Media leaders from every continent and from 23 countries have volunteered to act as independent judges for this year’s international media excellence awards. They are:
Daniel Adams, Head of International Content, Dailymotion, France
Nashwa Al Ruwaini, CEO, Pyramedia, UAE
Salim Amin, Chairman, A24Media, Kenya
David Astley, Executive Chairman, Asia-Pacific MediaAlliancefor Social Awareness, Singapore
Nigel Baker, VP Business Operations EMEA and Asia, APTN, UK
Wayne Borg, Deputy CEO and COO, twofour54, UAE
Julian Clover, Editorial Director, Broadband TVNews, UK
Eugen Cojocariu, Director, Radio Romania International, Romania
Helle Dale, Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, The Heritage Foundation, USA
David Dufresne, Writer/Director, DufLab, Canada
Hosam El Sokkari, Head of Audience, Yahoo! Middle East, UAE
Mark Errington, CEO,OASYS,UK
Adelheid Feilcke-Tiemann, Director International Relations, Deutsche Welle, Germany
Monica Fritz, Producer/Director, 6 news, Turkey
Angela Fung, Deputy Head,Phoenix Chinese Channel,Phoenix Satellite TV, Hong Kong
ReginaGoh, Executive Editor, ChannelNewsAsia,Singapore
Peter Goldstein, Director of Communications, InterMedia,USA
Mohamed Ali Harrath, CEO, IslamChannel,UK
Mondher Kalai, Commissioning Executive, JCC,Qatar
Kim Hyuk-dong, Deputy Director, KBS World Radio,Korea
François Laborie, Chief Commercial Officer,Vizrt,Norway
Paulo Markun, Consultant, TV Escola, Brazil
Chris Maroleng, Africa Editor, e.tv,South Africa
Michael McCluskey, CEO, ABC RadioAustralia,Australia
Marcus Metzner, Head of Marketing Services & Communication, arvato systems GmbH,Germany
Olivier de Montchenu, Commercial & Marketing Director,Euronews,France
Dick van Motman, President & CEO, DDB Greater China Group, P.R.China
Alexey Nikolov, Deputy Editor in Chief, RTChannel,Russia
Ian O’Reilly, Producer/Director, BBC News –TV,UK
Mr. Nader Sh. Rad, Director Programmes Department, Press TV, Iran
Julia Ragona, Chief Broadcast Operations Officer, RFE/RL, Czech Republic
Dick Rempt, CEO, TalentsMedia, TheNetherlands
Paul Robinson, MD,KidsCo,UK
Philippe Rouxel, VP Worldwide Distribution, France24
Karim Sarkis, Executive Director of Broadcast, Abu Dhabi Media Company, UAE
Vatche Sarkisian, Director of Research and Program Review, Middle East Broadcasting Networks,USA
Danny Schechter, Executive Producer,Globalvision,USA
Simon Spanswick, CEO,AIB,UK
Fedor Strizhkov, CEO, Russian Travel Guide TV,Russia
David Treadway, Managing Director, WRN Broadcast,UK
Jeff Trimble, Executive Director, Broadcasting Board of Governors,USA
Laeed Zaghlami, Journalist/Writer, AlgerianBroadcasting,Algeria