Mohamed Nanabhay was the Head of Online at Al Jazeera English, where he led the team that produced the award winning coverage of the Arab revolutions in 2011. During his tenure, the website was recognised by the Online News Association for general excellence in online journalism. Mohamed was named a Creative Commons Pioneer by BusinessWeek, serves on the boards of directors of the Media Development Investment Fund and Global Voices Online, and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Informed Societies. He studied computer science at the University of the Witwatersrand and has a Masters degree in international relations from the University of Cambridge.