Advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, Rise, has named the pairings for its 2023 European programme.

Acceptance into the programme gives members opportunities including face-to-face networking events, workshops, and seminars and a minimum of 12 hours of one-on-one time and tailored guidance from their mentor.

Donna Smith, Managing Director of Rise, said: “We are delighted to reveal the mentor and mentee pairings for this year’s Rise program in Europe. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors and mentors for their support for this year’s program.”

The mentor and mentee pairings for the 2023 European program are:

1. Anna Burganova, Customer Services and Booking Manager, Eurovision Services will be mentored by Delphine Calvini, Manager of Broadcast Technology Solutions, BeIn Sports

2. Annika Kimpel, Partner Manager, Arvato Systems Digital will be mentored by Stefan Weidner, Senior Director DACH, BCE (RTL Group)

3. Catherine Stroobants, Program Manager, Intopix will be mentored by Serge van Herck, CEO, EVS

4. Emilie Lemiere Feret, Account Manager, Deluxe will be mentored by Benoît Rousseil, Regional Sales Director SEUR, Ross Video

5. Filippa Norrbin, Global Channel Partner Program Manager, Net Insight, will be mentored by Michael Gamböck, Principal Partner Manager, Adobe

6. Jin Soon Brancalhao, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, G&L will be mentored by Marlene Neuberger, Executive Director Event and Acquisition, SWR (ARD)

7. Kerstin Ebert, Senior Software Quality Engineer, Adobe will be mentored by Stephan Heimbecher, Competence Center Production & Infrastructure, SWR (ARD)

8. Linda Toukabri Chibani, Product Owner/Manager will be mentored by Katty van Mele, Director Business Development, Intopix

9. Louise Lindberg, Communications Strategist, SKAARHOJ will be mentored by Unni Amundsen, Group Marketing Manager, DEFA AS

10. Margarita Ilina, Programme Planner, Viaplay Group will be mentored by Maciej Bral, Senior Business Consultant at Stratosfera

11. Mathilde Bonino, Business Analyst / Project Manager, SteepConsult / Proximus Media House will be mentored by Noëlle Prat, Co-Founder and Senior Consultant at MEDIAKERN

12. Sanna Tornivaara, Head of Media Technology, YLE will be mentored by Remi Abayomi, Director, Inside Matters

13. Sarah Méligne, Business Development & Innovation Director, Bedrock Streaming will be mentored by Marianne Carpentier, CTO & Head of Innovation, Newenn Studios (Groupe TF1)

14. Tanja Tix, Digital Asset Coordinator, Moonbug Entertainment will be mentored by Larissa Görner-Meeus, Chief Technology Officer, Proximus Media House 

15. Jihane Lammate, Software Engineer, Accedo will be mentored by Märta Rydbeck, Head of International Sales, Clipsource

16. Johanna Posch, HR Business Partner, Bitmovin will be mentored by Assuncao Loureiro, Managing Director, SeaTheFuture

17. Kärt Künnapas, Acquisition Manager, TV3 Group will be mentored by Marie-Louise Hanning, Customer Success Manager, Net Insight

18. Leora Glasgow, Production Manager, Red Bee Media will be mentored by Dushi Thangarajah, Senior Vice President, Localisation & Fulfilment, EMEA, Deluxe

19. Paulina Kukurka, Technical Customer Support Engineer, Grass Valley will be mentored by Verena Steib, Senior Manager Video Editors, Red Bull Media House

The 2023 mentoring programme is backed by sponsors including BT Sport, Warner Brothers Discovery, ITV, AVID, BBC News, Black Magic Design, AE Live, Clear-Com, DPP, Deluxe, Grass Valley, Iron Mountain Entertainment Services, SKY, DAZN, Ross Video, SDVI, Gravity Media, Eluv.io, Calrec, Dalet, CVP, disguise, EVS, MOOV, Google Cloud, Red Bee, Vubiquity, Net Insight, Sony, Timeline TV, Pixotope, Brightcove, EMS Broadcast, ENVY, Broadfield, M2A Media, Pixelogic, Skyline, Tential, and Splice.

Jon Creamer

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