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Lisa Watts

Lisa Watts

CEO & Executive Director

Lisa is CEO of The Conversation Media Group, responsible for strategy, funding and operations, and the IT and Product teams who serve the international group. Previously Lisa was CEO of ArtsHub, CEO of a search marketing firm, and GM online employment for Fairfax Digital. Lisa has been a Director of Vertical Networks Group and Chair of Midsumma Festival. Lisa is a Deloitte Outstanding 50 LGBTI Leader.

Damian Thompson

Damian Thompson

Chief Operating Officer, TC International

Damian is Chief Operating Officer of The Conversation International. He's previously worked in government on programs and as a ministerial policy adviser. Damian works with The Conversation teams across our global network to coordinate global strategies and secure funding from philanthropic foundations.

Edition Editors   Back to Top

Misha Ketchell

Misha Ketchell

Editor & Executive Director

Misha is the Editor of The Conversation Australia and New Zealand. He has been an editor and journalist for more than 25 years. He was the founding editor of The Big Issue Australia and editor of Crikey, The Reader and The Melbourne Weekly. He was also a reporter and feature writer at The Age and also worked at the ABC where he was a TV producer on Media Watch and The 7:30 Report and an editor on The Drum.

Stephen Khan

Stephen Khan

Editor TCUK

Stephen Khan is a founder of The Conversation in the UK and its Editor-in-Chief. Before joining The Conversation in 2013 he was a news editor at The Guardian. He has also been deputy foreign editor of The Independent and Scotland editor of The Observer.

Beth Daley

Beth Daley

Executive Editor and General Manager

A Pulitzer Prize finalist for climate reporting at the Boston Globe, Beth also worked at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting as a reporter and director of partnerships. As Director of Strategic Development at InsideClimate, she worked to diversify the Pulitzer Prize-winning news outlet's revenue stream. She attended Stanford University as a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow in 2011/2012.

Kim Honey

Kim Honey

CEO|Editor-in-Chief TC Canada

Kim Honey has been a reporter and editor for seven newspapers and three magazines in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario, covering everything from science and the environment to higher education for The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Maclean’s, where she was the editor of the university rankings and guidebooks. Most recently, as executive editor of Zoomer magazine, she edited long-form features and investigations. A graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s journalism program, she is...

Prodita Sabarini

Prodita Sabarini

CEO/Publisher

Prodita Sabarini bergabung dengan The Conversation di 2014 sebagai Jakarta Editor. Sebelumnya Prodita wartawan harian berbahasa Inggris The Jakarta Post dengan minat isu hak asasi manusia. Di 2013/2014 Prodita adalah Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow di Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for International Studies. Dia menerima gelar Master of Human Rights Law and Policy dari University of New South Wales, Sydney dan Sarjana Ilmu Komunikasi dari Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung.

Jabulani Sikhakhane

Jabulani Sikhakhane

Editor

Jabulani is the Editor of The Conversation Africa. Jabulani was previously spokesperson for the South African Minister of Finance and National Treasury. He has also worked as spokesperson for the South African Reserve Bank. He had a long career as a journalist, columnist and editor on South Africa’s leading business and finance publications. He was a 2002 Nieman Fellow (Harvard University).

Laurent Bainier

Laurent Bainier

Directeur de la rédaction The Conversation France

Après des débuts en presse quotidienne régionale, à Libération puis à MetroNews, Laurent a rejoint 20 Minutes où il a été rédacteur en chef pendant une quinzaine d'années. En 2023, il remporte le prix INMA de la meilleure innovation mondiale en presse écrite pour le lancement du magazine 20Mint. Diplômé du CFJ et de l'IEP de Lille, il a rejoint The Conversation en janvier 2025.

Daniel Stycer

Daniel Stycer

Editor-chefe e diretor executivo do The Conversation Brasil. Foi editor-executivo do site do jornal O Globo e chefe da Sucursal Rio da Revista IstoÉ. É pós-graduado em Estudos Internacionais pela Universidade de Birmingham, Reino Unido, e tem MBA em Marketing pelo IAG-PUC Rio. Recebeu o Prêmio Esso de jornalismo na categoria informação científica em 1998.

Elena Sanz

Elena Sanz

Directora

Nacida en Málaga, es periodista científica. Es directora de The Conversation. Ha trabajado para El País, MUY Interesante, El Mundo, Tercer Milenio, la editorial McGraw-Hill y La Sexta, obteniendo reconocimientos como el Premio Boehringer Ingelheim al periodismo en medicina o el Prisma de la Casa de las Ciencias al mejor artículo de divulgación.