MAIN STAGE JUDGES 2025 Lily Ames Head of Entertainment, Chalk + Blade Alex Anderson Director, Tandem Productions Grace Andrews Content Director Cambria Bailey-Jones Producer/Writer, Penny4 Simon Beale Radio Presenter, Heart Jennie Becker Host & Founder, Sliding Doors Sam Bonham Senior News Editor, BBC Molly Carter Multi Platform Podcast Producer, Bauer Media Alannah Chance Exec Audio Producer, Somerset House James Chandler Chief Strategy Officer, IAB UK Adrian Daniels Podcast Producer and Consultant, A to Z Podcasting Cass Denton Podcast, Radio and Development Producer, Freelance Rhianna Dhillon Film and TV Critic and Podcaster, Penguin Random House, BBC Michelle Douglass Senior Podcast Producer, National Trust Katherine Ellis Strategy and Partnerships Manager, Sky News Vicky Etchells Director, Podcasts, Global Gareth Evans Founder & CEO, 18Sixty Paul Fernley Business Development Director, Audio Always Sandra Ferrari Head of Content Development, Message Heard Ben Firth Creative Director, Factory Originals Kaylee Golding Radio Presenter, BBC Radio 1XTRA Anya Goncharova Spence Senior Commercial/B&D Lead, Podcast Discovery Lisa Hack Senior Technical Tutor Audio, Radio and Podcasts, Goldsmiths University of London Michaela Hallam Director of Content, Fresh Air Laura Hearn Host of Flip It Podcast and Storyteller, Flip It, Founder Georgie Holt CEO, FLIGHTSTORY Chris Impey Editor, The Economist Nicole Jackson Global Head of Audio, The Guardian Alex Jungius Owner, This Is Distorted Becky Lamb-Pritchard Head of Podcast Growth & Partnerships, This Is Distorted Steve Lanham Head of Podcasts, History Hit Guy Larsen Director, Penny4 Joyanna Lovelock Podcast Creator and Host, BTYTPOD Kate Mander Co-Founder, Just Add Joy Michelle Martin Executive Producer & Commissioning Editor, Wondery Charlotte Mason Head Of Production, Insanity Studios Phil Maynard Deputy Head of Audio, The Guardian Glenn Miller Agent, Creative Artists Agency Dani Murphy Co-Founder, Just Add Joy Mike Newman VP, Content & Partnerships UK, Audioboom Florian Obkircher Senior Audio Producer, Red Bull Christina Okorocha Co Founder, VAMP Meic Parry Producer and Sound Designer, Meicro Sangeeta Pillai Founder & CEO, Soul Sutras James Piper Podcaster, Author and Company Director, The Rubbish Collective Joanna Pitt Head of Podcast Partnerships, Global Lizzy Pollott Chief Communications & Brand Officer, Acast Kellie Redmond Executive Producer Halina Rifai Podcast & Audio Producer, Freelance Rhian Roberts Commissioner Podcasts and Formats, BBC Radio 4 Hannah Rose Senior Programme Executive, BBC Matthew Rouse Podcast Lead, Bauer Media Group Taqwa Sadiq Audio Producer / Presenter, Freelance Camilo Salazar Morley Radio and Studios Manager, Morley Radio/Morley College London Zayna Shaikh Producer, BBC David Smith Director, Small Wardour Brett Spencer Director, Centre of Podcasting, City St George's University Ella Squire Podcast Marketing Manager, BBC Studios Chris Stone Executive Producer, The New Statesman Craig Strachan CEO, Novel Joe Sykes Creative Director, Samizdat Audio Lucy Taylor Co-Founder, Smoke Trail Productions Stephen Titherington Editor, Times Podcasts, The Times and Sunday Times Jennifer Tracey Audio Journalist & Exec Producer Joby Waldman Managing Director, Reduced Listening Jake Warren CEO / Founder, Message Heard Amy Wheel Business Manager, Overcoat Media Ella Woods Development Executive, Comedy and Entertainment, BBC Studios Audio Mike Wooller Deputy Head of Podcasts, DMG Media
