Nigel Baker
VP Business Operations EMEA and Asia
APTN
Nigel Baker is Vice President of Business Operations in EMEA and Asia for Associated Press (AP) – the world’s largest news agency. He was originally recruited in 1994 by AP to help set up its television wing – Associated Press Television News (APTN) where he was successively head of news, director of content and managing director before taking up his current role. Prior to joining AP, he held senior editorial roles at Sky News, ITN and Reuters. During his career his field assignments have included producing TV coverage in North Korea, Iraq, Yugoslavia, and the collapse of the Soviet Union from Russia and Ukraine. He has been a judge of the UK’s Royal Television Society’s journalism awards since 1996, and is a past judge of BAFTA, Emmy’s, the Rory Peck awards for freelance camera operators and the ITV News awards.