
Acceptance into the programme grants members access to a range of opportunities, including face-to-face networking events, workshops, and seminars held throughout the six-month duration
By Jenny Priestley
Published: July 4, 2023 Updated: July 5, 2023
Acceptance into the programme grants members access to a range of opportunities, including face-to-face networking events, workshops, and seminars held throughout the six-month duration
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Following its announcement last month of the UK cohort of its annual mentoring scheme, advocacy group Rise has now revealed the details of the European cohort.
Acceptance into the programme grants members access to a range of opportunities, including face-to-face networking events, workshops, and seminars held throughout the six-month duration as well as a minimum of 12 hours of one-on-one time and tailored guidance from their mentor.
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Speaking about the new group of mentors and mentees, Donna Smith, managing director of Rise, said: We are delighted to reveal the mentor and mentee pairings for this year's Rise programme in Europe. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors and mentors for their support for this year's programme.
The mentor and mentee pairings for the 2023 European program are as follows:
Anna Burganova, Customer Services and Booking Manager, Eurovision Services will be mentored by Delphine Calvini, Manager of Broadcast Technology Solutions, BeIn Sports
Annika Kimpel, Partner Manager, Arvato Systems Digital will be mentored by Stefan Weidner, Senior Director DACH, BCE (RTL Group)
Catherine Stroobants, Program Manager, Intopix will be mentored by Serge van Herck, CEO, EVS
Emilie Lemiere Feret, Account Manager, Deluxe will be mentored by Beno t Rousseil, Regional Sales Director SEUR, Ross Video
Filippa Norrbin, Global Channel Partner Program Manager, Net Insight, will be mentored by Michael Gamb ck, Principal Partner Manager, Adobe
Jin Soon Brancalhao, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, G&L will be mentored by Marlene Neuberger, Executive Director Event and Acquisition, SWR (ARD)
Kerstin Ebert, Senior Software Quality Engineer, Adobe will be mentored by Stephan Heimbecher, Competence Center Production & Infrastructure, SWR (ARD)
Linda Toukabri Chibani, Product Owner/Manager will be mentored by Katty van Mele, Director Business Development, Intopix
Louise Lindberg, Communications Strategist, SKAARHOJ will be mentored by Unni Amundsen, Group Marketing Manager, DEFA AS
Margarita Ilina, Programme Planner, Viaplay Group will be mentored by Maciej Bral, Senior Business Consultant at Stratosfera
Mathilde Bonino, Business Analyst / Project Manager, SteepConsult / Proximus Media House will be mentored by No lle Prat, Co-Founder and Senior Consultant at MEDIAKERN
Sanna Tornivaara, Head of Media Technology, YLE will be mentored by Remi Abayomi, Director, Inside Matters
Sarah M ligne, Business Development & Innovation Director, Bedrock Streaming will be mentored by Marianne Carpentier, CTO & Head of Innovation, Newenn Studios (Groupe TF1)
Tanja Tix, Digital Asset Coordinator, Moonbug Entertainment will be mentored by Larissa G rner-Meeus, Chief Technology Officer, Proximus Media House
Jihane Lammate, Software Engineer, Accedo will be mentored by M rta Rydbeck, Head of International Sales, Clipsource
Johanna Posch, HR Business Partner, Bitmovin will be mentored by Assuncao Loureiro, Managing Director, SeaTheFuture
K rt K nnapas, Acquisition Manager, TV3 Group will be mentored by Marie-Louise Hanning, Customer Success Manager, Net Insight
Leora Glasgow, Production Manager, Red Bee Media will be mentored by Dushi Thangarajah, Senior Vice President, Localisation & Fulfilment, EMEA, Deluxe
Paulina Kukurka, Technical Customer Support Engineer, Grass Valley will be mentored by Verena Steib, Senior Manager Video Editors, Red Bull Media House
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