Gerard Power is the managing director and head of innovation of InterMedia, UK. He is a senior practitioner in international research, innovation, strategy and evaluation in the development, private and academic sectors, with nearly twenty years experience working with global, public and private media organizations in the Asia Pacific region, Africa, Europe, Middle East, North America, and Latin America. His research has been funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, ABC International Development, AusAID, UNAIDS, UNFPA, IFPRI, UNDP, British Council, the World Bank, DFID, USAID OTI, National Council for Science and Technology, National Science Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, United States Information Agency and the Irish Development Authority.