Bridgid Nzekwu

Biography

A sought-after conference host and panel moderator, Bridgid brings journalistic rigour, authority, warmth and adept handling of debate for public and private events. She honed these skills during a TV news career spanning more than 25 years, presenting news for the BBC, Channel 4 News, ITV News and 5News.

At Channel 4 she was also a specialist reporter covering consumer, business and economic news. She was a finalist at the Business Journalist of the Year Awards in 2009 and received a Special Commendation in 2008 at the Personal Finance Awards.

Bridgid is Managing Director at PA Media Academy, the specialist media, communications and journalism training company that’s part of PA Media Group.

She was named Outstanding Woman in Professional Services at the 2018 Precious Awards, in recognition of her work as a media trainer, coaching spokespeople and press/comms teams in public speaking, media interview performance and media relations/strategy.

Bridgid is a keynote speaker, appearing at PR Week Crisis Comms 2026 conference and has lectured on communications at Cambridge University Judge Business School and the University of London.

She is an engaging and sought-after host for virtual events too, for example the biennial World Hydropower Congress, for which she interviews international figures such as Mark Carney, former Bank of England Governor, on financing sustainable, renewable energy markets.

Additionally, Bridgid has developed a specialist interest in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, complementary therapies, nutrition, resilience and wellness. This stems from her personal experience of surviving cancer twice and undergoing open heart surgery.

She has presented programmes for the Embarrassing Bodies series (Channel 4) and written in the Sunday Times about undergoing radical breast cancer surgery and treatment. She has studied anatomy and physiology and complementary therapies, qualifying with distinction in reflexology in 2020.