Katie Prescott

Technology Business Editor at The Times, former BBC Business Presenter and Correspondent, Moderator, Event Host and Keynote speaker Katie Prescott is one of the UK’s best-known business journalists.

A familiar voice to millions of listeners, after a decade of reporting for The BBC, along with being the Senior Lead Business Presenter for Radio 4’s Today Programme and a Business Correspondent across the BBC News on TV, Radio and online; Katie is now the Technology Business Editor for The Times and a weekly columnist for the newspaper’s award-winning business section.

Across the fast-changing landscape of tech, media and telecoms, Katie brings all the key stories to readers, listeners and viewers across Times platforms.

During her time at The BBC, Katie worked across all the corporation’s major news outlets as the on-screen face and voice explaining and analysing the tumultuous changes wrought by COVID-19, the European debt crisis and new technology, in addition to the challenges of sustainability and climate change.

She has travelled extensively for her work, from Tanzania and Rwanda, to China and America as well as working as a journalist in the BBC’s New York Bureau. She is a highly accomplished speaker and moderator, having worked with a range of major clients, she is well placed to host and facilitate at conferences and other events requiring her expertise in technology, business finance, economics, media, digital disruption, cyber security and sustainability.