MediaTel is pleased to confirm Nick Brien, chief executive of Leo Burnett, as the fifth MediaTel Media Question Time panellist. Nick was a founder member of BBJ and took on the role of chief executive, Leo Burnett in March 1997.
Media Question Time in association with Carlton Television and The Economist will take place at the BBC Radio Theatre, W1, on the evening of Monday 28 February 2000, and follows a very successful launch last year (see Newsline).
The event will be chaired by BBC Radio’s media correspondent, Torin Douglas. Similar in format to the BBC TV series, Media Question Time will focus on key current and future media issues and an invited audience from the advertising and media industry has the opportunity to ask questions from the floor and join the debate.
Responses are coming in fast and numbers are limited. If you have not already done so and you would like to request an invite, please contact Jenny Milton, by email at [email protected] or on 0171 439 7575.
The full Media Question Time panel is as follows:
Chairman: Torin Douglas, Media Correspondent, BBC Radio
The panel:
Hugo Drayton, Managing Director, Hollinger Telegraph New Media
Richard Eyre, Managing Director, Pearson Television
Tom Toumazis, Director of UK Consumer Advertising, Emap Group Ad Sales
Emily Bell, Business Editor, The Observer
Nick Brien, Chief Executive, Leo Burnett
There will be a drinks reception and buffet before and after the main event.
For highlights of MediaTel’s inaugural Media Question Time, 24th May 1999 please see MediaTel Newsline.
www.mediatel.co.uk
