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About
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Founder and CEO, Napoleon’s Nose Creative Media,
Clare McGinn is Founder and CEO of Napoleon’s Nose Creative Media, launched in 2025 as an independent production and consultancy house. A former BBC executive with 30 years’ experience in London and Bristol, she led award-winning teams in live radio, crafted documentary, natural history and audio drama, and later worked as a creative and commercial strategist for BBC Studios Audio. Her credits include The Food Programme, A History of Ideas, Evil Genius, Unreal, Bloodlines and Fairy Meadow.
Head of Development, Audio Always
Jo Meek’s production career spans over 20 years, during which she has produced and executive produced programmes for all of the BBC’s terrestrial UK radio networks, the BBC World Service, ABC National Radio in Sydney, and commercial networks as well as proudly working as Digital Director at the Prison Radio Association. Jo brings a passion for storytelling and innovation to every project. Her portfolio includes creating and producing podcasts and audio content that have resonated with diverse audiences. Jo’s production highlights include developing and executive producing The Human Subject for BBC Sounds and the chart-topping true crime series The Pitcairn Trials for Audio Always and Wondery. She led production on Different with Nicky Campbell, which won a bronze ARIA Impact Award in 2024. Jo has worked across the independent sector for companies such as Somethin’ Else, she was founder and former director of Manchester-based Sparklab Productions, and more recently Content Director at Audio Always.
Producer
Jane Gogan is an independent producer across podcasts, film, and TV drama. Formerly Head of Drama at RTÉ (2006–2018), she’s more recently produced the acclaimed podcasts The Stand with Eamon Dunphy and The Witness: In His Own Words, which she’s now developing as a major feature film through her company Yellow Path Productions.
Creative Director, Walk on Air films
Rachel is Creative Director of Walk on Air films, a BAFTA nominated Belfast indie specialising in premium factual content for audio and TV. She has a track record in sensitive, access based films, working collaboratively with contributors to find stories hidden in plain sight. Rachel started her career as a journalist in the BBC Belfast newsroom in 1996, and then ran the BBC NI audio docs unit before moving into film and TV as a director, producer and development exec. Recent WOA credits include ‘Death of a Showjumper”, a 3 part box set for Sky , the critically acclaimed ‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’, a co production with KEO films for BBC/ PBS and ‘The Brighton Bomb’ a 10 x 15’ podcast for BBC Sounds which has just won gold at the British Podcast awards.
