Sonia Hussain leads the global podcast content strategy team at Spotify, and specialises in using data science and user research to understand content performance and creative trends around the world.
James Neish is one of Gibraltar’s best known and most loved Broadcast Journalists. He currently heads GBC as CEO. He also served as Head of Radio Gibraltar from 2012 to 2016.
Since becoming CEO in October 2022 he has been driving up audience and satisfaction ratings with a LOCAL, LOCAL, LOCAL vision.
James was a Senior Broadcast Journalist for BBC News, and news presenter for Times Radio. Over the last decade, he has worked extensively as a presenter, newsreader, and journalist across the UK Media industry, including World Service and BBC Sounds.
He has also worked for talkSPORT, The Telegraph, Channel 5 and Global amongst others.
Provocateur. Entertainer. Journalist. Firestarter.
Known for his dynamic personality and unflinching opinions, Mikkel Ottesen brings a spark wherever he goes. As a driving force at RadioAnalyzer, he is on a mission to deliver actionable insights to the global radio industry, championing the powerful partnership between data and human creativity.
With a reputation for challenging conventions, Mikkel Otteson is no stranger to shaking up the status quo, even in a world dominated by micro-managers and control-driven approaches. “Data must walk hand in hand with creativity to remain relevant,” he often says—a philosophy he passionately advocates for at every turn.
Karin Bäckmark leads the podcast vertical for Spotify in the Nordics. Overseeing a team of podcast editors and partnership managers, Karin ensures that new and existing creators gets discovered on Spotify’s platform and enjoyed by millions of users across the region. Karin is a trained journalist with an extensive background in the TV industry, where she has served as content manager at several major Swedish production companies.