FILTER JUDGES 2025 Robert Abel Head of Audio Business & Strategy, Guardian News and Media Jessica Beck Producer, Bloomberg Martin Bojtos Co-founder, Podmasters Al Booth Lecturer, City St Georges / Goldsmiths - University of London Helen Bowman Head of Communications, Business in the Community Adrian Bradley Podcast Producer Cath Brew Storyteller, Illustrator, Shamanic Practitioner, Drawn to a Story Patrick Carter Project Manager, Podcast Discovery Jack Chambers-Ward Marketing and Partnerships Manager, Candour Jeremy Chapman Founder and Senior Producer, Your Voice Here Paul Cheall Podcast Host, Fighting Through WW2 Memoirs Podcast Thomas Copeland Journalist, BBC Kate Cornish Group Editor, Dentsu Creative Lucy Critchley Founder, Untold Creative Josh Divney Content Lead, Podcast Discovery Dr Chinwe Egbunike-Umegbolu Lecturer / Host of Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Vid / Podcast Show, University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Eustace Director / Podcast host, Alternative Edge Media Rich Evans Sound Designer, Syncbox Audio-Post Cheeka Eyers Producer, Samizdat Audio Fiona Fraser Director, POW PR Nicole Goodman Podcast Host, Producer, Author, Self Care Club Silas Gray Executive Radio Producer, Reduced Listening Ben Green Director, Production and Operations, The Athletic Jessica Gunasekara Development Producer, Overcoat Media Mike Hanson Executive Producer and Director, Podpeople Productions Jessica Harding Deputy CEO/Producer, Thames Valley Positive Support (TVPS)/The HIV Podcast Carl Hartley Lecturer, University of Leeds Samera Haynes Managing Director, Frank Communications Megan Hayward Podcast Producer, editaudio Mark Heads Podcast Lead, Deloitte Steve Heatherington Co-founder and Partner, Waterside Voices Taylor James Podcast Host & Head of Podcasts, Twentytwo Productions Kelly James Co-Founder, Podcast Labs Pieter Johnson Consultant Director, XTPMedia Aled Jones Cyfarwyddwr Y Pod Cyf., Y Pod Cyf. Akex Jungius Director/Owner, This Is Distorted David Levene Full House Media Jo Loosemore Senior Content Producer, BBC Michael J Mc Cusker Community Engagement and Advocacy Manager, The Turnaround Project Ant McGinley Chief Development Officer, Podomedy Nick Minter Executive Producer, Platform Media/Listen Simon Monk Executive Editor, BBC Radio Leeds Sarah Monk Producer, Materially Speaking podcast Oran O'Halloran Lecturer in Content Creation, IADT Melanie Owen Writer and comedian, Hustle 21 Jamie Powis Marketing Manager, Chatty Badger David Prever Head of Podcasts, SASSY + Steve Randall Creative Director, Communication Generation Karen Rice Journalist, Independent Susie Riddell Podcast Producer / Presenter, and Actor, Limited Time Only Alex Rogers Social Media Manager, BBC Sounds James Rowe Head of Podcasts, Octave Alex Sievewright Actor, Writer, Podcast host Amar Singh Senior Vice President, Content + Creative, MKTG Sports + Entertainment Janine Smith Head of Creative & Culture, Channel 4 Damien St John CEO, Podomedy Anna Staufenberg Podcast Producer & Journalist Sue Stockdale Podcast Producer and Host, Access to Inspiration Liam Tait Senior Producer, Podmasters Maria Theoharous Independent podcaster and social media editor, Sew Organised Style Podcast Victoria Turnbull CEO / Founder, MIC media Hannah Urbanek Podcast Producer & B2B Startup Marketing, HU Marketing Limited Sarah Wade Radio Producer, BBC David Walker Executive Producer and Podcaster, Freelance Rachel Walker Celebrity & VIP Lead, Marie Curie Matt White Global Director of Content & Production, Podimo Anne Wicking Podcast Host - Mentor-Consultant, Pivotlife
