Andrea is South African born with many years experience both as a presenter and producer. After moving to the UK, she joined Broadcasting and Presentation at BBC Television before working for the World Service. Her work as a producer and presenter has taken her all over the globe from Poland to Dubai, Nigeria to India – chasing interviews with people as diverse as hip hop stars, political activists and women miners. Andrea saw a need in the market for a fresh approach to programme-making, created by a team of innovative youthful producers, and gave up her continuing contract at the BBC to start Like It Is in 2005.

After graduating Neil joined the BBC World Service, working on live discussion programmes such as Africa Have Your Say, Network Africa and Fast Track. In his time at Like It Is, Neil has researched and produced a number of acclaimed documentaries for BBC World Service, Radio 1, Asian Network and 1Xtra as well as developing numerous proposals for forthcoming programmes. Neil has travelled across the country capturing the stories behind the headlines on a range of topics, from cannabis to ticket touting.

Krishna's background is with BBC World Service Trust where she worked for four years on broadcasting initiatives in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. With a Masters in Human Rights Law from LSE and a talent for spotting a good story, Krishna's produced content for BBC Television, radio and online - both domestically and abroad. Recently her portfolio's included BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and BBC Asian Network, as well as producing for BBC 1Xtra. A woman with a thousand great ideas, Krishna is a founding member of the Like It Is team.

Gemma began her career at the BBC producing for several Arts programmes. Happy behind the mic or behind the mixing desk, Gemma’s passion is giving others the skills to get their voices heard. She has trained numerous producers and has made programmes on issues from human rights to peace-building; health to youth concerns. Her documentary “Who am I?” which explored her own background, helped put Like It Is on the indie map, and since then be it Afghanistan or Acton, Gemma can be found mic in hand gathering audio and insights for the company. She is a founding member of the Like It Is team.

Terry eats sound for breakfast, lunch and dinner and to date he’s engineered the majority of the radio programmes produced by Like It Is. Previous to that, his adult life and most of his childhood were spent getting intimate with digital audio, music, radio, sound design & video post production. He's recorded and mixed bands and has produced station imaging and Promax Gold Award winning promo campaigns. Producing the BBC's 'Go Digital' Science programme, Terry innovated in the podcast arena with enhanced special edition podcasts with unique content. Currently he is producing high impact short feature video projects.

If you’re looking for film, Murray’s your man. He’s worked in the industry for a number of years as a director and writer, and has a Masters in Screenwriting from Goldsmith’s. His credits include work for BBC One, BBC Two and ITV. He’s also been a script consultant on a number of projects, including Geraldine Aron's, My Brilliant Divorce with Dawn French. He’s had shorts produced by Shine Productions and LFS, as well as having worked on feature films including Julie and the Cadillacs for Parker Mead and Rainbow for Lara Films.