Topic: Art, media & communications
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26 February, 2020Ben Halls
Ben Halls is a London-based writer and journalist. He worked in pubs, off licences and several minimum wage jobs before deciding to return to school to pursue his passion for writing. In 2014 Ben completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College in Boston, MA, and completed his Master […]
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Lord Tony Hall
Tony Hall – Lord Hall of Birkenhead – was appointed Director-General of the BBC on 22 November 2012. He is the 16th Director-General of the BBC. Prior to this, Tony was Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House from April 2001 until April 2013. He joined the BBC as a news trainee in 1973 and […]
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Simon Hall
I’m a lecturer and tutor in creative writing, business, and communication skills at the University of Cambridge. Previously, I was a BBC News Correspondent for 20 years, covering some of the biggest stories Britain has seen for television, radio, and online. I am also an author, with eight novels, a series of short stories, a […]
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Luke Hakes
Luke joined Octopus Ventures in 2008. As well as being a General Partner and heading up the firms “Better Faster” strategy he sits across both the Future of Health and Future of Industry Teams, where he works with the rest of the origination team to identify and invest in the next generation of companies that […]
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Dr Doug Gurr
Doug is Vice President of Amazon based in the UK. His previous roles included teaching mathematics and computing at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, a stint in the civil service, 6 years with consultancy firm McKinsey ending as partner, growing (as founder and CEO) an internet start-up from nothing to ÂŁ150m turnover in 5 […]
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Kathryn Gutteridge
Kathryn was elected Former President of the RCM in June 2017 and is an established Consultant Midwife with a long history of clinical care in the NHS. She has worked in many diverse settings including neonatal services and community midwifery care. She is currently the Consultant Midwife and Clinical Lead for Low Risk Women at […]
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Loyd Grossman
Loyd Grossman was born in Boston and graduated from Boston University (BA), the London School of Economics (MSc Econ) and Magdalene College, Cambridge (PhD, MPhil). After starting a career in journalism, he was diverted into television where, as a writer, presenter or deviser he was involved in a wide range of programmes including Through the […]
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Francesco Guerrera
Francesco Guerrera has been a financial and business journalist as far as he can remember. In the course of a 20-year career, he has worked in London, Brussels, Asia and the U.S.. After graduating from City University in London with a first-class degree in journalism and economics, Francesco worked for Building Magazine and AFX News […]
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Robert Guest
I’m the Foreign Editor of The Economist, a British news magazine that is surprisingly popular in the rest of the world. I run our foreign coverage. I’ve been a journalist all my working life. I’ve reported from more than 90 countries and lived in six, covering war, famine, trade, innovation and Donald Trump’s effect on […]
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Jani Guest
Jani Guest is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Independent Films. The award winning production company is responsible for some of the highest profile advertising films of the last decade, earning a BAFTA for the short film, Room8, directed by James W. Griffiths, and a Grand Prix at Cannes for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s World Cup Nike […]