In 2021 financial speaker, Liam Halligan, was named as economics and business editor at GB News and co-presenter of a daily lunchtime show with former Labour Party MP Gloria De Piero. He is the former Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management – one of the world’s leading asset-management firms, with investments worth more than $5bn across Russia and the Former Soviet Union.
Liam is also one of the UK’s leading economics commentators. For many years, he has written his highly respected column in The Sunday Telegraph – which has won him recognition as “Workworld Columnist of the Year” and “Business and Finance Journalist of the Year” at the British Press Awards.
In 1996, Liam Halligan became a Political Correspondent at The Financial Times, based at the House of Commons – where he proved himself to a shrewd observer of the Westminster scene and a robust, independent thinker.
Singled out by the Downing Street Press office as “impervious to spin”, he developed a reputation for courageous, non-partisan reporting – as detailed in political memoirs written by, among others, Michael Brunson, Peter Oborne and Alastair Campbell.
Awards
Liam Halligan’s FT coverage won him a job at Channel Four News – where, until 2006, he was the programme’s Economics Correspondent. During this period, he received a string of broadcast awards – including the World Leadership Forum’s “Business Journalist of the Year” award (twice), the coveted “Wincott Award” (three times), the Workworld “TV Programme of the Year” award (four times), and the Bradford and Bingley “Personal Finance Programme of the Year” award.
Media
He has also written regular columns on economics and business trends for GQ magazine – while appearing on television and radio to comment on economic issues in the UK and across the rest of the world. Liam has extensive experience hosting discussions and panels on economic, financial and political topics at the highest level – including dozens of political fringe meetings featuring Cabinet Ministers, leading industrialists and other VIPs, along with numerous “Head-to-Head” economics debates at conferences run by Euromoney. He has also regularly presented standalone documentaries on Channel 4, including for Dispatches, and sits on the jury of the Royal Television Society’s Specialist Journalist award
Financial speaker
Given his reputation both as a “natural” broadcaster and independent thinker, Liam Halligan is in much demand as a speaker in his own right. He has addressed audiences as diverse as the Royal Economics Society, the CBI’s Senior Executive Council, The Cambridge Union and numerous after-dinner events.
“Liam was asked to lead a challenging conference agenda and encourage delegate participation, which he did with good humour, aplomb and a rare insight into the political and economic drivers facing the industry. His engagement and ability to draw stimulating contributions from conference panelists and audience members was particularly well received. Panelists did not escape lightly, and delegates left the event well satisfied by the quality and rigour of debate.” Association of British Insurers Conference
Liam Halligan
In 2021 financial speaker, Liam Halligan, was named as economics and business editor at GB News and co-presenter of a daily lunchtime show with former Labour Party MP Gloria De Piero. He is the former Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management – one of the world’s leading asset-management firms, with investments worth more than $5bn across Russia and the Former Soviet Union.
Liam is also one of the UK’s leading economics commentators. For many years, he has written his highly respected column in The Sunday Telegraph – which has won him recognition as “Workworld Columnist of the Year” and “Business and Finance Journalist of the Year” at the British Press Awards.
In 1996, Liam Halligan became a Political Correspondent at The Financial Times, based at the House of Commons – where he proved himself to a shrewd observer of the Westminster scene and a robust, independent thinker.
Singled out by the Downing Street Press office as “impervious to spin”, he developed a reputation for courageous, non-partisan reporting – as detailed in political memoirs written by, among others, Michael Brunson, Peter Oborne and Alastair Campbell.
Awards
Liam Halligan’s FT coverage won him a job at Channel Four News – where, until 2006, he was the programme’s Economics Correspondent. During this period, he received a string of broadcast awards – including the World Leadership Forum’s “Business Journalist of the Year” award (twice), the coveted “Wincott Award” (three times), the Workworld “TV Programme of the Year” award (four times), and the Bradford and Bingley “Personal Finance Programme of the Year” award.
Media
He has also written regular columns on economics and business trends for GQ magazine – while appearing on television and radio to comment on economic issues in the UK and across the rest of the world. Liam has extensive experience hosting discussions and panels on economic, financial and political topics at the highest level – including dozens of political fringe meetings featuring Cabinet Ministers, leading industrialists and other VIPs, along with numerous “Head-to-Head” economics debates at conferences run by Euromoney. He has also regularly presented standalone documentaries on Channel 4, including for Dispatches, and sits on the jury of the Royal Television Society’s Specialist Journalist award
Financial speaker
Given his reputation both as a “natural” broadcaster and independent thinker, Liam Halligan is in much demand as a speaker in his own right. He has addressed audiences as diverse as the Royal Economics Society, the CBI’s Senior Executive Council, The Cambridge Union and numerous after-dinner events.
“Liam was asked to lead a challenging conference agenda and encourage delegate participation, which he did with good humour, aplomb and a rare insight into the political and economic drivers facing the industry. His engagement and ability to draw stimulating contributions from conference panelists and audience members was particularly well received. Panelists did not escape lightly, and delegates left the event well satisfied by the quality and rigour of debate.” Association of British Insurers Conference
Make an Enquiry
Other speakers you might like
Alex Thomson
Aaron James
Carol Smillie
Alan Wright