The BBC Debate: Whose business is it?

Peter Day (born in 1947) is a BBC News business correspondent and host of In Business and its sister programme Global Business on BBC World Service, a radio show that focuses on global business issues. Peter Day has developed a profound expertise in the fields of business and economics through his lifelong experience as business correspondent for BBC and Radio 4.

He trained with the International Publishing Corporation (IPC) newspaper scheme in South Devon and was awarded two Harold Wincott Awards for broadcast business journalism in 1989 and 2000. Peter Day holds a degree in English from the University of Oxford and was given an honorary Doctorate of business administration by the University of Lincoln in 2009.




Shane Frith is the Director of the think tank Progressive Vision, a classical-liberal think tank working with both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties. Progressive Vision actively campaigns for small government and free societies. Before founding Progressive Vision, he worked for a number of think tanks including Reform, Open Europe and Global Vision. He has been a parliamentary candidate for the New Zealand National Party the Conservative Party and held a number of senior positions within this party.

Between 2002 and 2004, he was the Chairman of the International Young Democrat Union, an organisation linking young people involved in centre-right parties worldwide. He has advised conservative Members of Parliament in both Britain and New Zealand and has run a number of businesses including a start-up internet retailer.



Faisel Rahman is Founder and Managing Director of Fair Finance, a financial service firm advising indebted customers. In 2005, he launched Fair Finance as an attempt to revolutionise personal finance starting with the people the banks left behind. His firm is a microcredit lender and provides debt advice free of charge.

Prior to founding Fair Finance, Faisel Rahman became an expert in the field of microfinance at the Grameen Bank and the World Bank and co-authored a number of books on charitable fundraising and trust funds. In 2007, he was elected one of the first UK Ashoka Fellows in recognition of his work in social enterprise and the potential to make system changing impact through Fair Finance.




Gautam Thapar (born in 1960) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the family-owned Avantha Group. With over 20000 employees, the Avantha Group actively engages in diverse business areas, including pulp and paper, power transmission, information technology and food processing. He was responsible for the groups strategic turnaround and restructuring programme, ensuring that the group attained dominant status in key operating sectors.

Gautam Thapar is President of the Thapar University and Chairman of the Aspen Institute India, which aims to internationalise Indias business, political and cultural leadership. He was educated at the Doon School and studied chemical engineering at the Pratt University, New York.

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gautam thapar is sooo smart!

[BloodTypeRagu]

mmm i take it back, by the end of the first hour its apparent in my opinion that these guys are very onesided. Its interesting tat the host is talking about the 'real world' but it seems this is coming from highly educated folks who are in fact very isolated from the real world. They know about poverty and suffering in the abstract, but it does not enter their actual thoughts and feeling.

[BloodTypeRagu]

pretty onesided but relevant

[cjnpure25]

I wish I had found about St. Stagllen Symposium earlier. I learned quite a lot from just watching this video. Thank-you for giving students the opportunity to think and get advice from some of the best. I hope to be in that hall debating someday. All the best to everyone that put an effort into making it happen every year.