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Mark Durden-Smith
Mark Durden-Smith is one of Britain’s most versatile presenters, with the kind of charm and spontaneous wit that makes him a natural choice for corporate events.
Mark’s on-screen career started in sports, fronting Sky’s BAFTA-winning rugby coverage from 1997, before moving into entertainment. Early in 2010 Mark presented the second series of the successful nail-biting show Gutted on Home. In 2008 he presented the eighth series of ITV2's I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! and The Underdog Show with Tara Palmer-Tomkinson on LIVING. Mark presented a new series for ITV1 in 2007 called Wish You Were Here – Now and Then and ITV2's Soapstar Superstar Bonus Tracks. He also fronted ITV1's Boat Race coverage, which was nominated for a Broadcast Award.
July 2009 sees Mark presenting The Breakfast Show three times on BBC London Radio alongside Gaby Roslin. Mark has been presenting ITV's flagship daytime show This Morning during the summer, and in late July 2009 he will be hosting the show with Myleene Klass. Mark is also a regular newspaper pundit on Lorraine Kelly's sofa on GMTV.
Mark has hosted a variety of events with great success. His charisma, enthusiasm and competence as host or facilitator have impressed and delighted a variety of corporate clients, many of whom continue to invite him back to host year after year. Mark’s extensive client list includes O2 (Scrum in the Park), Britvic, The Carphone Warehouse, Halifax, Nestlé, Jet Airways, The Post Office, Adobe Systems Europe, Pentland Group, The Dog’s Trust, Samsung, The Sun (Police Bravery Awards), and Big Table PR (Nottingham Restaurant Awards)...to name a few!
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TESTIMONIALS:
“Mark was fantastic as our awards host...He really resonated with the audience, and obviously spent some time doing his homework on the event and the audience that would be attending. His humour and light hearted but professional approach worked really well and elevated the event to a new level. This is quite a hard event to host but Mark’s approach and control of the audience was just what was required – he really kept their attention. Mark also spent time after the awards ceremony chatting with our guests and generally made himself available, which was really appreciated by all those that attended. He was funny, charismatic and related well to the audience.”
ADOBE CHANNEL AWARDS, ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE LTD
"I would thoroughly recommend Mark as an awards host for corporate events. His fun, vibrant style really helped create an excellent atmosphere, and he had obviously done a lot of research in his own time on the presenters and winners of our awards, as he ad-libbed stories about them throughout the night. He stayed on to celebrate with the winners after the awards, and we were so pleased we booked him"
VISIT CHESTER AND CHESHIRE ANNUAL AWARDS
My client was absolutely delighted – I’ve had so many emails and texts singing his praises. He charmed the pants off everyone at the event. I have been doing the show for 6/7 years and he is by far the best person we’ve had to date. It is a busy day, with lots of meeting and greeting, and Mark was as polite and interested in the 100th person as he was with the 1st! He made my job so easy. I would recommend Mark any day. Please pass on my HUGE thanks!"
HOLIDAYWORLD ANNUAL EXHIBITION, BELFAST
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