James Pearce

He led BBC News’ coverage of London 2012 from the start of the bid in 2001 through to the announcement of the winning city in Singapore in 2005 and then on to those memorable Games in 2012. He has reported from ten Olympic Games (5 Summer and 5 Winter), and 4 Football World Cups.

After the 2012 Olympics James left his staff job at the BBC to go freelance and set up his own company. He still works for the BBC, presenting sports bulletins on the BBC News Channel, but much of his time is now devoted to his communications training agency. James is passionate about improving the skills of those appearing in media interviews. His highest profile clients are all the England football teams and the British Olympic and Paralympic teams, but he also works with a number of FTSE 100 executives and staff at NHS England. James delivers a very interactive and engaging conference talk, which outlines some of the key skills that we can all learn to improve our everyday communications in and out of the workplace. As he emphasises, we are all salespeople at times, and we can all learn techniques to improve the way that we communicate. Listen to James’ talk, and you will get the inside track on the teaching given to Harry Kane and his fellow England players.

James is also an extremely experienced event host and moderator. He has hosted events all over the world. He is the annual host of SportAccord, which is the world’s biggest and highest profile sports conference. The 2018 edition was in Bangkok and in 2019 it took place in the Gold Coast, Australia. James hosts numerous awards evenings and conferences, and is an expert at keeping an audience engaged while making sure that the event is running on time.