After Dinner Speakers: Peter Hobday, Gary Shandling, Craig Charles

Peter Hobday is one of Britain’s best-known broadcasters. A presenter on the early morning political progamme Today, he has also presented a wide range of BBC radio and television programmes, from fronting the award-winning Money programme on BBC TV to the late night current affairs programme Newsnight on BBC2. He also helped to launch the Business programme on Channel 4. Much in demand for his language skills – he is bilingual in French – Peter is a regular contributor to French and French-Canadian television, and has chaired international conferences in Paris and Brussels using both languages. A frequent public speaker on media subjects, he is an excellent chairperson with particular knowledge in the following areas: academia, Arts, banking, the film industry, marketing, politics and trade and industry.