Ben Thompson is a presenter and correspondent for BBC News, based in London. He hosts BBC Breakfast, the UK’s flagship morning news programme, as well as anchoring rolling coverage on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. With 20 years experience as a journalist, Ben has travelled around the world interviewing newsmakers, politicians and business leaders and telling the stories of people at the heart of the biggest global stories. Before taking up this latest role Ben was the BBC's North America Business Correspondent, based in New York and Middle East Business Correspondent, based in Dubai.