As announced in October 2020, the BBC will publish a quarterly summary of the paid-for external events undertaken by on-air staff in journalism and senior leaders, in order to promote the highest standards of impartiality.
The first quarter to be published covers January to March 2021. All subsequent quarters will be published on this page.
January-March 2021
January
| Name | Division | Event date | Role at external event | Organisation | Total fee below £5k | Total fee above £5k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasia Madera | News and Current Affairs | 06/01/21 | Moderator | SOAS, University of London | ✓ | |
| Ben Hunte | News and Current Affairs | 18/01/21 | Speaker | City University | ✓ | |
| Fiona Stalker | Nations | 19/01/21 | Speaker | Robert Gordon University | ✓ | |
| Martine Croxall | News and Current Affairs | 19/01/21 17/02/21 24/02/21 | Speaker | Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons | ✓ | |
| Nicholas Watt | News and Current Affairs | 19/01/21 | Speaker | Marketing in Partnership Limited | ✓ | |
| Ben Hunte | News and Current Affairs | 20/01/21 | Speaker | Microsoft | ✓ | |
| Sarah Gosling | Nations | 20/01/21 | Host | Everybody Belongs Here | ✓ | |
| Sally Bundock | News and Current Affairs | 27/01/21 | Moderator | WBA | ✓ | |
| Dan Walker | News and Current Affairs | 29/01/21 | Moderator | St James' Place Management | ✓ | |
| Jo Coburn | News and Current Affairs | 29/01/21 | Panel chair | Project Syndicate | ✓ |
February
| Name | Division | Event date | Role at external event | Organisation | Total fee below £5k | Total fee above £5k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonah Fisher | News and Current Affairs | 03/02/21 | Contributor | Pinchuk Art Centre Guide | ✓ | |
| John Campbell | Nations | 04/02/21 | Panel chair | NI Chamber of Commerce | ✓ | |
| Ben Hunte | News and Current Affairs | 05/02/21 | Speaker | BCU | ✓ | |
| Sarah Gosling | Nations | 05/02/21 | Presenter | Music In Devon Initiative | ✓ | |
| Martha Kearney | News and Current Affairs | 10/02/21 | Host | City of London Corporation | ✓ | |
| Justin Webb | News and Current Affairs | 11/02/21 | Host | CISI | ✓ | |
| Lucy Hockings | News and Current Affairs | 11/02/21 | Host | 1.4 Awards | ✓ | |
| Nuala McGovern | News and Current Affairs | 11/02/21 | Panel chair | Enterprise Ireland | ✓ | |
| Justin Webb | News and Current Affairs | 12/02/21 | Speaker | CityWealth Magazine | ✓ | |
| Laura Rawlings | Nations | 12/02/21 12/03/21 26/03/21 | Host | MediaClash | ✓ | |
| Barra Best | Nations | 15/02/21 | Host | Charter NI & Short Strand Community Forum | ✓ | |
| Jon Sopel | News and Current Affairs | 18/02/21 | Speaker | Connor Broadley | ✓ | |
| Owain Wyn Evans | Nations | 18/02/21 | Speaker | Touchstone Support | ✓ | |
| Amy Irons | Nations | 19/02/21 | Host | Stark Events | ✓ | |
| Fiona Stalker | Nations | 19/02/21 | Panel chair | Granite Noir Festival | ✓ | |
| Kofi Smiles | Nations | 19/02/21 | Contributor | Bolder Visual & Hull City Council | ✓ | |
| Mark Simpson | Nations | 19/02/21 | Host and chair | Newry Chamber of Trade | ✓ | |
| Ben Hunte | News and Current Affairs | 23/02/21 | Panel chair | Sheffield University | ✓ | |
| Mark Easton | News and Current Affairs | 23/02/21 | Panel chair | National Housing Federation | ✓ | |
| Rachel Burden | Content - Radio and Music | 23/02/21 | Panel chair | Simply Biz/Harvey Throneycroft Ltd | ✓ | |
| Ben Hunte | News and Current Affairs | 24/02/21 | Speaker | Adam & Eve Agency | ✓ | |
| Clive Myrie | News and Current Affairs | 24/02/21 | Panel chair | Asian Media Group | ✓ | |
| Kirsty Wark | News and Current Affairs | 24/02/21 | Moderator | WISH Foundation for Global Health | ✓ | |
| Ben Hunte | News and Current Affairs | 25/02/21 | Panel chair | Black Employee Network | ✓ | |
| Joe Tidy | News and Current Affairs | 25/02/21 | Presenter | Priv Sec - Data Protection World Forum | ✓ | |
| Rachel Burden | Content - Radio and Music | 25/02/21 | Panel chair | DPD/Green TV | ✓ | |
| Clive Myrie | News and Current Affairs | 26/02/21 | Presenter | Made in Manchester Productions | ✓ | |
| Nicola Weir | Nations | 26/02/21 | Panel chair | Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon City Council | ✓ | |
| Clive Myrie | News and Current Affairs | 28/02/21 | Contributor | Storyvault Films | ✓ | |
