Charlie Webster

As a broadcast journalist, Charlie has worked for major networks including BBC and Sky, covering global events from the Olympic and Paralympic Games and FIFA World Cup’s to exclusive in-depth interviews of superstars and world leaders.

At 23, she made history when ESPN and Star Sports appointed her as the first ever live female football presenter in Asia. At 25, she became the youngest person to lead a sports newsroom and later the first female globally to anchor a Heavyweight World Title Fight.

In 2009 she was selected to present ITV's coverage of the Red Bull Air Races before joining the Sky Sports team.

Charlie started out her career as a professional model and landed her first job in TV as an entertainment reporter for MTV. Charlie then became the face of Real Madrid International TV and fronted many of their commercial activities such as the award-winning Adidas Impossible is Nothing campaign with David Beckham.

As a keynote speaker Charlie has a unique ability to draw upon her exceptional track-record as a broadcast journalist and campaigner, her academic understanding of psychology and her multiple life traumas to inform, transform, and energise diverse audiences.

In 2021, Charlie produced and presented Nowhere to Run: Abused by our coach. The BBC documentary focused on Charlie’s personal experiences of being groomed and sexually abused by her athletics coach as a child. It’s release led to a change in UK law and in national and international policy.

In 2024, Charlie published Why It’s Ok to Talk About Trauma.

Corporate Experience
Charlie is an adept live presenter, MC, and host working for brands such as Nike and Adidas as well as LOCOG at their live events and various charity dinners and events.

Charlie is a frequent marathon runner and regular columnist for Running Fitness magazine. Charlie supports a range of charities including Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research and Women's Aid Federation of England.

Speech topics include:

• Leadership
ª Mindset
• Peak performance
• Overcoming adversity
• Mental health
• Equality and inclusion

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