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 Sam Bonham Senior News Editor, BBC Molly Carter Multi Platform Podcast Producer, Bauer Media Alannah Chance Exec Audio Producer, Somerset House 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 Sandra Ferrari Head of Production - Video & Audio podcast Consultant, Hera Ben Firth Creative Director, Factory Originals Kaylee Golding Radio Presenter, BBC Radio 1XTRA Anya Goncharova Spence Senior Marketing Manager, Sony Music Entertainment Lisa Hack Senior Technical Tutor Audio, Radio and Podcasts, Goldsmiths University of London Laura Hearn Host of Flip It Podcast and Storyteller, Flip It, Founder Georgie Holt CEO, FLIGHTSTORY Chris Impey Editor, The Economist 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 Michelle Martin Executive Producer & Commissioning Editor, Wondery Charlotte Mason Head Of Production, Insanity Studios Phil Maynard Global Head of Podcasts, The Guardian Glenn Miller Agent, Creative Artists Agency Dani Murphy Director of Creative, FlightStory Florian Obkircher Senior Audio Producer, Red Bull 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 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 Ella Squire Podcast Marketing Manager, BBC Studios Craig Strachan CEO, JamPot 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
FILTER JUDGES 2025 Robert Abel Head of Audio Business & Strategy, Guardian News and Media Jessica Beck Producer, Bloomberg Martin Bojtos Co-founder, Podmasters Helen Bowman Head of Partnerships and Lead Producer of The Lens UK Responsible Business Podcast, Business in the Community Adrian Bradley Podcast Producer Jeremy Chapman Senior Producer, Your Voice Here Paul Cheall Podcast Host, Fighting Through WW2 Memoirs Podcast Kate Cornish Group Editor, Dentsu Creative Lucy Critchley Founder, Untold Creative Kevin Eustace Director / Podcast host, Alternative Edge Media Rich Evans Sound Designer, Syncbox Audio-Post Fiona Fraser Director, POW PR Nicole Goodman Podcast Host, Producer, Author, Self Care Club Ben Green Director, Production and Operations, The Athletic Jessica Gunasekara Development Producer, Overcoat Media Mike Hanson Director, Pod People Productions Jessica Harding Producer & Co-Host, The HIV Podcast Carl Hartley Lecturer, University of Leeds Samera Haynes Managing Director, Frank Communications Steve Heatherington Co-founder and Partner, Waterside Voices Kelly James Co-Founder, Podcast Labs Pieter Johnson Consultant Director, XTPMedia Aled Jones Director, Y Pod Cyf. Akex Jungius Director/Owner, This Is Distorted David Levene Director, Full House Media 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 David Prever Head of Podcasts, SASSY + Steve Randall Founder & 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, News UK Janine Smith Head of Content & Culture, Channel 4 Damien St John CEO, Podomedy 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 Rachel Walker Celebrity & VIP Lead, Marie Curie
