Melisa Idris
A journalist with 17 years’ experience on various media platforms — newswire, print, online, radio and television. She is currently Assistant Vice President, Lead Editor & Anchor at Astro Awani News Network where she host the flagship English language talk show ‘Consider This’ as well as ‘The Future Is...
John Simpson
John Simpson is an accomplished public, keynote speaker and after dinner speaker, fascinating audiences across the world with his lively and entertaining speeches and lectures. With over 40 years’ experience in international journalism, he has the ability to cover topics from highly factual and intense World Affairs to more...
Jay Tuck
Jay Tuck is a journalist, television producer and the founder of Airtime Dubai Ltd, an international media company serving the Arab world. He is Executive Producer of Understanding Tomorrow, a weekly TV magazine airing on the Al-Jazeera Network. For over thirty years Tuck has held positions of major editorial...
Stephen Sackur
Sackur has been a journalist with BBC News since 1986, as BBC European, Washington, Middle East and Foreign Correspondent. He is widely respected as an outstanding interviewer and moderator, with a superb knowledge of current affairs, and an affable, yet no nonsense style. Capable of getting right to the...
Teena Gates
Teena Gates is a successful media trainer, author, TV presenter, radio broadcaster and journalist, with 30 years experience of working in radio in Ireland. She was Breakfast News Presenter for two decades at 98FM, where she was also Head of News until December 2013. In addition she is a...
Rahul Bose
Rahul Bose is a phenomenally multi-talented individual. He is a famous Indian actor, screenwriter, director, internationally recognised social activist, philanthropist and former Indian rugby union player. Bose delivers talks across the world. His motivational speeches on leadership, life choices, personal success and public commitment have been shared with employees...
Jeremy Bowen
Jeremy Bowen is a journalist with a vast knowledge and experience of the Middle East. From 1995-2000, he was based in Jerusalem as the BBC’s Middle East Correspondent, winning awards from television festivals in New York and Monte Carlo, as well as a Best Breaking News report from the...
James Bellini
James describes himself as ‘an historian of the future’ with a close interest in key trends and strategic challenges facing current and future business up to Horizon 2020 and beyond. He is a regular choice as a keynote speaker and moderator at high-level conferences around the world. He has...
Conny Czymoch
Conny Czymoch hosts “Phoenix – The day”, the flag-ship news and current affairs program at Phoenix. She has interviewed and moderated conferences with international leaders ranging from Kofi Annan to Nasa Boss Michael Griffin or German chancellor Angela Merkel, to – in the early days in Hong Kong and...
James Pearce
James Pearce was the BBC’s Olympics Correspondent for London 2012, covering the Games every step of the way from the start of the bidding process in 2001. Alongside that role he was also Sports News Correspondent, reporting from the world’s biggest sports events for the BBC’s main television news...
