Commonwealth Broadcasting Association

Moneeza Hashmi

President, CBA and General Manager, International Relations, HUM TV, Pakistan

Moneeza Hashmi has been associated with Electronic Media (TV) for the past 4 decades. She retired from Pakistan TV as Director of Programmes. She is also a Media Consultant and Gender Trainer.

Ken Clark

Vice-President, CBA and CEO, Media Niugini Ltd, Papua New Guinea

Ken Clark's career in Broadcasting spans almost half a decade, and includes many senior positions. During his time at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he successfully developed CBC affiliated television service in the face of significant political pressure. He founded Eastern Canada's first independent television broadcasting station - Maritime Independent Television (MITV) - now Global Maritimes. More recently, Ken has led the founding of Sky Pacific, the direct to home satellite service. In his current position at Media Niugini Limited he is the Chief Executive Officer.

Phil Molefe

Vice-President, CBA and Ag Editor News, SABC

Phil Molefe has worked as a journalist for more than 25 years, working for several South African publications including SASPU National, Weekly Mail and The Star. Phil studied journalism at the University of Wales and is also a fellow of the Thompson Foundation in the UK. He has held several senior editorial positions within SABC, including Head of Television News and Head: SABC Africa.

Peter Horrocks

Board Member, CBA and Director Global News, BBC

Peter Horrocks is the Director of BBC's Global News division, responsible for leading the BBC's international news services across radio, television and new media. He is a member of the BBC's Direction Group and the BBC's Journalism Board. The division brings together BBC World Service, the BBC World News television channel, the BBC's international facing-online news services, BBC Monitoring, and BBC World Service Trust - the BBC's international development charity.

Gary Linnane

Board Member, CBA and Head ABC Secretariat, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Gary Linnane has occupied a number of senior corporate roles at the ABC since rejoining the organisation in 1995, including Director of Corporate Affairs and General Manager of Corporate Relations, and has been Chief of Staff to successive Managing Directors over that time. As Head of the ABC Secretariat since 2007, provides operational support to the ABC Board and liaison with the Managing Director's Office.

Kay Osborne

Board Member, CBA and General Manager, TV Jamaica

Kay Osborne serves as General Manager Television Jamaica (TVJ) and Television Jamaica Sports Network (TVJSN). Since she joined the parent company, RJR Communications Group, in 2004 she has led TVJ's strategic initiatives to produce a portfolio of high quality, local (Jamaican), sports, music, entertainment,and current affairs programmes. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Northwestern University, USA, graduating summa cum laude. She also holds a MBA in International Business from the University of the West Indies.

Mano Wikramanayake

Board Member, CBA and Group Director, MTV, Sri Lanka

Mano Wikramanayake is the Group Director Electronic Media Business of the Maharaja Group, which includes three TV channels and four radio stations, as well as three TV Production houses in Sri Lanka. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants UK and a Vice President of the CBA.

Lenny Shoulder

Board Member, CBA and Marketing Manager, Swaziland Television Authority

Lenny M. Shoulder began his media career in 1977 as continuity announcer and later on became a news presenter. He then moved to the news department as a News Cameraman. He was then transferred to the production department where he was involved in the production of television cormmercials.He was appointed as the assistant marketing and sales manager for one year and was then promoted to be the marketing and sales manager a position he holds to date. He serves as a board member for the Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA).

David Waweru

Board Member, CBA and Managing Director, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

David Waweru joined KBC in August 2006. He has an extensive wealth of experience in various fields but most of his career has been in the media industry spanning across East Africa (Nation Media Group – Tanzania, New Vision – Uganda). Currently he is an Executive member of Africa Union of Broadcasters (AUB), and a Director of Africa Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV and Aids (ABMP) (Kaiser Family Foundation). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Business Administration from The University of Nairobi and is currently pursuing a Master's degree (MBA).

K V L Narayan Rao

Board Member, CBA and CEO, New Delhi Television

K V L Narayan joined NDTV in 1995 and was appointed Executive Director in 1998. Following this, he was made Group CEO in 2007. He has played an important role in the transition and growth of NDTV from a production house to a broadcaster. He has been responsible for the Human Resources, Administration and Operations of the company.

William Ampem-Darko

Board Member, CBA and Director General, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

William Ampem-Darko is currently the Director General of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. With previous experience in Change Management, Institutional Development and Performance Enhancement, he is also an accomplished Marketer and Financial Analyst.

Umbi Karuaihe-Upi

Board Member, CBA and General Manager, Namibian Broadcasting Corporation

Umbi Karuaihe-Upi is the head of Division Marketing and Corporate Communication. She holds a Master of Science degree in Communication from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and a BA degree in Broadcast Journalism from Wayne State University in Michigan. She is a part-time lecturer in Media Studies at the Polytechnic of Namibia, and has been in the industry for the past 20 years.

Thivyananden Nayedoo Sooben

Board Member, CBA and Administrative Manager, Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation

Sooben Thivyananden Nayedoo is a holder of an MBA from Leeds University, UK, and a BA (Hons) in Administration. He has worked for Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation for the last 15 years, holding the different posts of Deputy Administrative Manager, Director of Marketing and Administrative Manager.

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