| Nick Bryant | News and Current Affairs | 28/02/21 | Contributor | Newstalk ZB | ✓ |
March
| Name | Division | Event date | Role at external event | Organisation | Total fee below £5k | Total fee above £5k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martine Croxall | News and Current Affairs | 01/03/21 06/03/21 08/03/21 15/03/21 20/03/21 | Speaker | SOAS, University of London | ✓ | |
| Owain Wyn Evans | Nations | 01/03/21 | Host | Don't Panic Events | ✓ | |
| Rianna Croxford | News and Current Affairs | 01/03/21 | Awards judge | The Orwell Foundation | ✓ | |
| Rachel Burden | Content - Radio and Music | 02/03/21 | Panel chair | Advanced/Firework PR | ✓ | |
| Emily Maitlis | News and Current Affairs | 04/03/21 | Host | Mason Hayes & Curran Law | ✓ | |
| Kate Silverton | News and Current Affairs | 04/03/21 | Host | Evening Standard | ✓ | |
| Mark Simpson | Nations | 04/03/21 | Host and chair | Intertrade Ireland | ✓ | |
| Melvyn Prior | Nations | 04/03/21 | Host | Boston College | ✓ | |
| Mike Thomson | News and Current Affairs | 04/03/21 | Speaker | University of Leicester | ✓ | |
| Rianna Croxford | News and Current Affairs | 05/03/21 | Speaker | Birmingham City University | ✓ | |
| Alexandra Humphreys | Nations | 09/03/21 | Contributor | Boom Plant | ✓ | |
| Amol Rajan | News and Current Affairs | 09/03/21 | Contributor | ITV Studios | ✓ | |
| Mark Simpson | Nations | 09/03/21 | Host | NI Hotels Federation | ✓ | |
| Clodagh Rice | Nations | 10/03/21 | Panel chair | Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast | ✓ | |
| Dharshini David | News and Current Affairs | 10/03/21 | Host and panel chair | British Business Bank | ✓ | |
| Kate Silverton | News and Current Affairs | 10/03/21 | Host | Natwest | ✓ | |
| Mark Simpson | Nations | 10/03/21 | Host | Dundalk & Newry Chambers of Trade | ✓ | |
| Chi Chi Izundu | News and Current Affairs | 11/03/21 17/03/21 | Host | Island Records | ✓ | |
| John Watson | Content – Sport | 11/03/21 | Host | Tameside Council | ✓ | |
| Justin Webb | News and Current Affairs | 11/03/21 | Speaker | Proxima Ltd | ✓ | |
| Louise Minchin | News and Current Affairs | 11/03/21 | Host | Hull Business Awards | ✓ | |
| Lyse Doucet | News and Current Affairs | 11/03/21 | Moderator | Imperial War Museum London | ✓ | |
| Rachel Burden | Content - Radio and Music | 11/03/21 | Panel chair | World Heart Federation | ✓ | |
| Joanne Malin | Nations | 16/03/21 | Moderator | Venues & Events International Ltd | ✓ | |
| Lucy Hockings | News and Current Affairs | 16/03/21 | Moderator | Oxford University/Franklin Templeton | ✓ | |
| Naga Munchetty | News and Current Affairs | 16/03/21 | Interviewer | Fane | ✓ | |
| Simon Jack | News and Current Affairs | 16/03/21 | Host and panel chair | Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Programme | ✓ | |
| Mark Carruthers | Nations | 17/03/21 | Host | NI Bureau in Washington | ✓ | |
| Mark Easton | News and Current Affairs | 17/03/21 | Host | Policy Institute, King's College | ✓ | |
| Ritula Shah | News and Current Affairs | 17/03/21 | Panel chair | University of Birmingham | ✓ | |
| Victoria Derbyshire | News and Current Affairs | 17/03/21 | Presenter | Health Service Journal Awards | ✓ | |
| Kasia Madera | News and Current Affairs | 18/03/21 | Moderator | Emerging Europe | ✓ | |
| Razia Iqbal | News and Current Affairs | 18/03/21 | Panel chair | Georgetown University | ✓ | |
| Sarah Dickins | Nations | 18/03/21 | Speaker | Remploy | ✓ | |
| Ahmad Fakhouri | News and Current Affairs | 20/03/21 | Panellist | Reporters (Independent Arabic agency for Media Training and Production, Dubai) | ✓ | |
| Sarah Gosling | Nations | 21/03/21 | Presenter | Old Bakery Studios | ✓ | |
| John Campbell | Nations | 22/03/21 | Panellist | Queens University Belfast | ✓ | |
| Mark Easton | News and Current Affairs | 22-25/03/21 | Panel chair | National Housing Federation | ✓ | |
| Owain Wyn Evans | Nations | 22/03/21 | Speaker | Blaze | ✓ | |
| Dominic O’Connell | News and Current Affairs | 23/03/21 | Panel chair | FTi | ✓ | |
| Lucy Hockings | News and Current Affairs | 23/03/21 | Moderator | Oxford University/Franklin Templeton | ✓ | |
| Declan Harvey | Nations | 24/03/21 | Host | Bryson | ✓ | |
| Razia Iqbal | News and Current Affairs | 24/03/21 | Host | Folio Prize | ✓ | |
