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Katty Kay

US Special Correspondent for BBC Studios | Award-winning Journalist | Bestselling Author

Katty Kay
Confidence Code: The Gap
Virtual: Speaker Promo
Katty Kay
America's Role in the World
Katty Kay
Confidence is a Choice
katty kay
Host/M.C.
A Global Snapshot
Katty
Katty Kay
Katty Kay
katty kay
Katty Kay
Confidence Code: The Gap
Virtual: Speaker Promo
Katty Kay
America's Role in the World
Katty Kay
Confidence is a Choice
katty kay
Host/M.C.
A Global Snapshot

Katty Kay is an award-winning journalist who brings an instinctively global perspective to her observations on American politics and global affairs. She has spent nearly 30 years with BBC News as a reporter and news anchor, where she’s reported on six US presidential elections, Washington politics, financial crashes, world trouble spots, and more. As a speaker, panel moderator, or interviewer, Kay’s global perspective helps audiences cut through complex issues and see them in valuable context.

Currently the US special correspondent for BBC Studios, Kay hosts TV documentaries, presents her own podcast series, and writes a weekly news column for BBC News. Her first TV documentary, Trump: The Comeback?, takes a closer look at the fate of American democracy and provides insight on what may come in the 2024 presidential election. Kay is also a regular contributor on MSNBC’s Morning Joe as well as serving as a guest-host for the program on occasion.

Kay also writes on the art and science of self-assurance in women and girls. Helping women turn thoughts into action and master a more confident mindset is one of her passions, which drove her to co-author, with Claire Shipman, five New York Times’ bestselling books: Womenomics, The Confidence Code, The Confidence Code for Girls, Living the Confidence Code, and The Power Code: More Joy. Less Ego. Maximize Impact for Women (and Everyone).

Following this, Kay co-authored three more New York Times bestselling books with Claire Shipman and JillEllyn Riley: The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, and Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self; the follow-up, The Confidence Code for Girls Journal: A Guide to Embracing Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self; and her most recent, Living the Confidence Code: Real Girls, Real Stories, Real Confidence. These empowering, entertaining guides gives girls the essential yet elusive code to becoming bold, brave, and fearless.

On the fun side, Kay had the distinction of being immortalized in pop culture in 2018 when her name was the answer to a question on Jeopardy. In the same week, she was portrayed in a skit on Saturday Night Live, which satirized a moment from MSNBC’s Morning Joe program.

Speaking topics

Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

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  • Womenomics makes a compelling statement about the financial impact women can have in the workplace and offers valuable ideas for capitalizing on this trend, even in this economic climate.

  • Katty Kay was a huge hit with the attendees at NY Cash Exchange! She did a great job of creating a current events message geared to our group’s primary areas of interest and her presentation style was very polished and professional. Her humor provided a welcome balance.  Perhaps the highest point was the Q&A session. She is obviously very well informed and quick minded. We would certainly book her again.

  • Fantastic!!!! Katty was simply fabulous. The audience loved her.

  • I can’t begin to describe how well Katty connected with our audience. She really resonated with the group as a single presenter discussing politics in DC and the obvious partisanship and discord that threaten our political representatives to govern. Interestingly, she does not give the press a free ride either, as too often, be it television or radio, the media has turned nearly as partisan as our politics.  She was engaging, confident and yet self-deprecating at the same time.  Doing double duty, she then moderated a business session discussing gender issues in the industry where she performed magnificently. With her recent book, “Womenomics”, it was obvious she knows the concerns and problems of women in the corporate world and their impact in the marketplace.  We had several compliments about this session, especially from men. Having said all that, perhaps her most important attribute is her genuineness. She was perfect for our program and our audience.  I would not be hesitant to recommend her to any organization.

  • Thank you for being such a great keynote speaker. Your presentation touched our entire membership. The way you set the table with your message of where America fits in today’s Global Economy, was quite skillful and eye opening for those attending. They felt reassured that the USA was still the world leader that they all grew up believing and yes … better days are on their way!

  • It was our pleasure to have you appear before our attendees last week in Miami on the occasion of our annual meeting of the American Cotton Shippers Association. Your comments and analysis of domestic and international matters was very well received and enjoyed by everyone I spoke with afterwards. The connections you made with our members regarding their export markets relating to China, Turkey, and others was a very good fit. Your genuine approach to the audience was refreshing and made personal by your wonderful smile and personality.

  • It was great to see you again.  You were incredibly well-received – both last night and this afternoon.  Your message is powerfully and passionately delivered, and really resonates with us.  Thank you again for taking the time to join us.

  • Katty was absolutely fantastic.  The attendees loved her.  Her comments couldn’t have been more well suited for our audience. She’s a very personable person which makes hosting so much easier.  I am so glad that we were able to do this.

  • I want to thank you for leading such a superb panel discussion with Antoine and Arjun.  The rapport that you established through the conversation was just wonderful and they were both extremely candid in their views which our members appreciated (and commented on). It was one of the best discussions on emerging markets that we’ve featured at the Winter Forum. Some of their perspectives were unexpected, like those related to Russia and other regions – which made the session all the more interesting. The difference in ensuring this was executed at a high level was all the preparation you undertook and your willingness to tailor the discussion for actionable ideas for the audience. I was thrilled with the outcome and it was a real honor to have you join us.

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