GRANT GODDARD

* media analyst & practitioner specialising in the radio broadcasting sector
* creation/implementation of successful business & content strategies for commercial radio broadcasters
* launch/turnaround of large-scale commercial music radio stations in UK, Europe & Asia
* training/capacity building in radio production, presentation, media management skills
* contributions to public policy on broadcasting (reports researched/authored for BBC Trust, House of Lords Communications Select Committee, Digital Britain, Competition Commission)
* transformed KISS FM from London pirate into UK's first licensed black/dance music & youth-targeted radio station
* manager/consultant to: launch of India's first commercial FM radio network; launch of Hungary's first national commercial radio station
* 1,000+ authored works published in analyst reports, books, consumer/trade magazine articles
* substantial international experience: Radio 7 in Moscow, Radio Juventus in Hungary, Radio Skonto in Latvia, NewsTalk in Berlin, Radio 1 in Czech Republic, Eldoradio in St Petersburg, Radio City in India, RNK & FM102 in Cambodia, Voice of Peace in Israel
* journalistic responsibilities included News Editor of The Radio Magazine, Radio Editor of rpm, Radio Editor of City Limits, Radio Editor of For The Record, Radio Editor of Jazz Express, Radio Editor of Independent Media, Acting Radio Editor of Broadcast, Acting Radio Editor of Time Out, News Reporter/Features Writer for Music Week; freelance writer for Jocks, NME, Now Radio, Music & Media, Radio World, Durham Street Press
* creator/founder of 'Free!' (renamed 'Touch'), UK's longest running monthly black music magazine (1989-2008)
* member of ad hoc group that created the new genre 'world music', marketed it to music industry & consumers
* 'discovered' singer Ofra Haza in Israel, marketed her recordings in UK, achieved Top 20 UK single
* co-founder of Durham Community Legal Advice Project, Cambridge Co-operative Development Agency