| Roger Johnson | Nations | 24/03/21 | Host and panel chair | Disclosure & Barring Service | ✓ | |
| Andrew Marr | News and Current Affairs | 25/03/21 | Host | Brewin Dolphin | ✓ | |
| Justin Webb | News and Current Affairs | 25/03/21 | Panel chair | SMMT | ✓ | |
| Mishal Husain | News and Current Affairs | 25/03/21 | Interviewer | World 50 | ✓ | |
| Nikki Fox | News and Current Affairs | 25/03/21 | Moderator | Proctor & Gamble | ✓ | |
| Owain Wyn Evans | Nations | 26/03/21 | Host | Manchester Local Government | ✓ | |
| Dan Walker | News and Current Affairs | 29/03/21 | Moderator | Co-op | ✓ | |
| Razia Iqbal | News and Current Affairs | 30/03/21 | Interviewer | Southbank Centre | ✓ | |
| Spencer Kelly | News and Current Affairs | 30/03/21 | Panel chair | Cisco | ✓ | |
| Emma Barnett | Content - Radio and Music | 31/03/21 | Panel chair | ✓ | ||
| Katie Razzall | News and Current Affairs | 31/03/21 | Contributor | Voltage TV | ✓ | |
| Ritula Shah | News and Current Affairs | 31/03/21 | Panel chair | Science Museum | ✓ |
April-June 2021
April
Name | Division | Event Date | Role at external event | Organisation | Total fee below 5k | Total fee above 5k |
Razia Iqbal | News and Current Affairs | 01/04/21 | Judge | The Caine Prize for African Writing | ✓ |
|
Martine Croxall | News and Current Affairs | 09/04/21 | Panel Chair | Royal Geographical Society | ✓ |
|
Martine Croxall | News and Current Affairs | 12/04/21 | Training | Walhampton School, Lymington | ✓ |
|
Nicola Weir | Nations | 14/04/21 | Panel Chair | Ulster Farmers Union | ✓ |
|
Ros Atkins | News and Current Affairs | 14/04/21 | Moderator | World Travel and Tourism Council | ✓ |
|
David FitzGerald | Nations | 15/04/21 | Panel Chair | Plymouth Chamber of Commerce | ✓ |
|
Gavin Ramjaun | Content - Sport | 15/04/21 | Host | Digital City Festival / Prolific North | ✓ |
|
Martine Croxall | News and Current Affairs | 15/04/21 | Panel Chair | Royal Geographical Society | ✓ |
|
Rianna Croxford | News and Current Affairs | 17/04/21 | Panellist | InvestIn Education | ✓ |
|
Frank Gardner | News and Current Affairs | 18/04/21 | Speaker | St James's Place Wealth Management | ✓ |
|
Iwan Griffiths | Nations | 19/04/21 | Presenter | Boom Cymru Television Company | ✓ |
|
Dharshini David | News and Current Affairs | 21/04/21 | Panel Chair | Stratford Literary Festival | ✓ |
|
Edward Stourton | News and Current Affairs | 22/04/21 | Interviewer | Stratford Literary Festival | ✓ |
|
Lyse Doucet | News and Current Affairs | 22/04/21 | Moderator | Migrant Help | ✓ |
|
Mark Easton | News and Current Affairs | 26/04/21 | Panel Chair | Savills | ✓ |
|
Sana Safi | News and Current Affairs | 26/04/21 | Panel Chair | Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation | ✓ |
|
Roger Johnson | Nations | 28/04/21 | Host | Reach PLC | ✓ |
|
John Campbell | Nations | 29/04/21 | Panel Chair | Institute of Directors | ✓ |
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Kasia Madera | News and Current Affairs | 29/04/21 | Panel Chair | Emerging Europe | ✓ |
|
Mark Patterson | Nations | 30/04/21 | Host | Derry Strabane Council | ✓ |
|
May
Name | Division | Event Date | Role at external event | Organisation | Total fee below 5k | Total fee above 5k |
Mark Urban | News and Current Affairs | 04/05/21 | Contributor | Woodcut Media | ✓ |
|
Mike Stevens | Nations | 05/05/21 | Host | Lancashire Business View | ✓ |
|
Mishal Husain | News and Current Affairs | 06/05/21 | Interviewer | WORLD 50 |
| ✓ |
Stephen Sackur | News and Current Affairs | 06/05/21 | Panel Chair | St Gallen University |
| ✓ |
Bola Mosuro | News and Current Affairs | 07/05/21 | Moderator | The Food and Agricultural Organisation | ✓ |
|
Frank Gardner | News and Current Affairs | 08/05/21 | Speaker | Stratford Literary Festival | ✓ |
|
Huw Edwards | News and Current Affairs | 12/05/21 | Panel Chair | British Insurance Brokers' Association |
| ✓ |
Fergus Walsh | News and Current Affairs | 12/05/21 | Panellist | Healthcare Communications Association | ✓ |
|
Lara Lewington | News and Current Affairs | 13/05/21 | Moderator | IP Group |
| ✓ |
Mike Stevens | Nations | 14/05/21 | Host | Amplifon UK | ✓ |
|
Alexandra Humphreys | Nations | 15/05/21 | Interviewer | Pontypridd Children's Book Festival | ✓ |
|
