Nik Gowing is Main Presenter for the BBC's international 24-hour news channel BBC World News, where he presents World News Today with Nik Gowing, BBC World Debate,DatelineLondon and location coverage. For 18 years he worked at ITN where he was bureau chief in Rome and Warsaw, and Diplomatic Editor for Channel Four News. Additionally, Mr. Gowing has been a member of the Councils of Chatham House, the Royal United Services Institute and the Overseas Development Institute, the Board of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, and the Advisory Council at Wilton Park.