Ruth Barnes is the founder of Sonoloom. A new audio company working in the overlap between human storytelling and emerging AI driven content tools. Formerly the founder of Chalk and Blade known for its award winning narrative journalism in the true crime genre including Hunting Ghislaine (Global), Was There Ever A Crime (Indie) and Charlene: Somebody Knows Something (DMG). Her titles have been commissioned by leading US and UK funders including the BBC ‘Spygate’, iHeart ‘Crying Wolf’, Audible ‘The Madman’s Hotel’ and ‘Coatbridge: The Disappearance of Moira Anderson’ and CBC ‘The Making of Musk’.

Diana Carter is Director Originals and Talent across the Hearst Networks EMEA portfolio. She was appointed to the role of Commissioning Editor in 2015, having joined the company the previous year as Executive Producer on a local version of Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison, at that point, A+E Networks UK’s first localization of an A+E US franchise. Diana has consistently Executive Produced high rating local content for the portfolio including ‘Bubble & Squeak Murder’, ‘Body in the Suitcase’, ‘Laura Whitmore on Britain’s Killer Teens’, ‘Britain’s Darkest Taboos’ and ‘Crimes That Shook Britain’ as well as co-productions with Netflix, ‘I Am A Killer’ and the subsequent ‘I Am A Stalker’.

Wendy became interested in true crime following her Aunts murder in 2007, and now uses her podcast to help other families and victims who need a voice. She is passionate about discovering the truth and giving closure to those that need it. Wendy started her journey in the true crime genre at the first ever CrimeCon in the USA, where she became friends with Shane, who then asked her to cohost his podcast, Foul Play. They have created over 20 seasons together and won the best indie true crime podcast at the inaugural true crime awards.

As ITV Factual Controller Jo's commissions include: BAFTA-winning Long Lost Family/Born Without Trace & Ellie Simmonds Finding My Secret Family. Award winning Kate Garraway: Finding Derek; 7 Up (56,63 & 70); Prince William: We Can End Homelessness; The Queen’s Green Planet; Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs. Joanna Lumley & Trevor McDonald authored series; TikTok: Murder Gone Viral; The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed & The Essex Millionaire Murders. At the BBC, Jo was Head of Independent Commissioning & Commissions including Masterchef & Hairy Bikers. Jo Directed & Produced BBC One's 7-part award winning documentary series Making Babies & The Shop about Selfridges, plus single docs for award winning strand 40 Minutes & Inside Story. Cut (long) teeth on Newsnight, Crimewatch etc.

Jodie has spent 15 years at W. F. Howes, the UK’s leading audiobook publisher, gaining wide-ranging experience across acquisitions, editorial and production. As Publications Manager, she now leads an international casting team and has overseen the creation of thousands of audiobooks, including numerous bestsellers and award-winning titles, among them three True Crime Best Audiobook winners. Working across all genres, Jodie brings a deep understanding of storytelling, from development through to final publication. She is particularly passionate about collaborating closely with authors to bring true-life stories to audio with authenticity, care and sensitivity.

Helen Fospero is a British TV journalist and host of two award-winning podcast series - True Criminals and The Convex Conversation. She has anchored live for all of the UK's main broadcasters over three decades, including the BBC, ITV, Five and Sky News, and reported for BBC Watchdog and The One Show. Helen travels all over the world hosting corporate events for brands like Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Hyundai, Barclays and the Royal Air Force's iconic aerobatic team, The Red Arrows. She's an adventurer in her spare time - leading fund-raising treks to Borneo, The Atlas Mountains and Arctic Circle for charities like Barnardos and she's proud to be an ambassador for Orbis and SeeAbility.

David Harvey is Chief Executive of Peninsula Television, one of the most significant and prolific producers of True Crime in Britain and Ireland. He is a former television and radio presenter and award winning television producer who has interests in a number of media related companies. He has held a number of key managerial, production and board positions and has been chosen to bring these skills as a non-executive chairman and director to a range of other broadcast and non-broadcast related institutions and companies. He is a founder committee member of the Association of True Crime Producers and is currently a member of the Board of RTE, Ireland’s national broadcaster.

Miles is a multi-award-winning TV Executive. Over the last 20 years, he’s created and executive produced more than 200 hours of crime programmes for a range of UK and US broadcasters and streamers.  His work includes feature documentaries, returning series and live daily programmes.   

