Rami Khouri
Rami Khouri was the founding director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 2006-2014, where he is now a senior public policy fellow, and professor of journalism and journalist in residence at AUB. He is also a...
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....
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...
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...
Oliver Griffith
In January 2016 Oliver Griffith retired as Head of Communications in Europe for the International Finance Corporation (IFC – World Bank Group). Over six years he substantially raised IFC’s profile with European media, private sector associations, governments, donors, and civil society. Before joining IFC in 2010, he was Managing...
