GRANT GODDARD

* media analyst & practitioner specialising in the radio broadcast sector;
* creation and implementation of successful business strategies for radio broadcasters;
* launch / turnaround of large-scale commercial music radio stations in the UK, Europe and Asia;
* significant contributions to public policies on broadcasting (reports written for BBC Trust, House of Lords Communications Select Committee, Digital Britain, Competition Commission);
* track record of successful innovation and creativity in broadcast radio formats;
* author of 1,000+ articles on issues in broadcasting published in analyst reports, books and consumer/trade magazines;
* 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 and FM102 in Cambodia, Voice of Peace in Israel and, in the UK, KISS FM, Capital Radio, Metro Radio and Radio Thamesmead;
* journalistic responsibilities have 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, and freelance writer for Durham Street Press, Jocks, NME, Now Radio, Music & Media and Radio World;
* creator/founder of 'Free!' (renamed 'Touch'), the UK's longest running monthly black music magazine (1989-2008);
* 'discovered' singer Ofra Haza in Israel, marketed her recordings in the UK and achieved Top 20 UK single in 1988;
* member of ad hoc group that created the genre 'world music' and marketed it successfully to the music industry and UK consumers in 1987-8;
* co-founder of Durham Community Legal Advice Project, Cambridge Co-operative Development Agency and Peterlee Musicians' Collective;
* founder member of Community Radio Association and Comedia.