Yorkshire International Business Convention, Bridlington, Final Speakers Line-up Announced

Broadcasting legend Sir David Frost will be delivering the keynote speech at this year’s Yorkshire International Business Convention in June. Sir David joins a list of speakers which includes actor and adventurer Brian Blessed, business woman Michelle Mone who set up one of the most successful lingerie brands in the world.

Sir David who was born the son of a Methodist minister has become one of the country’s most respected journalists as well as being a household name on both sides of the Atlantic.  

He has also become one of the country’s most successful business entrepreneurs constantly challenging convention and is now reputed to be worth around two hundred million pounds. 

During his career he has interviewed virtually every major political leader of recent times – including the last seven British Prime Ministers and the last seven American Presidents -  as well as celebrities ranging from The Beatles and Tennessee Williams to Orson Welles. 

A worldwide audience of 45 million watched the series of interviews he did with former US President Richard Nixon in which Nixon for the first time admitted his part in the Watergate scandal. The story of that verbal battle became an Oscar-nominated film in 2008. 

His status is reflected in the awards he has received: he has a BAFTA Fellowship, a Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Emmys, was awarded an OBE in 1970, and was knighted in 1993. 

Convention Chief Executive Mike Firth said: “Sir David is a man who has interviewed some of the most influential and powerful people in the world and without exception he has managed to get beneath the public face of those people to find out what really makes them tick. The stories he has to tell are certainly going to be entertaining but I am confident they will also be equally inspirational for the delegates. 

“Quite apart from his television work throughout the world, he has also written fifteen books and produced eight films. So anyway you look at it his is going to be a story worth hearing.” 

Sir David joins a list of speakers which includes actor and adventurer Brian Blessed, business woman Michelle Mone who set up one of the most successful lingerie brands in the world, Rene Carayol who is the author of the best-selling business book “Corporate Voodoo”, Brian Kalma who is part of the team at the multi-award winning online retail business, Zappos.com and Peter Burkill, the former BA pilot who successfully brought down his Boeing 777 when both engines failed just two miles from Heathrow Airport. 

All six speakers will be heard by delegates at The Spa in Bridlington on Friday June 11th. For booking details visit www.yibc.biz. For more information about all of the events during Business Week 2010 (05-11 June 2010), please visit: www.bizweek.biz