Biography of Stephen Cole

Moderator - Leaders' Forum

Stephen Cole is one of the world’s most recognizable and respected faces of international television journalism.

Over the past twenty-two years he has anchored the launches of Sky News (London) CNN International (Atlanta) BBC World Asia and Click Online (London) and Al Jazeera (London) almost six years ago.

After presenting award-winning coverage of Europe, Stephen has just moved to the Channel Headquarters in Doha (Qatar). He has anchored live coverage of elections held in Islamabad, Delhi, Moscow, Paris, Hong Kong, Sofia and Bangkok and now as Senior Anchor at Al Jazeera he is covering the momentous events of the Arab Spring.

Stephen has also covered nine conflicts ranging from the Falklands War to Bosnia and Kosovo, the two wars in the Gulf and “9-11 “. Ten years ago Stephen came up with the idea for a television programme covering Information Technology. The success of the style and his format of Click Online is still watched by millions on the BBC.
Stephen presented the show from fifteen countries and hosted numerous prestigious IT events in Asia and South America.

Stephen has helped direct international news coverage in Asia and the Middle-East.
He has taken a senior executive role in directing major events at elections and international news breaking stories.

Stephen’s corporate career began with the establishment of Cole Productions – a corporate communications company- fifteen years ago. Since then he has specialized in Information Technology, Security and terrorism and International News. He also provides media training through Brazil and Brazil International. He is a Director of Brazil International.

He has worked closely with the World Customs Organization, Interpol, the International Security Management Association, the Qatar Foundation and the United Nations. He also delivered the keynote lectures on journalism and terrorism at the University of Colorado.

Stephen also won a National Travel Writers Award for his work in Malaysia. He has chaired and facilitated at the World Economic Forum at Davos for the past eight years. He is a Media Fellow at the World Economic Forum and jury member of BAFTA. For six years he presented the annual Oscars programme live for BBC World and News 24.