minnaar – Editor – SABC Digital News
John Momoh – CEO – Channels TV
Gaven Morris – Head of Content – ABC News
John O’Loan – CEO – iO Media Group
Lippe Oosterhof – CEO – Livestation
Nigel Parsons – CEO – TVC News
Carter Pilcher – Chief Executive – Shorts International
Sanjay Salil – Managing Director – MediaGuru
Adil Salih – Head of Planning – Sky News Arabia
Alla Salehian – CEO – TIMA
Simon Saville – Vice President Communications – Shell International
Carlito Sheikh – Head of Digital Media Strategy – SABC Radio
Daisy Sindelar – Programming Director – Europe – RFE/RL
Simon Spanswick – Chief Executive – Association for International Broadcasting
Sanjeev Srivastava – CEO – Focus Channels
Danna Stern – Head of Programming, yes-DBS Satellite Services, Israel
Sarah Sultoon – Senior Director of Coverage – CNN
Kevin Sutcliffe – Head of News Programming EU – Vice News
Umesh Upadhyay – President News – Network 18