Charlotte Hawkins
A board agenda, a leadership offsite, an awards night, and an investor day all need someone in front of the room who can hold an audience, interview a guest at depth, and keep the schedule moving without losing the tone. Internal hosts often lack the broadcast composure. External hosts often lack the substance. Finding someone who can do both, on the day, without rehearsal carrying the room, is harder than most event leads admit.
Charlotte Hawkins is a national broadcast journalist and ITV Good Morning Britain anchor who hosts conferences, awards, panels, and corporate events for senior audiences.
Full Profile
Why organisations work with Charlotte Hawkins
- A nationally recognisable face from ITV Good Morning Britain who lends immediate audience attention and credibility to a corporate or charity stage.
- Twenty years of live broadcast experience at ITN, Sky News, and ITV, which means panel timing, technical problems, and unscripted moments are handled without visible strain.
- Sustained interviewing track record with political figures and public figures, including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, and senior UK politicians, transferable to on-stage CEO and leader interviews.
- A second professional identity at Classic FM and as UK host for André Rieu cinema broadcasts, useful for cultural, arts, and entertainment-adjacent briefs that need a host with genuine subject affinity.
- Substantive personal advocacy on motor neurone disease, end-of-life care, and children’s cancer through long-standing charity patronages, available where the brief calls for a speaker rather than a host.
Biography highlights
- Anchor on ITV Good Morning Britain since the programme’s launch in 2014.
- Seven years at Sky News as co-presenter of Sunrise with Eamonn Holmes (2007 to 2014).
- Presenter on Classic FM since 2018, hosting Pet Classics and Smooth Classics at Seven.
- UK host for André Rieu’s cinema concert broadcasts; presenter of Sky Arts documentary André Rieu: Behind the Music.
- Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association and Ellenor Hospice; ambassador for Air Ambulances UK, Cancer Research UK Kids and Teens, and Dogs Trust.
- Mindful Moments classical compilation reached number one in the Classical Compilation Albums Chart for ten weeks.
Biography
Hosting a corporate event well is a different craft from delivering a keynote. The host has to read a live room, interview unprepared executives, recover from technical drops, and time the agenda to the minute, all while making the day feel like it has shape. That craft is what Charlotte Hawkins has spent twenty years building, first in regional news at ITV Meridian, then through seven years at Sky News on Sunrise alongside Eamonn Holmes, and since 2014 in the anchor chair on ITV Good Morning Britain.
Her on-air work has put her in conversation with senior UK politicians and public figures including Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John, which is the relevant proof point for buyers considering her for on-stage interviews with their own CEO or chair. The professional reflex from live morning television, holding tone, controlling time, listening for the substantive answer, transfers directly to conference and awards work.
A second professional identity at Classic FM, where she has presented since 2018, gives her a credible second register. Her Mindful Moments compilation held the top of the Classical Compilation Albums Chart for ten weeks, and she is the UK host of André Rieu’s global cinema broadcasts. For arts, cultural, and entertainment-adjacent briefs this is unusual depth for a primarily news-trained presenter.
Her charity work is the other substantive thread. She became patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association after her father’s death from the condition in 2015 and is a patron of Ellenor Hospice and an ambassador for Air Ambulances UK, Cancer Research UK Kids and Teens, and Dogs Trust. Where a brief calls for personal content rather than hosting, these are the topics where she has earned the right to speak.
Key speaking topics
- Conference and event hosting
- Awards ceremony presenting
- On-stage CEO and leader interviews
- Panel moderation
- Motor neurone disease and end-of-life care advocacy
- Women in broadcast journalism
- Classical music and the arts
Ideal for
- Corporate conferences and leadership offsites needing a broadcast-trained host
- Industry awards ceremonies and charity galas
- Investor days and AGMs requiring on-stage interviews with senior executives
- Cultural, arts, and entertainment events with a Classic FM or André Rieu audience overlap
Audience outcomes
- A live event held to time and to tone, with executive interviews drawn out rather than read out
- A recognisable national broadcast presence that lifts the perceived stature of the day
- For charity briefs, an emotionally credible voice on motor neurone disease, end-of-life care, and children’s cancer rather than a generic celebrity supporter