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Motivational and Inspirational Speaker
Emma Vardy
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Emma Vardy is the BBC’s Los Angeles Correspondent combining reporting on and analysing US politics with covering a wide variety of breaking news on the west coast.
An engaging and versatile broadcaster she regularly appears on flagship programmes the BBC News at Six and Ten, BBC Breakfast, Radio 4 and Radio 5live, reporting on the US presidential election, Hollywood‘s awards season as well as business and the rapidly evolving world of technology.
Emma covered the assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the presidential race, the world’s biggest technology outage, the US college campus riots, as well as writing for The Sunday Times on an exclusive interview with Celine Dion.
Previously as Ireland Correspondent, Emma was best known for explaining the complexities of politics in Northern Ireland, and for her “brave and fearless reporting” on paramilitary groups.
An award winning broadcaster with fifteen years BBC experience she has also reported from the Ukraine conflict, Washington DC and covered politics in Westminster, as well as having presented Newsnight and hosted the business news on BBC Breakfast.
Emma has won two Royal Television Society Awards and been named the Political Studies Association “Journalist of the Year”.
Passionate about sport, Emma has played women’s football and rugby and regularly travels the world to surf in far flung destinations. Having become a mother she has also reported on the changing attitudes to sport and fitness in pregnancy, but says her most daunting task yet was answering questions in the famous chair on Celebrity Mastermind with Clive Myrie.
Emma’s warm and entertaining style as a speaker and host brings a fresh approach to a wide variety of subjects. Her ability to connect with a wide range of audiences and demystify even the most difficult of subjects has seen her become one of the most well-liked BBC on-screen talents. Emma has hosted events and chaired panels for organisations including the Political Studies Association, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern – 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Royal College of Midwives, Queens University and Belfast Book Festival.
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Testimonials
“Emma Vardy chaired two Annual Lectures for the Political Studies Association. These were major events for us, with leading academics addressing global issues for a diverse public audience.
Emma engaged excellently with our expert speakers, and then did a particularly fine job in chairing the Q&A sessions – ensuring that a range of different questions were considered, while also keeping the event firmly on-topic.
Emma brought to our events the presentational skills of a highly-experienced journalist, as well as a lightness of touch and just the right amount of humour. She very much enhanced the overall quality of our Annual Lectures”
“Emma has facilitated both online and in person events and we have been impressed by Emma’s professionalism and ability to conduct interesting and informative interviews with a range or authors. Emma is reliable and personable with an engaging personality and we would not hesitate to engage her again.”
Emma was a consummate professional chairing with grace, and skilfully working through the agenda ensuring that speakers were at their ease. She managed the political panel with expert journalistic insight. Emma made a vital contribution, and her input greatly enhanced the quality of the event
Emma was a superb host of our Good Friday Agreement Anniversary event that we held with the former British and Irish Prime Ministers, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, and a group of 200 young people from across Northern Ireland. Emma conducted this historic session perfectly, keeping it engaging by asking perceptive questions from our two speakers, whilst at the same time enabling the young participants the space and confidence to give their own insights, and importantly also the opportunity to converse with two global statesmen. It was a momentous event that was guided with truly exceptional professionalism by Emma
