Krishnan Guru-Murthy – Keynote Speaker

Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s work has included hosting special coverage of the 9-11 attacks, the Afghan war and the Asian Tsunami with a stint at the Washington bureau covering American politics. Away from the news Krishnan presented The Autopsy, with Professor Gunther Von Hagens, the first public post-mortem broadcast live and also Channel 4’s Going Cold Turkey.

Krishnan joined Channel 4 in 1998 after 10 years at the BBC where he presented a variety of programmes from Newsnight to Newsround.

On Radio Krishnan spent two years presenting a Sunday morning talk radio show on LBC 97.3, and during the 2005 election campaign presented UK Leaders Live for more than two hundred commercial radio stations. Krishnan also writes a weekly column for the Metro newspaper every Friday.

Krishnan has a Degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University. He is available for awards hosting, presenting and conference facilitating.