Mark Stephen is a BBC broadcaster, producer, after-dinner speaker, Burns performer, MC and conference chairman. He is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, now known as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2016, he became a fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, joining a long line of prestigious names including Livingstone and Shackleton. In 2017, he chaired a two-day conference for the Scottish government “Scotland and the New North,” under the auspices of the Arctic Circle N.G.O.