Tim Willcox

Tim Willcox is one of the most widely watched presenters on UK television and best known for broadcasting across the BBC News channels.

Anchoring in the TV studio and on location, Tim presented on BBC1, BBC World, News Channel and BBC 4 along with BBC radio outlets. He also presented the Business Briefing and Dateline London and reported most of the big breaking news stories of the past 25 years.

Now an independent journalist and broadcaster, Tim frequently chairs, moderates and is a keynote speaker at major corporate conferences and festivals in the UK and around the world. He is adept at handling key interviews and panel discussions, and brings organisational skill, fluency, personality and energy to his role.

Tim Willcox started his career in newspaper journalism on London’s Fleet street, working for Mirror Group Newspapers and the Fleet Street News Agency. As a broadcast journalist, he worked for ITN News for many years as a presenter and correspondent. He was the network's Arts and Media Correspondent, and after joining the news team presented the networks live reports from New York City during the September 11 terrorist attacks.

In the studio and in the field, Tim Willcox is used to interviewing Prime Ministers and Presidents, leading international politicians and opinion-formers. He has a wealth of national and international experience - in September 2010 he travelled to Chile to report for BBC News on the attempts to rescue the miners trapped underground after the Copiapó mining accident.

Then, in March 2011 Tim played a significant role in reporting the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, reporting live for the BBC from the disaster zone and then just a few weeks later reporting from Libya on the 2011 Libyan civil war. He has also reported on Iraq and the Euro crisis.

More recent work has included presenting World News America from Washington DC, covering the Catalan crisis from Barcelona, leading the BBC on the ground coverage of major disasters including the Genoa bridge collapse, the Charlie Hebdo shootings and mass rally in Paris, the crisis in Ukraine and the super typhoon Haiyan from the Philippines.

In addition to his work as a journalist, Tim Willcox has made cameo acting appearances in a number of television dramas and films, including roles in Sex Traffic, State of Play, Jonathan Creek, 102 Dalmatians, Clueless and the BAFTA winning documentary How to Start a Revolution.

Tim is fluent in Spanish and speaks good French.

A born storyteller and communicator, Tim Willcox has brought sensitivity and global attention to people’s darkest and also happiest moments. However, he is equally comfortable at conferences and seminars interviewing leaders from the business, cultural, military and political communities.

Tim is frequently in demand as chair or moderator at conferences and seminars both in the UK and around the world. He is adept at handling key interviews and panel discussions, and brings organisational skill, fluency, personality and energy to his role.

As an after dinner, Tim Willcox presents fascinating illustrated after dinner talks about his life on the road, and is also an experienced and first class facilitator at conferences, seminars, awards ceremonies and other events in the UK and abroad.

Tim also provides bespoke training to CEOs and senior management teams to optimise media interaction. He helps sharpen and clarify corporate messages in an often hostile environment, regardless of industry or specialist area, including crisis management.

Recent engagements include:
IATA World Aviation Day, Mauritius
World Science Forum, Jordan
ipSoft AI Conference, Barcelona
International Travel Crisis Management Conference, London
NHS Expo, Manchester
Emirates Literature Festival, Dubai
World Hotels Conference, Las Vegas
World Travel and Tourism Council, Buenos Aires
Maritime Standard Awards, Dubai
Democracy Debate, Spanish Embassy, London
SMA Annual Charity Dinner, National Gallery, London
Brexit Conference, Malaga, Spain