Owain Wyn Evans | Nations | 17/05/21 | Host | Stantec Engineering Services | ✓ |
|
James Gallagher | News and Current Affairs | 18/05/21 | Panel Chair | Francis Crick Institute | ✓ |
|
Simon Lederman | Nations | 19/05/21 | Presenter | World Skills | ✓ |
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Joe Tidy | News and Current Affairs | 20/05/21 | Speaker | Association of Independent Schools | ✓ |
|
Maryam Moshiri | News and Current Affairs | 20/05/21 | Moderator | Hire Association Europe | ✓ |
|
Dan Walker | News and Current Affairs | 21/05/21 | Host | Best Companies |
| ✓ |
Ben Hunte | News and Current Affairs | 21/05/21 | Judge | Royal Society of Literature | ✓ |
|
Ben Hunte | News and Current Affairs | 21/05/21 | Host | PWC | ✓ |
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Melita Dennett | Nations | 21/05/21 | Host | Brighton Dome & Festival | ✓ |
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Ellie Crisell | Nations | 22/05/21 | Presenter | Rotary | ✓ |
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Frank Gardner | News and Current Affairs | 22/05/21 | Speaker | Bath Literary Festival | ✓ |
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Sarah Keith-Lucas | News and Current Affairs | 24/05/21 | Host | Purple Media Solutions | ✓ |
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Razia Iqbal | News and Current Affairs | 25/05/21 | Interviewer | Royal Society of Literature | ✓ |
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Joanne Malin | Nations | 26/05/21 | Host | Millennium Point | ✓ |
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Mark Easton | News and Current Affairs | 26/05/21 | Panel Chair | EMAP | ✓ |
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David Farrell | Nations | 27/05/21 | Host | Scottish Renewables | ✓ |
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Gavin Ramjaun | Content - Sport | 27/05/21 | Host | Prolific North | ✓ |
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Rachel Burden | Content - Radio and Music | 27/05/21 | Panel Chair | Kruger Cowne / World Heart Federation | ✓ |
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Tanya Arnold | Nations | 27/05/21 | Host | Sport Leeds | ✓ |
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Sara Orchard | Content - Sport | 30/05/21 | Contributor | BT Sport | ✓ |
|
June
Name | Division | Event Date | Role at external event | Organisation | Total fee below 5k | Total fee above 5k |
Mary Rhodes | Nations | 01/06/21 | Host | Opening Doors & Venues | ✓ |
|
Clive Myrie | News and Current Affairs | 03/06/21 | Panellist | Hat Trick Productions | ✓ |
|
Graihagh Jackson | News and Current Affairs | 03/06/21 | Panel Chair | British Council | ✓ |
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Naga Munchetty | News and Current Affairs | 03/06/21 | Host | England Golf | ✓ |
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Iola Wyn | Nations | 04/06/21 | Presenter | Cwmni Da | ✓ |
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Mark Simpson | Nations | 05/06/21 | Host | Queens University, Belfast | ✓ |
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Rachael Garside | Nations | 05/06/21 | Panel Chair | Royal Society | ✓ |
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Caroline Wyatt | News and Current Affairs | 06/06/21 | Panel Chair | European Academy of Neurology | ✓ |
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Nick Bryant | News and Current Affairs | 06/06/21 | Interview | Folkestone Literary Festival | ✓ |
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Owain Wyn Evans | Nations | 08/06/21 | Host | Stantec Engineering Services | ✓ |
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Richard Moss | Nations | 08/06/21 | Panel Chair | Green Alliance | ✓ |
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Barra Best | Nations | 09/06/21 | Host | The Lough’s Agency | ✓ |
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Declan Harvey | Nations | 09/06/21 | Moderator | Belfast City Council | ✓ |
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Mark Easton | News and Current Affairs | 09/06/21 | Panel Chair | CHIC Ltd | ✓ |
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Clive Myrie | News and Current Affairs | 10/06/21 | Panel Chair | Ernst and Young |
| ✓ |
