Stephen Sackur confirmed as Master of Ceremonies for Seatrade Awards Ceremony Dinner

Stephen Sackur is a highly accomplished BBC journalist, current affairs broadcaster and foreign correspondent. Stephen currently presents HARDtalk, a BBC World News current affairs programme and is known for his warm, yet no nonsense style and is highly valued in the corporate market. He famously covered the first Gulf war, 9/11, the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the emergence of the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat in the Middle East. In 1997, Stephen was appointed as a US correspondent. During this time he covered the scandal surrounding former President Bill Clinton and his subsequent impeachment trial, the 2000 US presidential elections and has interviewed US President George W Bush.

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