Sarah-Jane Mee
Live events fail when the person on stage cannot read a room, hold a difficult interview, or move a packed agenda forward without losing the audience. The risk grows when the brief mixes business, sport, current affairs and award presentations in a single evening. Most presenters can handle one register. Few can move between all of them without dropping authority.
Sarah-Jane Mee is a Sky News anchor and Sky Sports presenter who hosts and moderates corporate events, awards ceremonies and panel discussions across business, sport and current affairs.
Full Profile
Why organisations work with Sarah-Jane Mee
- Live broadcast credibility. She anchors The UK Tonight on Sky News and previously fronted Sunrise as its first female lead anchor, so she handles unscripted moments, tight cues and difficult interviews on stage the way she does on air.
- A working journalist’s instinct for the room. She can move from a CEO Q&A to an awards run-of-show to a charity appeal without the register slipping, and without the energy dropping.
- Genuine fluency across business and sport. A career spanning Sky News political and current-affairs programming and Sky Sports flagship coverage means she is a credible host for events that blend commercial, sporting and women-in-sport themes.
- A track record with serious clients. Named hosting work for Google, Amnesty International, the League Managers’ Association, Chance to Shine, the Inspirational Women Awards and the Boodles Tennis Tournament.
- A named platform for women’s sport. She presents the Sunday Times and Sky Sportswomen of the Year Awards, which gives her a specific public position on women in sport that few hosts can claim.
Biography highlights
- Anchor, The UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee, Sky News (from October 2023).
- First female lead anchor of Sky News Sunrise (2016 to 2019).
- Host, The Sarah-Jane Mee Show, Sky News (2019 to 2023).
- Long-running Sky Sports presenter across UEFA Champions League, Cricket AM, Saturday Night Football and Sky Sports News.
- Presenter, Sunday Times and Sky Sportswomen of the Year Awards.
- Corporate and awards host for Google, Amnesty International, the League Managers’ Association, Chance to Shine, the Inspirational Women Awards and the Boodles Tennis Tournament.
Biography
The UK Tonight launched on Sky News in October 2023 as the channel’s primetime evening hour for interviews, original journalism and live debate. Sarah-Jane Mee is its anchor. Before that she was the first female lead anchor of Sunrise, Sky News’ flagship breakfast programme, from 2016 to 2019, and then fronted her own weekday afternoon show until 2023.
Her career sits across two specialisms that rarely combine in one presenter. On the news side, she has covered general elections, breaking stories and major terror events live. On sport, she has anchored Sky Sports flagship Premier League and Champions League programming, fronted Cricket AM, and presents the Sunday Times and Sky Sportswomen of the Year Awards live on Sky Sports. That is a useful pairing for any client whose event mixes commercial content with sport, sponsorship, or women’s sport in particular.
Off-air, she is one of the UK’s busier corporate hosts. Named hosting and moderating work includes Google, Amnesty International, the League Managers’ Association and Chance to Shine, alongside the Inspirational Women Awards and the Boodles Tennis Tournament. Clients book her for awards nights, charity dinners, Q&A formats, panel chairing and conference facilitation.
The proposition is straightforward. Where an event needs a host who can read a room, hold a serious interview on stage, and keep an audience with her through a packed agenda, she is a safe pair of hands with a current Sky News platform behind her.
Key speaking topics
- Live event hosting and conference facilitation
- Awards presenting and ceremony hosting
- Panel moderation and on-stage interviews
- Current affairs and broadcast journalism
- Women in sport and women in business
- Sport, broadcasting and the media industry
Ideal for
- Awards ceremonies and recognition events, particularly those involving women in sport, women in business or charity partners.
- Corporate conferences and town halls requiring a host who can chair CEO interviews and panel discussions on commercial and current-affairs topics.
- Charity dinners, fundraising events and Q&A formats where a recognisable, trusted broadcaster is needed to carry the evening.
- Sports industry dinners, sponsor activations and league events where credibility with players, managers and rights-holders matters.
Audience outcomes
- A live event that runs to time, holds its energy and stays in control of its on-stage moments.
- Interviews and panels with sharper questions, better follow-ups and more usable content for post-event communications.
- A credible host voice for women-in-sport and women-in-business themes that does not feel performative.
- A serious broadcast journalist’s framing for business, current affairs and policy conversations, suitable for senior internal and external audiences.