Renowned broadcaster, Sir Trevor McDonald, sat down with the Sustainable Investment Festival 2022 audience to discuss what he would ask president Vladimir Putin and delves into the current state of UK politics.
McDonald made him name working at ITN - which went on to become ITV - presenting the coveted News at 10 spot. At the close of SIF 2022 day one, McDonald spoke with host and fellow journalist, Declan Curry, and recalled some of the watershed interviews of his career, including Saddam Hussein and Nelson Mandela. McDonald was the first person to interview Mandela when he was released from prison in 1990 - "there were a lot of us who wanted to do it and there was a coin toss to decide who would talk to him first, and I won", he recalled to Curry. SIF 2022 Blog: All the news and views from...
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