Zeinab Badawi

Broadcaster and Trustee,
BBC World Service Trust

Stephen King

BBC World Service Trust

Louis Michel

European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid

Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu

Former Chairman, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur

Exec. President, African Business Roundtable Chairman, NEPAD Business Group

Paul Walsh (Chair)

CEO, Diageo plc

Tim Sebastian

Broadcast Journalist

Baroness Shriti Vadera

Minister for Business and Competitiveness

Stephen King

Stephen King is Chief Executive of the BBC World Service Trust an organisation which was established by the BBC to use its resources and expertise for international development. The Trust works in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Russia, producing multi-media programming which has a social impact. It trains journalists in developing and transition countries and builds capacity in local media to help them hold their leaders to account. It is funded by a range of private and public funds - Stephen has led the Trust since 2001.

Prior to this position, Stephen worked for more than 15 years with international development agencies in Asia, Africa and in North America. From 1998 to 2001 Stephen was based in Montreal and London as Executive Director of the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) a network of non-governmental organisations working worldwide to promote social development. He worked closely with the UN in New York and their regional headquarters in Africa, Asia and Latin America on policy development issues.

Previous posts include three years based in Thailand covering South and South East Asia as the Asia Regional Representative for HelpAge International, a UK based NGO working with older people and their communities. Stephen graduated from SOAS, University of London with an MA in Oriental and African History.