THE JUDGES
Faisal Abbas
, Editor-in-Chief English online, Al Arabiya,
UAE |
Daniel Adams,
VP Business Development, Zefr,
USA |
Felix Alvarez-Garmon
, SVP LATAM, IMG, UK |
Said
Bacho
, SVP EMEA, grass valley, USA |
Klaus Bergmann
,
Head International Relations, Deutsche Welle, Germany
|
Dorothy Byrne,
Head of News and Current Affairs,
Channel 4, UK |
Naveen Chandra
, Head of International
Business, Times TV Network, India |
Linden Clark
,
Manager, Radio New Zealand International, New Zealand
|
Eugen Cojocariu
, Director, Radio Romania International,
Romania |
Nicholas Daly,
Managing Director, Eutelsat
UK, UK |
Geraldine Easter
, Director of Programming and
Acquisitions, Nine Network, Australia |
Evandro Figueira
,
Director of Production and Operations, Bandsports, Brazil
|
David Finch
, VP Business Development, Mobiles
Republic, France |
Hugo Foulds
, Director of
Communications EMEA, CNBC Europe, UK |
Jeff Foulser
,
Chairman, Sunset + Vine, UK |
Angela Fung
, Deputy Head
of Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix Satellite TV, Hong
Kong|
Mihai Gadea
, CEO, Antena 3, Romania |
Susan
Gigli
, COO, InterMedia, USA |
Fredrik Graesvik
,
Producer, TV2, Norway |
Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou
, SVP
Commercial Africa, SES, South Africa |
Mohamed Ali
Harrath
, CEO, Islam Channel, UK |
Ryan Honter
, COO,
Colombo Communications, Sri Lanka |
Peter Horrocks,
Director, BBC Global News, UK |
Carlson Huang
, Vice
Manager and English Programme Host, RTI, Taiwan |
Abubakar Jijiwa
, Director General, Voice of Nigeria,
Nigeria |
Richard Kastelein
, Partner, Agora Media, UK |
Oleg Kupriyanov
, Deputy Chairman International
Relations, Voice of Russia, Russia |
Fran
ç
ois Laborie
,
COO, Vizrt, Norway |
MA Guoli
, CEO and Managing
Director, Infront Sports & Media, China |
John Maguire
,
Director of International Development, France 24, France
|
Lindsey Oliver
, Commercial Director EMEA and Asia
Pacific, Bloomberg TV, UK |
Liz McParland
,
Commercial
Director Contribution, GlobeCast, France |
Marcus
Metzner
, Head Marketing & Communications, arvato
Systems, Germany |
Choy Lin Mok
, VP Network
Programming and Promotions, Channel NewsAsia,
Singapore |
Nurzhan Mukhamedzhanova
,
Chairman,
Kazakhstan TV and Radio Corp, Kazakhstan |
Wangethi
Mwangi
, Senior Consultant, African Media Initiative,
Kenya |
Eurishka Nadesan
, Current Affairs Producer and
Senior Video Editor, eNews Channel, South Africa |
Alexey Nikolov
, Managing Director, RT, Russia |
John
Ogden
, Network Director, The Spectrum Radio Network,
UK |
Nigel Parsons
, CEO, TVC News, Nigeria |
Nenad
Pejic
, Chief Broadcast Operations Officer, RFE/RL, Czech
Republic |
Anthony Rose
, MD, Zeebox, UK |
Vatche
Sarkisian
, Director of Program Review, MBN
(Alhurra/Radio Sawa), USA |
Arnaud Simon
, MD
Eurosport France and Director TV Content, Eurosport,
France |
Simon Spanswick
, CEO, AIB, UK |
Deborah
Steele
, Editor, Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
Australia |
Fedor Strizhkov
, CEO, RTG TV, Russia |
Amir
Tajik
, Production Manager, Press TV, Iran |
David
Treadway
, Managing Director, BWRN Broadcast, UK
|
Jeff Trimble
, Executive Director, Broadcasting Board of
Governors, USA |
Arie Vered
, Sales Director Africa,
SatLink, Israel |
Robert Zaal
, Director, Radio Netherlands
Worldwide, The Netherlands |
THE HOST
Melissa Bell is an International Correspondent for
France 24.
After graduating from the University of Warwick in
the UK, she began her career as a journalist in
1996 in news wires, before joining Granada
Television in Manchester in 1999.
She then moved to the BBC as a Parliamentary
Reporter, where she covered Westminster for
seven years.
In 2008, she joined France 24 as an International
Correspondent. Since then, she has worked
extensively from Africa, the Arab world, the
Americas and Asia, covering all the big news
stories for France 24's French and English
channels.
Inspiring creativity
