The Women of the Future Podcast: Katie Lloyd

Katie Lloyd is Development Director for BBC News & Current Affairs, leading the way in a number of areas; from culture change, D&I, talent development and sustainability, to the BBC’s flagship outreach project, BBC Young Reporter.

Since joining, Katie has devised a number of high-impact initiatives that have increased diversity and inclusion within the organisation; including the BBC News Women in Leadership Programme, Women in Tech Programme, Digital Apprenticeship Programme, Extend in News and the News Leadership Programme.

Katie created the BBC Next Generation Panel in order to get younger voices heard at a senior level and break down hierarchies. The panel reverse mentor the News Group Board, a model that has now been replicated across the BBC.

Previously, Katie was Deputy CEO of Media Trust where she oversaw PR, public affairs, youth media projects and the award winning in-house film production unit. Katie launched youth outreach work which benefited more than 20,000 disadvantaged young people across the UK. She also managed Media Trust’s key strategic partnerships with companies including Channel 4, Sky, BBC, ITV, News UK, DMGT and Google. 

In 2018, Katie was one of 50 business leaders recognised in the Women of the Future inaugural 'Kindness and Leadership' Awards and was also shortlisted for the European Diversity Awards in the ‘Diversity Champion of the Year’ category.  

Amongst numerous other accolades, Katie was nominated for ‘Inspiring Fifty UK’ a list of women leaders in tech, has judged the Women of the Future Awards, and was previously featured in PR Week's top '29 under 29' PRs in the UK as well as being listed as one of GQ's '100 Most Connected Women' in the UK. Katie is also a Fellow of the British-American Project and a Patron of LAMDA.

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For more information on the Women of the Future Programme and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk