James Deane

James Deane is Head of Policy at the BBC World Service Trust where he manages a five year Dfid funded Policy and Research Programme on the role of Media and Communication in Development. Before joining the Trust in 2007 he was managing director of the Communication for Social Change Consortium.
He is also a founding member and former executive director of the Panos Institute, London which works globally with the media to inform and stimulate public debate on development issues. In that capacity, he was heavily involved in establishing independent, regional Panos Institutes in Southern Africa, Eastern Africa and South Asia and supporting similar institutes in West Africa, and in the Caribbean.
He has provided formal strategic advice and consultancies to Dfid, Sida, Norad, Danida, Swiss Development Cooperation, the World Bank, WHO, Unicef, Unesco, UNDP, UNAIDS, UNFPA, IFAD, FAO, the Rockefeller Foundation among other agencies, mostly related to communication and media for development. He has a Masters degree (distinction) in international communication and development. He has written numerous papers and publications on media, information and communication technologies.