Katie Prescott

Katie Prescott is Technology Business Editor at The Times, co-host of The Times Tech Podcast, Tech Commentator of the Year, former BBC Business Presenter and Correspondent, moderator, keynote speaker on AI, technology and trends, event host. Katie is author of The Curious Case of Mike Lynch: The Improbable Life & Death of a Tech Billionaire.

As Tech Commentator of the Year at the 2024 UK Tech Awards, Katie Prescott is one of the UK’s best-known technology and business journalists – familiar to millions as The Times Technology Business Editor and, before that, a Senior Lead Business Presenter for Radio 4’s Today Programme and a Business Correspondent for BBC News.

Katie reports on the tumultuous changes across the tech, media and telecoms sectors and their profound impact on business and our own everyday lives, particularly in relation to Artificial Intelligence. She’s currently a weekly columnist for the newspaper’s award-winning business section and hosts many of the major events staged by The Times.

Alongside Danny Fortson, Katie now hosts The Times Tech Podcast. Each week sees a fresh interview with pioneers in tech, from the brightest start-ups to the tech giants, as Katie and Danny chronicle the AI revolution. Microsoft’ Satya Nadella and Sam Altman at OpenAI are just two of the senior tech leaders she has spoken with.

Katie Prescott’s new book, The Curious Case of Mike Lynch was published by Pan Macmillan in 2025. Katie has meticulously researched the extraordinary life and dramatic death of Mike Lynch – a story which, as she herself says, ‘reads like a thriller’. With exclusive access to sources she forensically explores the life and death of this extraordinary figure. Mike Lynch came from humble beginnings, Katie Prescott documents his subsequent rise via his digital business Autonomy, its then sale to Hewlett Packard for over $11 billion, a decade-long legal battle, through to the sinking of the superyacht Bayesian in 2024. The book is a brilliant feat of investigative reporting.

Katie Prescott is a compelling and superbly informed keynote speaker, moderator and event host at events such as the AI Sunmmit, London Tech Week and Retail Week. She is the perfect choice to host and facilitate at any and all events demanding expertise in AI together with business, finance, media, digital disruption and cyber security knowledge.

You can contact Katie Prescott via a Specialist Speakers agent on our London landline number – 0204 616 0868 – to hire Katie for speaking and presentation in both in-person and virtual settings, in the UK and other relevant territories.