Penny Haslam

Penny Haslam is a former BBC business journalist, who regularly presented on live TV and radio in the UK. Credits include BBC Breakfast, the News Channel and Panorama. She also enjoyed a 20-year career producing and presenting on national radio stations, BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live.

She is a multi-award-winning motivational speaker on the topics of communication and workplace confidence – her content is useful and entertaining. Penny is highly sought after for leadership days, employee events and business conferences.

Through her training and executive coaching business, Bit Famous, she works with leaders and senior managers in large organisations to enable them to communicate with confidence. Bit Famous was a 2025 finalist in the Personnel Today Awards, L&D Supplier of the Year category.

Penny is the author of two business books: Make Yourself a Little Bit Famous - How to power up your profile and get known for what you do, and Panel Discussions - The Ultimate Guide (finalist, Business Book of the Year Award 2023).

Her third book, Strategic Confidence - Turning Self-Belief Into Leadership Impact is out soon.