ADVISORY COMMITTEE

About the Committee

The Advisory Committee is made up of TV industry professionals who are invited to join each year by the Festival’s Creative Director. Working alongside the Creative Director and Advisory Chair, the Committee helps shape the Festival’s programme, contributing their expertise and sector knowledge to ensure a timely and relevant programme that responds to the needs of the industry. It is a role Committee members undertake alongside their day jobs, and their commitment is invaluable in ensuring the Festival’s continued reputation for agenda-setting dialogue and debate.

Being on the Committee also gives senior industry figures the chance to give something back to the industry via The TV Foundation. Our Festival-funded organisation helps the next generation of talent develop the skills needed to secure their dream TV jobs.

The 2024 Festival

This year’s Advisory Chair is Harjeet Chhokar, Unscripted Executive at Amazon MGM Studios/Prime Video. The Edinburgh TV Festival 2024 will run from 20-23 August. Tickets are available now.

Meet the committee

Hirah Azhar

University of Southampton and Imperial War Museum
Gwawr Lloyd

Gwawr Lloyd

Senior Commissioning Editor, Channel 4

Rachel Chatterjee

Development Producer, Freelance

Jasmin John

HETV Assembly Editor/1st Assistant Editor, Freelance
Cimran Shah

Cimran Shah

Commissioning Editor, Entertainment, Channel 4

Christine Kettenbach

Scotland
Max Gogarty

Max Gogarty

Commissioning Editor, BBC Documentaries & Factual Entertainment

Ceana Agbro

London

Natalie Mirosch

Yorkshire and the Humber

Shibani Das

The University of Exeter

Louise Turner

Commissioning Editor, Film Fund, Channel 4 News - Independent Television News (ITN)

Farook Qais

Tom Watt-Smith

Tom Watt-Smith

Creative Director, Premium & Specialist Factual, Lion TV

Corey Terrett

Wales

Michael Dunn

North East
Heather Jones

Heather Jones

Chief Creative Officer and UK GM, A+E Networks EMEA

Christina Fava

Casting & Development Producer

Matt Gurr

Kiran Rajani

London
Nisha Parti

Nisha Parti

Founder, Parti Productions

Tizzy Burrows

Yorkshire and the Humber

Martin Trickey

Group Head of Digital, Warner Bros. International Television Production
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Thomas Popay

Creative Director, Chalkboard TV

Imo Kaufman

University of Nottingham
Tilusha Ghelani

Tilusha Ghelani

Commissioning Editor, Sky

Hilda Hiong

South East

Karla Vazquez

London

Rubia Dar

Phoebe Pickering

London
Steve Condie

Steve Condie

Senior Vice President of Content, Mercury Studios

Katherine Skingsley

Production Manager, Freelance

Chris Lindsay

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Jon Green

Creative Director, Unscripted Formats, Fulwell 73

Thomas Burr

Kat Butterfield

Writer, Freelance
Rhianna Adams Christie

Rhianna Adams-Christie

Scripted Assistant Commissioner, BBC

Niall Flanagan

Senior Producer, ITV Daytime

Kwame Owusu

London

Emily Spence

Yorkshire and the Humber

Megan Bowler

North West