Chris Langdon is  Oxford Research Group's Managing Director. From 1997-2008 he was a Programme Director at the Wilton Park conference centre where he ran their South East Europe programme. He is currently directing the "Communicating Europe project for the independent think-tank, the European Stability Initiative. It brings policy-makers and TV editors from the Western Balkans working on EU integration to EU capitals to engage with decision-makers. Chris has also worked as a TV producer and researcher for the BBC and ITV for 16 years. He was senior producer responsible for BBC TV News coverage of the 1989 Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution. He is still active in media work; working on media development projects. He directed two ESI documentaries covering human security issues; one in Bosnia funded by DFID, and one on Kosovo supported by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry.