Mark HarveyMark Harvey
Executive Director

Mark Harvey was appointed Internews Executive Director in early 2011, having previously served as Director of Development for more than five years. Mark is an expert on the role of media in social, economic and environmental change. He has played a key role in overseeing Internews' support from Europe to social change agents in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and is currently advising European governments and policy-makers on how enlightened strategic assistance to both traditional and social media can contribute to transition in the region. Mark was the lead European author of the groundbreaking publication Media Matters: Perspectives on Development and Governance from the Global Forum for Media Development commissioned by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). Since working with Internews, Mark has pioneered a number of international partnerships with agencies such as the World Bank, WWF, IUCN Regional Office for Europe, MTV Europe and Planet Finance on a range of initiatives that included a community media social enterprise for micro-entrepreneurs in India. He has also co-led alliance-building process with major agencies in the humanitarian sector (UN OCHA, British and Irish Red Cross and Save the Children UK) to improve the use of local media and new communications technologies as part of aid delivery in humanitarian crisis zones.

Before joining Internews, Mark worked as a co-founder and co-producer of the long-running Earth Report series, the weekly environmental affairs program broadcast by BBC World. He is the creator of the Element Strand, on sustainability issues for youth broadcasters, and has a Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and in Modern Languages and Literature from Oxford University. Mark is a British national and he speaks English, French, German and Japanese.

 
Sophie Boudry GabilletSophie Boudry Gabillet
Director of Administration and Human Resources

Sophie Boudry Gabillet has worked with Internews Europe since the launch of the organisation back in 1995.  She was responsible for setting up all of the administrative and management procedures required for such a complex international operation. Before joining Internews Europe, Sophie worked as a Press Relations Officer in both the UK and Germany. She has a master’s degree in foreign languages from La Sorbonne University in Paris and a specialisation in export practices from ESCP (Paris Business Superior School). She is a French national and speaks English, French and German. 

 
Christine JodetChristine Jodet
Director of Finance

Christine Jodet joined Internews Europe in 1997.  She has been instrumental in developing the financial systems allowing Internews Europe to work with an ever growing portfolio of partner local media organisations around the world.  Christine also oversees practical cooperation between Internews Europe and its sister organisation Internews Network. As Director of Finance, she manages a team of staff with responsibility for project financial control and systems, corporate finance and accounting. Christine has been working in the business and finance management sector since 1984. She is a Franco-American-Swiss national and speaks English and French.

 
Daniel BruceDaniel Bruce
Director of Development

Daniel Bruce has been the Director of Development since late 2011. Daniel has extensive and varied experience in the international media assistance sector, from directing filed projects, to the development of new curricula, evaluation systems and donor fundraising proposals. Daniel worked for Internews Network in Kenya and Uganda where he held the position of Resident Journalism Adviser/Chief of Party from 2008-2009. He then spent two years as a Development Adviser for Internews, playing a central role in donor fundraising for activities in more than 20 countries. Prior to his media development career, Daniel worked for more than a decade as a journalist and senior editor in UK radio. Daniel is a British national and is an associate of both the London College of Music and Media and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

 

 
Jacobo QuintanillaJacobo Quintanilla
Director of Humanitarian Media

Jacobo Quintanilla became the Director of Humanitarian Media since 2010. He has also worked for Internews in Haiti as the CDAC (Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities) and Humanitarian Coordinator in 2010 and originally joined Internews in Sri Lanka in 2007.  In the past, Jacobo has worked for Amnesty International and ActionAid in Sri Lanka and Afghanistan as a media and communication officer. Constantly on the road, he develops the Internews’ humanitarian information programs around the world in order to promote the use of information in the humanitarian sector. Jacobo Quintanilla has a Masters in International Relations and Communication and a BA Journalism of Universidad Complutense of Madrid (Spain). He is a Spanish national and speaks English, Spanish and French. 

 

 
Jun Julien MatsushitaJun Julien Matsushita
Head of Innovation and Technology

Jun Matsushita has been Head of Innovation and Technology since 2010, having originally joined Internews in 2008. He manages ICT strategy and provides high level advice on technology projects and global IT systems. He has technical expertise on systems and network administration, open source web development tools, mobile & telephony platforms, digital security and knowledge management. Prior to joining Internews Europe, Jun worked for more than 8 years as a Technology Consultant in Paris and New York. He is a member of Crisis Camp Paris and the CDAC Online working group. Jun Matsushita has a Masters degree in Fundamental Physics from University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) and a licence degree in Philosophy. He is a French and Japanese national and speaks English, French and Spanish.