Jonathan is a BAFTA nominated documentary filmmaker, a Sunday Times top 10 best selling true crime non-fiction author and CEO of Content Kings, an international production company with offices in London and Dubai.  Previous TV roles include Head of Arts and Popular Culture at ITV, Executive Producer of The South Bank Show, Creative Director of Blue Ant Studios and Executive Producer, Warner Bros UK. Factual dramas include Hatton Garden for ITV with Oscar nominated writer and producer Jeff Pope and numerous true crime films and Police series for ITV, Channel 5 and the Streamers. Books include Inside Broadmoor, Inside Wakefield and Inside Belmarsh, all published by Bonnier. 

Ciara has worked in the publishing industry for over 15 years, working across Hachette, Penguin Random House and has spent the last 8 years working at Bonnier Books UK, the UK’s fastest growing book publisher. Bonnier adult imprints publish stories for every bookshelf – home to both emerging talent and iconic names and publishing bestselling non-fiction across every genre. As Publishing Director for the No.1 true crime book publisher in the UK, Ciara is an advocate for building a representative list for all readers as well as nurturing their expert talent to maintain their reputation across the industry.

Claire McArdle is the Co-CEO and founder of CMG Productions. Since launching in 2021, they have delivered award-winning programming for channels and platforms including Netflix, Sky Documentaries, ITV, NBC Peacock, Viaplay, Univision ViX, The Smithsonian Channel and Paramount Plus. Prior to founding CMG with Rebecca Knight, she was the Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer of football platform OTRO. In a career spanning two decades, Claire has held senior executive positions at Viacom International, Channel 4 and All3Media-owned Maverick Television, and delivered International Emmy, BAFTA, RTS and Broadcast award-winning content.

Sam Proffitt is a Senior Content Producer for BBC Radio 5 Live's digital team and Assistant Commissioner on the award-winning true crime series Gangster. She has led the digital and social media strategy for some of the BBC's most successful podcasts, including: I Am Not A Monster: The Shamima Begum Story, Blood on the Dance Floor, and Sport's Strangest Crimes, helping to grow audiences and extend the impact of award-winning journalism beyond audio. Alongside her role on Gangster, she brings more than a decade of experience across journalism, digital production and audience development at the BBC. She also holds a master's degree in Media Psychology, specialising in true crime podcasts, and has a particular interest in audience behaviour, narrative storytelling and the evolution of the genre.

Mitta has spent almost 8 years at W. F. Howes, the UK's leading audiobook publisher, working within the acquisitions team to secure and shape the company's publishing rights across a wide range of genres. Her role has given her a close-up view of how the right story finds its way to audio, from early rights negotiations, helping chose the right voice and through to publication. A dedicated true crime enthusiast in her own right, Mitta is drawn to content that doesn't shy away from difficult truths, stories that are hard-hitting, unflinching and committed to getting to the heart of what really happened.

Jess Rampling has worked for TRUE CRIME for nine and years, has worked on over 650 different cases, and is now the Commissioning Editor for AMCNI. After studying Psychology at University, a deep and enduring fascination with why people think the way they do emerged, which means that her fascination with consuming crime content spans across TV, podcast and books. 

Elliot leads Good TV, the 2026 True Crime Awards Production Company of the Year, a standout indie whose output has grown rapidly since its launch just four years ago. In that time, the company has delivered around 40 hours of high‑impact crime and justice programming, earning a reputation for bold storytelling, meticulous research and compelling access.   Good TV’s slate includes headline titles such as HMP Wakefield: Evil Behind Bars, The Trial of Michael Jackson, and You Be The Judge with Anne Robinson — projects that showcase the team’s ability to blend journalistic rigour with gripping, audience‑driven narratives.   Previously, Elliot was a BBC commissioning editor, where he oversaw BAFTA-winning factual drama Murdered By My Father, the drama-documentary Murder Games: The Life and Death of Breck Bednar, and BBC Three’s Professor Green: Suicide and Me. He also ran the BBC Fresh strand for first-time directors, commissioning six documentaries a year.   As Executive Producer at Love Productions, Elliot led the RTS-winning original series Famous, Rich and Homeless for BBC One, alongside Channel 4’s Tower Block of Commons and BBC Three’s award-winning first series of Young Mums’ Mansion.

