Andrew Neil is a publisher, editor, writer, broadcaster, public speaker and business consultant on media matters. He is chief executive of Press Holdings Media (owners of The Spectator and The Business). He presents This Week (BBC1), Daily Politics (BBC2), and Straight Talk (BBC News 24). He is chairman of ITP (Dubai) and World Media Rights (London).
In 1983, he became editor of the Sunday Times of London and remained in that post for 11 years (until end-1994). While still editing The Sunday Times, Neil presided over the successful launch of Sky Television, the new satellite service that brought multi-channel TV to Britain. He was executive chairman of Sky from 1988 to 1990. In late 1994, he resigned from both The Sunday Times and Fox Television to begin a new career as an independent broadcaster, writer and media consultant.