Mark Worthington (journalist)
Mark Alexander Worthington (born 10 May 1977) is a former BBC journalist, a regular media commentator, and the Co-Founder of the Singapore-headquartered strategic communications company, Klareco Communications.[1] Worthington was managing director with Bell Pottinger Asia in Singapore[2][3] at the time the UK-based parent company went into administration (bankruptcy) as a consequence of a scandal caused by its activities in South Africa. He led the rebranding and management buyout of Bell Pottinger Asia that led to its rebirth as Klareco Communications.[4][5][6][7][8]
He regularly appears as an expert commentator in the media on business and reputational issues,[9][10][11] and UK politics,[12][13] and he was a regular expert panelist for Channel NewsAsia on Views on the News.[14] Worthington was formerly a Correspondent with BBC News, where he spent 10 years reporting for the BBC's network news programmes on television and radio.[15]
Education[edit]
Worthington was educated at Stubbington House School, a former boys' junior independent school in Ascot in Berkshire, which had relocated from the village of Stubbington in Hampshire, followed by Bradfield College, a senior boarding independent school in the village of Bradfield (near Reading), also in Berkshire, which he left in 1995.[16] He then went up to Christ Church at the University of Oxford, where he was awarded a BA Honours degree in English Language and Literature.[17] He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from City University London.
Life and career[edit]
In 2011, Worthington reported for the BBC on the clearance of the illegal traveller site at Dale Farm in Essex[18] and the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.[19] He has worked as the BBC's Midlands Correspondent and as a reporter for BBC Northern Ireland, where he was nominated for the international Concentra Award for outstanding video journalism.[20] Worthington has also worked as a news producer for the Japanese network Tokyo Broadcasting System, and was mentioned during the Hutton Inquiry as one of the journalists in contact with the government scientist Dr. David Kelly.[21]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Our Senior Management". Klareco Communications. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ @PAAGoldStandard. "Bell Pottinger announces Asia expansion". PublicAffairsAsia. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ "Bell Pottinger". Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Deirdre Hipwell; Richard Fletcher (28 September 2017). "Bell Pottinger co-founder quits after Gupta scandal". The Times. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ Yasmine YahyaSenior Political Correspondent (8 September 2017). "Bell Pottinger Asia undergoes name change, formal separation from troubled parent". The Straits Times. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ Eileen Yu. "AU Online Ads Hit £4.64bn; Klareco to Shed Bell Pottinger Asia in Rebrand". ExchangeWire. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ Bell Pottinger Asia leaves parent, adopts new identity
- ↑ Paul Wallbank (3 April 2019). "NEWS'Overnight we found the company was gone': How Bell Pottinger Asia recovered from the London scandal". Mumbrella Asia. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ The Ghosn brand is broken. Here’s how he could fix it Gulf Business. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2023
- ↑ "How Uber, valued at billions, was sent packing by a start-up in Singapore". Nanyang Business School. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ "How Olympus nearly collapsed | Inside The Storm | Full episode". YouTube. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ Youjin, Low (9 September 2022). "Queen Elizabeth II: Older S'poreans lament end of era, but youth feel far removed from her time as colonial ruler". Today. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ "Mark Worthington, Klareco Communications". Moneyfm893.sg. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ "Views on the News". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mark Worthington (agent". June Ford-Crush. 15 January 2012. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bradfield College Alumni". Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Annual report 2018 Christ Church
- ↑ Mark Worthington (2011-09-23). "BBC News - Dale Farm: High Court decision on travellers' site on Monday". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ↑ "BBC News - Japan nuclear crisis: Radiation spike report 'mistaken'". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-03-27. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ↑ "Concentra Awards". Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Chris Tryhorn (2003-08-14). "Letter reveals Kelly's media links | Media | MediaGuardian". Guardian. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
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