JANE MOTE, Consultant Editor, UK

Journalist, storyteller and TV executive Jane Mote is a champion for the power and accessibility of documentary. She is Consultant Editor for documentary funding foundation The Whickers nurturing and supporting audio and film documentary-makers who share a curiosity for the world. She was tutor for a BFI short documentary course and has worked as a story lab mentor for Docs By the Sea and Asian Network of Documentary (AND). She frequently mentors and supports documentary makers from across the world.

Previously, Jane was UK MD of Al Gore’s documentary channel Current commissioning and executive producing feature and TV-length documentaries and ran six factual and lifestyle TV channels for UKTV commissioning programming across genres.

Apart from working in management at Discovery, Turner Broadcasting, BBC Worldwide, STV, ESi media and the Africa channel, Jane has also worked for sixteen years in the BBC creating and running BBC London across News and Current Affairs.

Currently she is also the director of the media production and consultancy company Beechtobeach based in West Sussex, England.