Mark Webster
Media Training Expert
With more than 30 years’ experience, Mark is a seasoned journalist who has worked across some of the UK’s biggest print titles and broadcasters. He began his career at London’s Evening Standard, before moving to the Financial Times in 1977 as Africa correspondent and then industrial correspondent. Between 1982 and 2007, Mark held numerous anchor and editorial positions at ITN, one of the UK’s leading news broadcasters.
In 2007, Mark became Senior Spokesperson to Sir Menzies Campbell, then leader of the Liberal Democrats. He later served as Executive Director of Communications at the Charities Aid Foundation (2008–2011), leading media strategy and raising the organisation’s public profile.
Since 2011, Mark has worked internationally as a media trainer, moderator and communications consultant, advising multinational companies, governments and public bodies on media relations, crisis communications and messaging.
Mark is a native English speaker and is fluent in French.