Our People
Welcome to the PMA People page. Find out who works for PMA and who sits on our Board.
PMA is staffed by a small team, based in the UK and in Europe, and is headquartered in Norwich. Our Board is made up of public media executives and leaders from our global membership.
The Public Media Alliance is a membership association of 50+ TV and radio broadcasting organisations with a public service remit.
Members also include broadcast-related organisations such as regulators and broadcast technology companies. The Alliance stretches across 54 countries – in both hemispheres and all continents. You can find out more about our diverse membership here.
We are a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. Our offices are in Norwich at the University of East Anglia. Our staff are predominantly based in the UK.
Our Staff
Kristian Porter
CEO
Desilon Daniels
Project & Advocacy Coordinator
Clare Lilley
Finance & Membership Manager
Harry Lock
Head of Content & Engagement
Yusra Malik
Communications Officer
Charlotte Pion
Journalist & Researcher
Jamie Tahana
News & Advocacy Coordinator
Keiran Turner
Development & Partnerships Officer
Sally-Ann Wilson
Associate
Our Board
The PMA membership elects a new Board every two years.
The new board came into effect on 1 November 2023. Paul Thompson was welcomed as President for a fourth term, alongside new Vice President Claude Galipeau and returning Vice President Dr Frank-Dieter Freiling.
Paul Thompson
Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief, RNZ, New Zealand
Claude Galipeau
Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development, CBC/Radio-Canada
Dr. Frank-Dieter Freiling
Senior Vice President International Affairs, ZDF, Germany
Prof. Amin Alhassan
Director-General, GBC, Ghana
Gary Allen
Group Senior Executive Corporate and External Affairs, RJRGLEANER Communications Group, Jamaica
Jonathan Barzilay
Chief Operating Officer, PBS, United States
Larissa M. Bieler
Director, SWI swissinfo.ch & Executive Board Member, SRG SSR, Switzerland
Phil Harold
Director of Transformation, BBC News and Current Affairs
Tomas Hedenius
Director of Communications, Sveriges Radio, Sweden
Cindy Shyu
President, PTS Taiwan
David Sutton
Senior Strategist, ABC, Australia
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All staff images credit: Erin Patel