Stephanie Flanders
Stephanie Flanders is a seasoned economic commentator and policy practitioner, having worked for elite organisations in both capacities in the UK and in the US. She recently joined JP Morgan Asset Management as the chief market strategist for UK and Europe, and will start her post in November 2013....
Barkha Dutt
Often referred to as India’s Christiane Amanpour, Barkha is a multi-award winning journalist who has covered wars and political coups with equal panache. Hosts the incredibly popular weekly TV show – ‘We, The People’. A role model for the young, her appeal cuts across all age groups. Barkha has...
Christine Ockrent
Christine Ockrent is a famous journalist and producer, and for many years was the anchor of the weekly current affairs programme France Europe Express, on France 3 Television. She is the president of the advisory board of METRO International France, and a columnist for various French and Swiss newspapers....
Tim Sebastian
Tim Sebastian is Chairman of The New Arab Debates, currently broadcast and distributed world-wide on Deutsche Welle TV. He previously founded The Doha Debates which have been broadcast continuously on BBC World since 2004. Sebastian also presented HARDtalk, the BBC’s renowned daily half-hour interview programme. For HARDtalk, he traveled...
MICHAEL LESNER
Michael Lesner is the world’s foremost authority on medical innovation. But, he is not a doctor. Not a scientist. Not a researcher. No. He is something else entirely. Michael Lesner is a great translator to millions upon millions of people in search of better health for themselves and for...
Oliver Burkeman
Burkeman is a journalist running a popular weekly column in The Guardian and online, and is a winner of the Foreign Press Association’s Young Journalist of the Year award. He is the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking (2012), which explores the upsides...
Lorraine Keane
Lorraine Keane is an IFTA-nominated broadcaster and journalist. She is currently working with UTV Ireland and hosts ‘The Interview’, a series of one to one interviews with high profile guests. Her self-curated show ‘Keane On Style’ won her the accolade of ‘Most Influential Figure in Fashion & Beauty in...
Robert Peston
Robert Peston is the BBC’s Economics Editor and founder of Speakers for Schools. Prior to joining the BBC, he was political editor and financial editor of the Financial Times, City Editor of the Sunday Telegraph and a columnist for the New Statesman and Sunday Times (inter alia). He has...
Nadine Hani
Nadine Hani is an anchor for Al Arabiya News Channel, where she presents and co-produces the financial news programs “Al Aswaq Al Arabiya”, the highest rated business news shows on Arab television. During the course of her work in Al Arabiya, she has interviewed some of the most influential...
Matthew Price
Matthew Price is the Chief Correspondent for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. He presents the programme and covers the major stories for Today – as well as for the BBC’s flagship BBC1 television bulletins – and is taking a lead in innovating the corporation’s digital offerings. Price has worked...