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Will Stebbins
Will Stebbins: Bureau Chief, Washington DC

Will Stebbins joined the channel from Associated Press Television News (APTN) where he was Regional Editor, overseeing the management of all of APTN's Latin American news.

Will is multi-lingual and brings to a wealth of broadcast experience from his previous roles as Regional Executive, APTN, Miami, Senior Producer, APTN, Havana, and Bureau Chief, Worldwide Television News, Cairo.

Olga Stukalova: Bureau Chief, Russia

Al Jazeera English's Olga Stukalova has in-depth knowledge and experience of Russian affairs.

Previously a desk producer at the Moscow Bureau of Associated Press Television News, Olga covered major news stories in Russia and the CIS including three Russian presidential elections, the sinking of the submarine 'Kursk', and the 1999 apartment bombings in Moscow.

She travelled to Afghanistan and neighbouring countries following developments in the aftermath of 9/11.

Amnol Saxena
Anmol Saxena: Bureau Chief, India
Anmol Saxena has more than 18 years of experience in the media industry. Anmol joined Al Jazeera English from APTN.

Anmol also worked with the Indian National Broadcaster to provide extensive coverage of the war in Iraq.

World View the programme which he produced went on to become one of the top rated news-programmess on Doordarshan.

In addition, Anmol has written and produced a series of documentaries for leading Indian news Broadcasters ZEE News and DD.

Andrew Simmons: Bureau Chief, Africa

Andrew Simmons has more than 20 years of experience in high profile television news.

His awards include winner of two Royal Television Society (RTS) awards.Andrew is an experienced war correspondent – he covered Chechnya, the Bosnian conflict and the first Gulf War during which he spent more than one week in captivity in Basra.

He spent nearly 15 years with ITN which included four years as Ireland correspondent and spells running bureaux in the Middle East, Moscow and Europe. He left ITN to join Sky News in 2000 as a senior correspondent for Sky News special reports unit.
 
Andrew joined the BBC in 2001 as a presenter for Interactive Channels and as a regular presenter on BBC News 24. He was appointed BBC Bureau Chief in West Africa in 2004 based in Dakar, Senegal.

SENIOR EXECUTIVES

Omar Bec: Manager Foreign Bureaux and Development

Omar Bec's career encompasses nearly two decades of senior roles in international television news, including with Al Jazeera Channel, BBC World Service and Worldwide Television News (WTN).

Before joining Al Jazeera English, Omar was Al Jazeera Channel's Bureau Chief Tokyo, Japan having formerly been its Head of Newsgathering and Operations, managing an award-winning team of foreign correspondents.

 Source: Al Jazeera
 
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