Will Roe is an award-winning executive producer and journalist at The Times and Sunday Times specialising in investigative and true crime podcasting. He was part of the team at The Times which won gold at the British Podcast Awards in 2021 for their series Who Killed CJ Davis?. The judges said it was a ‘podcast that has changed our perception of the true crime genre.’   In 2023 Will made the multi award-winning series Poison, about a man selling suicide products by post, which was then used as the basis for a two-part Channel 4 TV documentary. He has produced multiple other series including Seventeen Years: The Andrew Malkinson Story, Cocaine Inc., The Poppy Day Bomb and Posh George: The criminal behind Farage.  Will began his broadcasting career at BBC Radio York in 2010. He currently mentors postgraduate students at University College London on the Audio Storytelling for Radio and Podcast Masters.

Ian Rumsey is the Chief Executive Officer of ITN, overseeing five newsrooms and one of Britain's most respected production companies. He is a BAFTA and RTS-winning programme maker with a TV career spanning more than 25 years in news, documentaries and live programmes. ITN Productions has become one of the world's leading producers of true crime - making documentaries for Amazon, Netflix, ITV, Channel 4, Peacock, Channel 5, Discovery and the BBC.

Mary Turner Thomson is an internationally bestselling true crime author whose work explores deception, psychopathy and the psychology of coercive control. Drawing on her own extraordinary experience of marital betrayal, she writes with rare authority about manipulation, resilience and survival. Her debut book, The Bigamist, exposed the devastating truth about her husband’s double life and the scale of his deception. It became Random House’s top-selling ebook in 2011 and established her as a powerful new voice in true crime. Her second book, The Psychopath, reached #1 in the overall Kindle charts in March 2021, further cementing her reputation for combining gripping narrative with psychological insight. Through her writing and public speaking, Mary advocates for greater awareness of emotional abuse and predatory behaviour. She is committed to educating audiences about how manipulation works - and how to recognise it - while offering hope and empowerment to survivors. Her story was also featured in the three-part ITVx documentary series The Other Mrs Jordan: Catching the Ultimate Conman.

Dr Bethany Usher is an award-winning crime journalist who worked for national and regional newspapers and a senior lecturer at Newcastle University. She is the author of Journalism and Crime which tracks the history of crime news, journalism and true crime from earliest origins in “bloody murder”, witch and highwaymen pamphlets of the 16th century to the complex digital ecosystems of the 2020s. Dr Usher argues that producers and audiences need to rethink their own place in fuelling unethical dimensions of journalistic crime content and campaigns for a new code-of-practice to forefront victims. She is also the author of Journalism and Celebrity, is an expert on dimensions of fame, notoriety and attack journalism, and writes for a range of magazines and newspapers.

Emily-Jayne Wilde is Head of Programme Strategy for Sky Documentaries, Sky Crime and Sky Nature, working across the channels’ long-term planning strategy and content selection.  Since the launch of Sky Crime in 2019, Emily has worked across a number of true crime series including Forensics: Catching The Killer, Britain’s Most Evil Killers and Killer in My Village. Her exec credits include The Girl Who Caught A Killer, The Vanishing of Debbie Griggs and the BAFTA winning Libby, Are You Home Yet?

Andrew Wilkie is Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association, the charity that runs National Prison Radio, the world’s first national radio station for people in prison. He set up the radio station from scratch in 2007 and has overseen its development into a multi award-winning national broadcaster. He is an award-winning radio producer specialising in crime, prisons, justice, policing and security. His credits include dozens of documentaries for BBC Radio. He is the creator and producer of Behind the Crime, a returning series for BBC Radio 4. 

Paul Woolf has 25 years’ experience in factual TV and digital production in the US and UK. He was an Executive Producer on the Emmy-nominated documentary Growing Up Down’s, co-created the BAFTA-winning BBC series Operation Ouch!, and has developed series for Netflix, Discovery, ITV, Sky and Channel 4. He was an Executive Producer on Oxygen’s digital series Searching For…, which brought attention to three suspicious missing-person cases. He EP'd the Emmy-winning National Geographic / Disney+ documentary Endurance and the recent National Geographic / Disney+ series How The Tudors Lost Their Heads, which takes a fresh, investigative approach to British history.