Andrew Neil, Esq

Career: Cons Res Dept 1971-72, UK ed The Economist 1982-83 (UK and US corr 1973-81), ed The Sunday Times 1983-94, exec chm Sky TV 1988-90, exec ed Fox News (New York) June-Dec 1994, freelance broadcaster, writer, lectr and media conslt 1995-, columnist The Sunday Times and Daily Mail 1995-96, contrib ed Vanity Fair 1994-, publisher ed-in-chief and chief exec Press Holdings Ltd (The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh Evening News, Scotsman.com) 1996-2006, chief exec then chm The Spectator and Apollo 2004-; chm: World Media Rights 2005-, ITP Dubai 2006-, PFD 2008-10; co-presenter: The Midnight Hour (BBC 2) 1994-98, Conference Talk (BBC 2) 1996-99, Thursday Night Live (Carlton TV) 1997-2000, Despatch Box (BBC 2) 1998-2002; presenter: The Andrew Neil Show (BBC 2) 1995-96, The Sunday Breakfast Programme (BBC Radio 5 Live) 1998-2000, The Daily Politics (BBC 2) 2003-, This Week with Andrew Neil (BBC 1) 2003-, Straight Talk with Andrew Neil (BBC News 24) 2006-10, The Sunday Politics (BBC 1) 2012-; lord rector Univ of St Andrews 1999-2002; FRSA 1997

Books and Publications: The Cable Revolution (1982), Full Disclosure (autobiography, 1996), British Excellence (1998)