Experience

BFBS

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director of Editorial Content

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Leading a fantastic team of journalists telling under-reported news from British forces across the world.



Rukhshana Media

• Afghanistan
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Member

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  Founding trustee on the women-only board of this charity supporting journalism in Afghanistan. Edited in London, women reporters work in secret, hiding from the Taliban and under severe physical threat.



DSMA Notice Committee

• Committee Member

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  London The old D Notice committee, acting for the UK media when matters of national security and defence conflict with telling the news.



Oovvuu

• Australia
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Editorial Director

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

  London, United Kingdom We make it easy for journalists to add relevant news video to stories across the world - bringing together leading news brands to give readers exceptional storytelling they can trust. I look after the experience from an editorial perspective and am focused on generating revenue for the news industry.



PA Media

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head Of Production

  • Nov 2015 - Jul 2019

  London, United Kingdom Leading the production operation for PA's wire and online services, newspaper and magazine design and infographics. Having fun working on new digital products and CMS development, plus staffing and managing news partnerships with some of the world's biggest media names.



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Editor International Markets

  • Sep 2014 - Nov 2015

  New Delhi Area, India Setting up and managing teams of local journalists covering international websites remotely from Delhi. Operational within two weeks, team working by itself in just a few months. Within a year, the UK site had won News and Information category in Website of the Year. Additionally, by identifying shared subjects, setting up and training editorial teams which could work across many markets at once, leveraging economies of scale.

• Managing Editor MSN Homepage

  • Nov 2011 - Nov 2015

  London, United Kingdom



BBC

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• News editor

  • Dec 2001 - Nov 2011

  London Duty editor on the UK newsdesk of the BBC's website. Managing a large team of journalists, working 24/7, covering breaking news and in-depth features. Planning editor for breakfast programme bulletins on Radio 4, 5 Live and Breakfast - managing needs of stakeholders, commissioning reports and pulling stories out of the bag under pressure. Reporter for News Online.



News of the World

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• News editor, website

  • 1999 - 2001

  Wapping