Louisa Compton is Head of News and Current Affairs, Specialist Factual and Sport at Channel 4, heading up the multi-award-winning Channel 4 News alongside flag-ship current affairs programmes Dispatches and Unreported World.

She has launched the hugely successful digital-first strand, Untold bringing current affairs to 16–34-year-olds, as well as setting up Channel 4’s in house investigations unit at a time when trusted and forensic journalism is more vital than ever.

Louisa Compton oversees Specialist Factual content as well as sporting output at the Channel including The Paralympics, The Boat Race and Women’s FA Cup. She has been behind high profile, news making investigations including Russell Brand: In Plain Sight: Dispatches and was instrumental in bringing Gaza: Doctors Under Attack to UK viewers, on Channel 4.