After Dinner Speakers: Paul Burden, Jilly Cooper, Gaby Yorath

Paul Burden has been the main presenter for BBC Business Breakfast since its launch five years ago. In the five years before joining Business Breakfast, Paul worked for a variety of BBC Current Affairs programmes and Newsnight. He began his career in radio, and has now worked on every major news programme from the Today Show, to PM and Financial World Tonight. Over 23 years, he has reported from more than three dozen different countries – including the USA, USSR (as was), The Middle East, Asia, Japan and Europe. He is currently a PR consultant to the John Lewis partnership. A talented and knowledgeable speaker on business and economics, Paul also chairs major conferences for industry and business.