Harriet Minter is the editor of the Guardian’s Women in Leadership section. She writes extensively on a variety of issues relating to women and the workplace and has interviewed a range of leading women from MPs to entrepreneurs and celebrities. Prior to her current role she worked as a commissioning editor for a range of sections on the Guardian and also ran the engagement and social media strategy for the Guardian’s Professional Networks. She has a strong interest in women’s rights, diversity in the workplace and digital media.

Tami Hoffman is Interviews Editor for Sky News. Tami leads on which guests and experts feature on Sky News’ output, and heads up a team of guest producers to ensure that the channel offer viewers the best analysis and commentary on the latest breaking news.

Tracy Corrigan was appointed Digital Editor of The Wall Street Journal in May 2013. She was previously based in London where she was Editor in Chief, Europe, responsible for the print and digital editions of The Wall Street Journal in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. During her time in that role, she oversaw the launch of The Wall Street Journal Deutschland, and The Wall Street Journal Turkiye, WSJ’s first local language websites in Europe.

Dr. Brady is Managing Director of The Brewery at communications consultancy, freuds. Arlo’s team helps businesses, brands, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and institutions to focus on their core purpose and understand and react to their key strategic challenges. Prior to freud, Arlo was a consultant and academic based in Cambridge and he remains a Fellow at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University.

Dr Emily Shuckburgh is a climate scientist and leads the Open Oceans research group at the British Antarctic Survey, which is focused on understanding the role of the polar oceans in the global climate system.

John Vidal is the Guardian's environment editor. He joined the paper in 1995 after working for Agence France Presse, North Wales Newspapers and the Cumberland News. He is the author of McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial (1998) and has contributed chapters to books on topics such as the Gulf war, new Europe and development.

Javier leads on policy at the UK based Open Rights Group. His recent work has covered open data privacy, state surveillance and copyright reforms. Previously he worked as campaigner and organiser, and spent several years building citizen media platforms and supporting the digital activities of social movements in Europe and Latin America. His other interests include open hardware and bilingual education.

Matt joined Guardian Media Group in September 2013 following 5 years working at Virgin Media. Before a life in public policy, Matt worked in Parliament for a number of MPs. Matt's work at GMG covers issues including approaches to data privacy, the aftermath of the Snowden revelations, and issues of media plurality.

Rachel Oldroyd is the deputy editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a not-for-profit research unit and the only organisation of its kind in the UK. Rachel has been a key force in helping to establish the organisation and has been a key part of its main investigations. Before joining the Bureau she spent 13 years at the Mail on Sunday, where she worked closely with many of today’s best investigative journalists and launched the award-winning Reportage section in Live magazine.

Caroline Nursey is Executive Director of the BBC World Service Trust, the BBC’s international development charity, transforming lives through media. She joined BBC WST in March 2009 from Oxfam GB, where she held a number of Director-level roles based both at Oxfam HQ and in the field.
In addition to seven years' experience at Oxfam, Caroline led the World University Service for six years, and before that was Head of Overseas Projects at Y Care International. She has a further ten years of experience in education, mostly with the VSO in Tanzania and the UK.

Jonathan Simon is an independent consultant specialising in public policy and strategy in the media sector. Prior to becoming a consultant, he worked at Channel 4 as its first Head of Public Value. As a consultant, he has developed his expertise in public value measurement, helping broadcasters and other organisations to develop frameworks to identify and articulate the ways in which they provide social or cultural value. Prior to Channel 4, Jonathan worked in regulation for Ofcom and the Independent Television Commission, for the British Screen Advisory Council (BSAC) and for consultancy firm London Economics.