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Susan Bookbinder
At BBC Radio Five Live, Susan has a presented a huge range of stories from live coverage of the impeachment of President Clinton to the British and American air-strikes against Iraq. Susan reported the downfall of Margaret Thatcher and the Gulf War for ITN; the IRA bombings of Manchester and Warrington for Reuters/GMTV; the release of Nelson Mandela and the fall of the Berlin Wall for ITV. Susan was the first woman to read the Classified Football results on British radio.
Susan is an excellent after dinner speaker for any corporate events. Her avid support of Manchester City makes her ideal for all sporting dinners, as speaker or link.

Nik Gowing
BBC World News Presenter, Nik Gowing (pictured left) recently interviewed former US President Bill Clinton, in front of an invited audience of business leaders. The interview went out live over the internet. According to most critics it was one of the best interviews given by Clinton for many years.  Nik has taken the leading role as a moderator at the Stockholm Water Symposium, in Sweden and then again at the FTSE Index Global Forum in Geneva.  Nik is a former award winning diplomatic editor of Channel 4 and a novelist.

Mark Jones
Mark Jones is a master of ceremonies specialising in being a compere to after dinner speakers, charity events, sportsmen's dinners and other high-profile public events.  Mark has appeared with, and been compere to some of the most famous sports stars, celebrities and after dinner speakers in the world.  Mark's currently to be found on the pitch at Old Trafford, home of Lancashire County Cricket Club, and Knowsley Road, home of Super League Champions and Rugby League World Club Champions, St Helens providing the pre-match entertainment.

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Danny McGregor, Commercial General Manager, Manchester United FC
"... his handling of the raffles and auctions were hilarious, and his topical ad-libs were just right for each event. I would wholeheartedly recommend him for forthcoming events."Steve Banyard, Sky Sports

Graham Miller
Having spent the last 25-years presenting and reporting news, sport and current affairs throughout the ITV Network, Graham Miller has one of the most recognisable faces and voices on British television.  Most recently as Sports Correspondent for ITN on ITV1, Graham has covered all the major sporting events from around the world. These include the 2000 Olympic Games from Sydney and the 1996 Games from Atlanta and football's World Cup Finals. Graham has interviewed some of the most famous names of recent times form Mohammad Ali to Pele and David Beckham; from Douglas Bader to Sir Elton John and Baroness Thatcher. The list is long varied and fascinating.  Graham has also worked extensively in the corporate world, acting as a media consultant and producing videos for clients including Coca-Cola, Tesco's and Reebok UK.  Using a career spent observing at close quarters many of the world's most effective communicators, and adding his own extensive media experience, Graham now passes on his wealth of knowledge to sporting and non-sporting delegates at Media Training seminars.  Graham is a popular and enthusiastic 'anchor' and 'master of ceremonies' at corporate and company events, as well as being in demand as an after dinner speaker, sprinkling his speech with numerous anecdotes from the world of sport and broadcasting.

FRANK GARDNER is the
BBC'S SECURITY CORRESPONDENT
- the only network TV journalist in Britain to be covering the War on Terror full-time around the world.
· Broadcasts almost daily to audiences of millions about Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Security and the threat of Bio-weapons for BBC1 TV and BBC Radio 4. A fluent Arabic-speaker with a degree in Arabic & Islamic Studies, 41-year old Frank Gardner has reported for the BBC from all over the Middle East and more than 20 countries worldwide. Above all, he has a proven ability to explain clearly to an audience the nature of Al-Qaeda and the threat it now poses, together with insights and anecdotes rarely heard 'on air'.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy
One of the brightest talents to ascend through such respected programmes as 'Newsround' and 'Newsnight', Krishnan brings great flair to his reports and presentation - flair borne of intelligence, knowledge and sound programming instinct.  Now, after spearheading the BBC Digital 24 Hour News service, he has moved to the prestigious hot seat of Channel 4 News.  His impressive portfolio began in the year between school and university presenting topical youth discussions on BBC2's 'Open To Question' researching for BBC Scotland's' 'Testimony' and reporting for BBC2's 'Reportage'- as well as for the major Asian arts magazine 'Network East'.
Krishnan is available to host conferences, and chairing events.

