Awards Hosts

Renowned comedian and actor

Eddie Izzard

BBC Business editor and Radio 4 Today programme presenter; he was previously the Business and Economics Presenter on Radio 4's Today Programme for many years. Co host of the Good, Bad Billionaire Podcast.

Simon Jack

In spite of retiring in 2003, Colin Jackson still holds the world record for the indoor 60m hurdles, He held the outdoor 110m hurdles (12.91 seconds set in the final of the 1993 World Championships) until it was finally bettered by Liu Xiang in 2006.

Colin Jackson

Broadcaster, Columnist, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Glassette; her most recent Channel 4 series ‘The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge’ has been recommissioned for a second series. Could see her chiming with your audience with regards to creativity and curation of content.

Laura Jackson

Maya Jama is a TV presenter and radio DJ who has amassed a large following on Instagram, thanks to her bubbly and honest personality

Maya Jama

One of Britain's most successful black female singers and entertainers. Won the MOBO award for best UK Act, has modelled and appeared on TV.

Jamelia

Aaron is one of the top mainstream comedians in the UK today. He has many strings to his bow being an impressionist, host, auctioneer and presenter with an ability to work any type of event and make it fun-filled.

Aaron James

Precociously talented, young up and coming comedian. Can be seen on Mock The Week. We’ve seen him grow and mature over the last few years, and he’s definitely ready for more. Recently did a Great Room gig and made a great job of it. Was the star of our Speaker Drinks back in ’18.

Rhys James

Poppy Jamie is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and entertainment presenter. At 25 Poppy founded her first start-up, an accessories brand “Pop and Suki” with best friend and model/actress Suki Waterhouse. At 26 Poppy founded Happy Not Perfect (HNP) a mental well-being start-up application and corresponding product line which is being launched in 2018.

Poppy Jamie

Former Merrill Lynch stockbroker Mark Jeffries has become a trusted adviser and communications consultant to some of the world's largest and most successful corporations, agencies and partnerships.

Mark Jeffries

Simon Jenkins is a journalist and author. He writes a column twice weekly for the Guardian and weekly for the Evening Standard, as well as broadcasting for the BBC.

Simon Jenkins

Veteran Radio and TV broadcaster. David acquired the nickname "Kid" because he was the youngest radio presenter in Europe when he started. Since then he has worked for the BBC, Ted Turner, Capital and can currently be heard on Smooth Radio.

David 'Kid' Jensen

Well known weather presenter from the Midlands and a popular corporate presenter. She was actually studying for a science degree at Cambridge when she fell into presenting, and the rest is history!

Emma Jesson

Ashley John-Baptiste is a young BBC broadcast journalist and presenter who has a remarkable story of how he overcame his troubled childhood to study at one of the world’s best universities. He was nominated for the Young Talent of the Year award at this year’s RTS Television Journalism Awards.

Ashley John-Baptiste

Samantha Johnson is an award-winning international sports broadcaster, with a track record of hosting some of the biggest sports events on the planet, as well as being a compelling speaker on diversity

Samantha Johnson