After Dinner SpeakersBeth Rigby is Sky News’ Political Editor.
Beth also presents a talk show on Thursday nights on Sky News called Beth Rigby Interviews.
Since joining Sky News in 2016, Beth has covered the Brexit referendum, two general elections, the Brexit wars and the Covid pandemic.
As a financial and political reporter, Beth Rigby was a print journalist for nearly two decades.
She joined the Financial Times as a trainee journalist in 1998 and became one of the newspaper’s youngest-ever team leaders when she was appointed Consumer Industries Editor in 2007.
Beth spent over a decade as a financial journalist, covering hedge funds, the City, financial services and retailers. As a result, Beth won many industry awards for her coverage of the retail sector and hedge funds.
“Stand out political broadcaster of our times”
Royal Television Society magazine
In 2010, Beth moved onto the newspaper’s Westminster team as Chief Political Correspondent before being promoted to Deputy Political Editor in 2012. During these years, Beth covered the fallout of the financial crash, the Scottish independence referendum, the first coalition government since the Second World War, and the 2015 general election.
In addition to the day job, Beth was a regular panellist on BBC One’s Sunday Politics Show. She also appeared on the Andrew Marr Show and was a newspaper reviewer for the BBC News Channel.
She has also appeared on Daily Politics, Have I Got News for You, Channel 4 News and Good Morning Britain.
On radio, Beth regularly presented for Radio 4’s What the Papers Say and anchored Week in Westminster. She also appeared on the Today programme, Broadcasting House, the Media Show and Women’s Hour.
In late 2015, Beth joined The Times as Media Editor before being appointed Senior Political Correspondent by Sky News.
In 2018, Beth Rigby was promoted to Deputy Political Editor and has been the station’s Political Editor since April 2019.
Beth Rigby is available to facilitate conferences or deliver keynote speeches on topics surrounding the Political Landscape.