Simon Hoggart
Simon Hoggart, 55, has chaired Radio 4's News Quiz full-time since 1996. The son of Professor Richard Hoggart, he was educated in Hull and Leicester and at King's College Cambridge. He began his journalistic career at The Guardian in 1968, working as a reporter in Northern Ireland and as political correspondent. He then moved to The Observer, becoming US correspondent, columnist and political editor. He was also a regular contributor to Punch. His books include a Michael Foot: a Portrait, America: a User's Guide, Live Briefs (a collaboration with cartoonist Steve Bell) and Bizarre Beliefs. Married with two children, he has been The Guardian's parliamentary sketch writer since 1993.
Simon is a good after dinner speaker and able to chair conferences

Bruce Jones is a consultant, specialising in international affairs and defence issues, with expertise in media and public affairs. He works in Westminster/Whitehall and world-wide for companies, organisations and government departments. Activities past and present involve formulating responses for the NATO Secretary-General's and UK Cabinet Offices, providing parliamentary questions, submissions for Commons' Committees and amendments to legislation.  He is seconded by the Foreign Office on OSCE International Observation Missions to trouble spots in the Balkans, former Soviet Union and the Caucasus. Other clients include the Imperial War Museum. He comments on world affairs, including terrorism, in TV and radio features and interviews.  He undertakes public speaking roles as:·
Conference chairman and presenter presiding over more than sixty in the UK and abroad in the last five years·
Keynote speaker and commentator at specialist events and seminars.·
Bruce is a raconteur giving profound and at times irreverent behind-the-scenes insight with his considerable experience of international affairs as a long-term observer in Russia and the Balkans, of life overseas in Africa and the Middle East, and in the Intelligence Corps.

Sian Jones
A freelance presenter, Sian Jones, is currently a voice over artist working for Channel 5, ITN and CNBC. She has also worked in news and sport for SKY news, ITV and Bloomberg.
An experience portfolio of corporate work, Sian has presented the main news and weather for Channel 5, and between 2000 and 2002, she was a newsreader on the ITN News Channel and presented the Nightly News summaries on ITV.  Sian also worked for 5 years in Hong Kong, gaining vast experience in corporate and live events, and is available to host corporate videos, host conferences and other live events.

Stephen Sackur
Since August 2002, Stephen Sackur has been the BBC's chief Europe correspondent.  Stephen offers a world of experience in US and foreign affairs news coverage. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the war ravaged sands of Kuwait, Sackur has covered major breaking stories for over a decade. His insight into the people and places that keep our world spinning is unparalleled. Some of his areas of expertise include:

U.S. Politics and Culture: Stephen was the BBC's chief Washington correspondent from '97 thru to 2002 and during a momentous five years covered the impeachment of Bill Clinton, the closest election in US political history, the September 11th attacks and America's response - the global war on terrorism.
His reporting from Washington was honoured by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2002. Durin his time there he interviewed Presidents Clinton and Bush and all of their closest advisors.

The Middle East: Sackur served as BBC Middle East Correspondent in both Cairo and Jerusalem, covering all aspects of this volatile, fascinating region including: the ups and downs of the peace process, the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yizhak Rabin and the emergence of the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Araf. In 1991 he wrote a book about the first Gulf War called 'On the Basra Road' in 1991 - it was a 'Spectator' book of the year.

Eastern Europe: As witness to Communism's last days in Eastern Europe, Sackur offers a unique perspective on the rocky road to democracy and stability for this important post-Cold War area.

Ann Salter is a presenter and journalist who delivers original ideas with a natural energy and humour. As a reporter for Sky TV's Travel Shows she has been galloping bareback on a Llama in South America, kayaking in the freezing fjords of Norway, experiencing rituals with Native Red Indians, tea picking in India and Sri Lanka and investigating voodoo in Cuba and Brazil. As an experienced travel journalist there are no corners of the earth that Ann can't speak with authority on. Her entertaining reports led 'SKY TV Travel Show' viewers to vote her 'The Ideal Holiday/Travel Mate'.

Ann's career began in regional news and current affairs programming, interviewing Eco warriors perched in a 200ft tree, this led to reporting as Lifestyle and Entertainment Correspondent for - This Morning, Kiss FM, Granada Breeze, The Clothes Show, Men and Motors, Motors and the hugely successful Canadian lifestyle show, 'The Orb'.  Ann's styling expertise has also been used first hand by celebrities like Julia Roberts, Angelica Huston and Annie Lennox, top designers- Giorgio Armani and John Galliano and as 'The UK's Only Men's Grooming Expert' (a title awarded by Gillette and FHM) she has advised men like Sir John Harvey Jones, Richard Branson and Mick Jagger. And appeared on BBC TV's Style Challenge.  Ann's articles on lifestyle, travel, fashion and beauty have been in publications such as FHM Magazine, The Daily Express, The Daily Mail and Hair and Beauty Magazine to name but a few.  Ann can really add to any programme or event, she is not just a presenter, she always puts in a lot of research and effort into every thing that she does.