Emily Maitlis | News and Current Affairs | 10/06/21 | Host | Ernst and Young |
| ✓ |
Jo Scott | Nations | 10/06/21 | Host | Visit Belfast | ✓ |
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Nicola Weir | Nations | 11/06/21 | Host | ABP Food Group | ✓ |
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Razia Iqbal | News and Current Affairs | 11/06/21 | Interviewer | Wimbledon Book Festival | ✓ |
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James Shaw | Nations | 12/06/21 | Panel Chair | Boswell Book Festival | ✓ |
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Razia Iqbal | News and Current Affairs | 12/06/21 | Interviewer | Wimbledon Book Festival | ✓ |
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Amy Cole | Nations | 14/06/21 | Contributor | John Howard | ✓ |
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Jennifer Jones | Nations | 14/06/21 | Host | Wales Co-operative Centre | ✓ |
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Razia Iqbal | News and Current Affairs | 14/06/21 | Panel Chair | Science Museum | ✓ |
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Nicola Weir | Nations | 16/06/21 | Host | Food Foundation | ✓ |
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Owain Wyn Evans | Nations | 16/06/21 | Contributor | Daisybeck Productions / Channel 5 | ✓ |
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John Campbell | Nations | 17/06/21 | Speaker | NI Federation of Housing Associations | ✓ |
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Kasia Madera | News and Current Affairs | 17/06/21 | Moderator | Global Witness | ✓ |
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Owain Wyn Evans | Nations | 17/06/21 | Contributor | Can Can Productions | ✓ |
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Sabet Choudhury | Nations | 17/06/21 | Contributor | World Production | ✓ |
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Rajini Vaidyanathan | News and Current Affairs | 21/06/21 | Moderator | York Festival of Ideas | ✓ |
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Paulette Edwards | Nations | 22/06/21 | Host | Efficiency North | ✓ |
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Jo Coburn | News and Current Affairs | 23/06/21 | Panel Chair | Project Syndicate | ✓ |
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Nicholas Watt | News and Current Affairs | 23/06/21 | Speaker & Panel Chair | College and University Business Officers | ✓ |
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Laura Goodwin | Nations | 24/06/21 | Host | Converge | ✓ |
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Lyse Doucet | News and Current Affairs | 24/06/21 | Moderator | EnergyNet Ltd | ✓ |
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Mark Easton | News and Current Affairs | 24/06/21 | Panel Chair | EMAP | ✓ |
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Mark Simpson | Nations | 24/06/21 | Host | Belfast Telegraph | ✓ |
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Sian Lloyd | News and Current Affairs | 25/06/21 | Panel Chair | Federation of Small Businesses Wales | ✓ |
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Jim Reed | News and Current Affairs | 26/06/21 | Host | Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association | ✓ |
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Sophie Hutchinson | News and Current Affairs | 26/06/21 | Panel Chair | Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association | ✓ |
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Mary Rhodes | Nations | 28/06/21 | Presenter | IMG | ✓ |
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Justin Webb | News and Current Affairs | 29/06/21 | Panel Chair | SMMT |
| ✓ |
Martine Croxall | News and Current Affairs | 29/06/21 | Panel Chair | Royal Geographical Society | ✓ |
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Ben Thompson | News and Current Affairs | 30/06/21 | Panel Chair | India Inc | ✓ |
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Mike Thomson | News and Current Affairs | 30/06/21 | Speaker | The Defiant Requiem Foundation | ✓ |
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Owain Wyn Evans | Nations | 30/06/21 | Host | UK Business Events LTD. | ✓ |
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