We are pleased to announce that well known TV Presenter, Journalist, Actor, Author, Former MP & After Dinner Speaker, Gyles Brandreth, will be joining us as keynote speaker at the 2012 London and the South East Director of the Year Gala Awards Dinner.
Currently a reporter on The One Show on BBC1 and a regular on Radio 4's Just a Minute, Gyles has won awards himself, and been nominated for awards, as a public speaker, novelist, children's writer, broadcaster (Sony), political diarist (Channel Four), journalist (British Press Awards), theatre producer (Olivier), and businessman (British Tourist Authority Come to Britain Trophy). A former Oxford scholar and President of the Oxford Union, his career has ranged from being a Tory Whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major's government, to starring in his own award-winning musical revue in London's West End. His recent TV appearances include Have I Got News for You, Breakfast with Frost & Celebrity Mastermind. Most recently he has completed two acclaimed royal biographies: 'Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage' and 'Charles and Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair'.