Rob Bonnet

After several years as BBC TV News sports correspondent, Rob Bonnet spent between 1995-2005 as the main sports presenter on BBC Breakfast, occasionally presenting the programme itself. However, such a long period of 3.45am alarm calls - plus the desire to take his career in different directions - resulted in his leaving the BBC staff to pursue a freelance career.

However he still presents the BBC World/BBC News 24 programme "Extra Time". This programme of feature length interviews with stars and leading policy-makers from the world of sport was conceived from within BBC World's Hardtalk stable. It's now in its sixth year of regular commission and has established a high international profile.

Recent guests on the programme have included a number of the world's top tennis players including Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Ivan Ljubicic and Jelena Jankovic..athletes Asafa Powell and Carolina Kluft...cricketers Steve Waugh, Brett Lee and Sir Vivian Richards and even the world's most successful surfer, Laird Hamilton. Other guests have included England cricket captain Michael Vaughan, Richie Benaud, Larry Holmes, Lord Sebastian Coe, Pete Sampras, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Martina Hingis, Roger Federer, Michel Platini, Franz Klammer, Sir Matthew Pinsent and Kipchoge Keino amongst many others. Rob recently delivered a talk, illustrated with clips from his interviews, onboard the P&O ship Oriana.

Rob has introduced seminars and debates in front of live audiences for corporate sponsors....in September 2005 he hosted a discussion on the potential for sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympics and travelled to Qatar in November 2005 to chair a series of debates as part of the programme to mark the official opening of the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence.

Rob runs a video production company specialising in corporate and charity golf events and has just launched its new website http://www.five-iron.co.uk/. He's involved in media-familiarisation projects...and - on the lighter side - has appeared on the BBC programmes Children in Need and Call My Bluff. He's also a director of the Country Channel, an internet tv service based in Oxfordshire.

Rob also chairs conferences and seminars and is a highly skilled conference facilitator and after dinner speaker. He has a wealth of experience hosting events and award ceremonies, both at home and abroad.