Our people

Secretariat

Simon Spanswick CEO and Executive Producer, The AIBs

When did you join AIB?

August 1993, when it was founded

Sum up your role at the AIB

As Chief Executive, I’m responsible for the strategic direction of the AIB, liaising with member companies and ensuring we deliver value to the membership across areas as diverse as advocacy, sustainability, cyber security, media freedom, promotion and market intelligence. I also am quite happy making the team coffee and tea, as well as turning my hand to resolving IT issues in the office!

Tell us a hidden fact about yourself

I have a bit of a passion for clocks (some might say it’s an obsession) that started watching the time ticking in studios and making sure that the pips weren’t crashed. I’ve made sure the AIB Secretariat has the right time, all the time, using clocks acquired at auction from various BBC TV and radio studios as they’ve been relocated to other locations.

Tom Wragg Non-Executive Director

When did you join AIB?

I was closely involved with the AIB from its inception but joined full time in June 2015.

Sum up your role at the AIB

My main focus is on Government relationships in particular for media freedom and development. I am also the lead for commercial matters for the Association.

Tell us a hidden fact about yourself

I love gardening and travel.

Clare Fuller Producer The AIBs and Coordinator, AIB Secretariat

When did you join AIB?

April 2013

Sum up your role at the AIB

I am in charge of the annual AIB awards from the lead up to the launch of the awards, receiving and organising the entries, sourcing and inviting judges, preparing for the AIBs awards gala dinner. Keeping the team under control on a day to day basis.

Tell us a hidden fact about yourself

I am quite good at hula hooping.

Craig Hobbs Multilateral Relations

When did you join AIB?

April 2023

Sum up your role at the AIB

Developing relationships and collaborations with international organizations and in expanding expertise on sustainability among the media sector.

Tell us a hidden fact about yourself

I’m an enthusiastic practitioner of transcendental meditation and attempt to pursue my responsibilities from an expanded level of consciousness.

Sophia Nasif Social Media Producer

When did you join AIB?

November 2022

Sum up your role at the AIB

I take care of all of the AIBs social media, from LinkedIn to Twitter/X! You’ll often spot me running around taking videos on my phone at the AIB Awards nights and other events. As the team’s youngest member and Millennial, I’ve ushered in Instagram reels and hashtags into the AIBs!

Tell us a hidden fact about yourself

I can read and write Arabic fluently, but not speak it

Anjuli Shere Research Analyst

When did you join AIB?

I first met the AIB Secretariat when I wandered into the wrong Christmas party in 2017… three months later I interviewed for the conference and research analyst role with Simon.

Sum up your role at the AIB

I helped to organise ASAP90, Radio Taiwan International’s international political media conference on Achieving Sustainability in Asia-Pacific. I also spoke in the conference’s closing panel on press freedom, and reported on the event for the AIB’s members. Following this, I wrote some member reports with original research for AIB working groups, on topics including: pandemic surveillance, legal impediments to press freedom, and cyber-attacks on the media. As needed, I was the AIB’s rapporteur at Global Media Freedom meetings. Finally, I was also the social media producer at the 2018 and 2019 AIBs!

Tell us a hidden fact about yourself

I’m British and Australian