Katie Prescott is Technology Business Editor at The Times, Co-host of The Times Tech Podcast, Tech Commentator of the Year, former BBC Business Presenter and Correspondent, Moderator, Keynote Speaker on AI, Technology and Trends.
Named Tech Commentator of the Year at the 2024 UK Tech Awards, Katie Prescott is one of the UK’s best-known technology and business journalists – a familiar writer and voice to millions as The Times Technology Business Editor and, before that, a Senior Lead Business Presenter for Radio 4’s Today Programme and a Business Correspondent across BBC News.
Katie reports on the dynamic changes across the tech, media and telecoms sectors and their impact on business and our everyday lives, particularly in relation to Artificial Intelligence. She’s a weekly columnist for the newspaper’s award-winning business section and hosts some of the major events staged by The Times.
Alongside The Sunday Times’ West Coast Correspondent, Danny Fortson, Katie hosts The Times Tech podcast. Each week sees a fresh interview with pioneers in tech, from the brightest start-ups to the tech giants, as Katie and Danny chronicle the AI revolution. Satya Nadella of Microsoft and Sam Altman at OpenAI are just some of the senior tech leaders she has spoken to.
Katie is a highly accomplished Keynote Speaker, Moderator and Event MC at events such as London Tech Week, the AI Summit and Retail Week.
Clients have included Dell, The Investment Association, Accenture, Innovate Finance, the British Chambers of Commerce, The Airport Operators Association and the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
She is well placed to host and facilitate at conferences and other events requiring her expertise in technology, artificial intelligence, the metaverse, business, finance, media, digital disruption and cyber security.
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. 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.
Katie is writing a book about Tech Entrepreneur Mike Lynch, to be published by Pan Macmillan. She has a degree in Modern Languages from Oxford and lives in London.
TESTIMONIALS
'Our panel required deft chairing. It was a job Katie did with great aplomb, setting the context for the discussions, bringing in the speakers at the right moments for them to make useful contributions. Her experience as a broadcast journalist was certainly brought to bear, as she adeptly kept the conversation flowing, while ensuring it also remained focused and engaging. Katie was a consummate professional, a pleasure to work with, and someone we would love to work with again in the future.'
Jack Neill-Hall - The CityUK
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