Judges 2015

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