Digital Media Awards Middle East 2023

Adrian has worked across Europe and Asia, building teams that combine data-driven audience insight with technology to create unique brand experiences that generate business growth.

Alan is the co-founder of HBM Advisory, which partners with news providers to help them maximise the value of their digital content. He advises publishers and other subscription businesses on aligning

Dalal Saoud is a veteran journalist based in Beirut and a longtime supporter of WAN-IFRA Women in News (WIN), having taken on roles over the years as both Coach as well as Steering Committee member for Lebanon in 2017 and 2020 respectively. She was appointed Director of the Arab region in February 2022.

Lara Ayoub is a digital media strategist, trainer, media and gender consultant with more than 20 years of experience. Ayoub is the founder of The Media Lab, a community interest organisation focusing

Samya is an independent journalist, a media trainer and a digital storyteller. She was the first teaching fellow with the Google News Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa. Before joining Google, Samya worked as an online video and social media producer at CNN in Dubai, covering entertainment and cinema, and specializing in the Arab film industry. She produced one season of the podcast “Scene Cinema”, which focuses on independent Arab Cinema. She hosted a bi-monthly show on CNNArabic, Poster, which also focuses on indie Arab cinema. She currently serves as a communication consultant for ARIJ in Jordan.

Steffen Damborg (MBA) is a digital transformation specialist with 10 plus years of experience in all aspects of running an online business in the media industry. He is a former Digital Director and Chief Development Officer at the leading Danish publisher, JP/Politikens Hus, and is currently focusing on Digital Transformation for global media organisations accrued from his knowledge of working extensively in the Scandinavian market. His digital transformation experience includes different aspects of online media management, strategic development and emergent approaches towards new sustainable digital business models in the disrupted Nordic media market and beyond.