
Bridgid Nzekwu – Managing Director
Bridgid leads PA’s media training business. She is a broadcast journalist and award-winning communications specialist, named ‘Outstanding Woman in Professional Services’ in 2018 at the Precious Awards.
Read more
Pauline Haase – Head of Media Training
A highly skilled and experienced media trainer working with CEOs and senior leaders in all industries.
Read more
Roz McKenzie – Head of Apprenticeship Training
Roz began her career as a court and crime reporter, then features editor at National News Press Agency (now South West News) before working as a senior features journalist at News of The World.
Read more
Sean Howe – Head of Journalism Training
Sean Howe is an experienced journalist and editor with specialist knowledge of subjects including policing, crime, defence and security.
Read more
Alison Kershaw – Journalism Training Manager
Alison has extensive experience in news journalism, most recently as a PA news editor. She started out in local newspapers and joined the PA news agency as a general reporter.
Read more
Liz Isemann – Media Training & Operations Manager
Liz Isemann is PA’s Media Training Manager responsible for ensuring the smooth running of our media training courses, planning all necessary logistics and client requirements.
Read more
Rosie Bartlett – Digital Journalism Trainer
Rosie Bartlett is a podcast training professional who has produced and recorded podcast series for the BBC, RIBA and various international clients.Rosie produced a series on making podcasts called podcastology for the BBC and leads on podcast training for the BBC. More recently, she is working on a series of news podcasts for Protv in…
Read more
Ian Collier – Trainer and apprentice cohort leader
Ian started his career in local newspapers, at the Worcester Evening News and Nottingham Evening Post. He spent 15 years as staff for Sky News Online, working as a producer, chief sub-editor and assistant editor in charge of digital output overnight
Read more
Tamasin Ford – Trainer and apprentice cohort leader
Tamasin has been working as a journalist for more than 20 years, reporting, presenting, and film-making from across Europe and Africa. She began her career in commercial radio in London before moving to the BBC, where she reported and presented on all domestic BBC outlets for both television and radio.
Read more
Howard Smith – Trainer and apprentice cohort leader
Howard has more than 20 years’ experience working as a senior executive on national newspapers and in communications, including as assistant editor of a daily national newspaper and head of external relations in the UK for a global company.
Read more
Claire Spreadbury – Trainer
Claire Spreadbury is Head of Features at PA Media. She has over 20 years’ experience as a journalist and editor, is an ‘all-round’ expert, though writes most frequently across travel, wellbeing, beauty and parenting.
Read more
Owen Williams – Trainer
Owen specialises in video training based around his many years of experience with national broadcasters such as the BBC and Sky Sports. Originally a trained NCTJ news journalist, Owen moved to BBC Sport and then BBC News as a researcher/producer.
Read more
Robin Bailey – Trainer
Robin’s work PA Training has taken him back to his roots as a newspaper reporter, sub-editor and Sports Editor in Norfolk.
Read more
Jon Bernstein – Associate Trainer
Jon Bernstein has been running training courses for over a decade and comes with 25+ years’ experience as a journalist.
Read more
Celine Bijleveld – Trainer
Celine is a digital editor and producer with 25 years' experience in journalism, specialising in loyalty and engagement strategies and products.
Read more