After Dinner Speakers: Robert Gates, Kirsty Wark, Michael Palin

Former CIA director Robert Gates has the ability to show his audiences how events and changes which may seem to have no effect on individuals actually do effect them both personnal and professionaly. Due to his post as director of the Central Intelligence Agency he was and still is able to offer a deep insight in to the state of political and economic instablity and assess the state of both of these and the effects that they can have.The fact that he was nominated by two presidents to run the CIA is one of his ability.He is a straight talking yet humourous individuals, having advised 6 U.S presidents on world affairs he is fully qualified to assess factors such as economic conditions whic may affect the risk factor of business opportunities abroad.