Financial Innovation Awards

Awards Host and After Dinner Speaker

 

Lucy Alexander Host - Lucy Alexander

Lucy Alexander has presented for Sky News and London Today, co-anchored the breakfast programme on the ITN News Channel and fronted London Tonight.

Lucy's broadcast career began in radio, where she produced numerous reports and features for BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live. Following her move to ITN she was voted Best Newcomer to Television Journalism by the Royal Television Society.

When she is not on our screens, Lucy is a property developer in south-east England. She is currently putting her passion for property to good use, and taking on the highs and lows of the auction room, as co-presenter of the BBC1 series Homes Under The Hammer.

Lucy is a naturally enthusiastic and gifted presenter of live events and has hosted product launches for Sony and numerous awards ceremonies.

Hugh Dennis Speaker - Hugh Dennis

Hugh Dennis is an English comedian, writer, actor and voice-over artist, best known for his work with comedy partner Steve Punt.

A skilled impressionist, Hugh did voices for Spitting Image and appeared with Punt as resident support comics on Jasper Carrot's TV series before being given their own show.

Hugh has performed in various TV and radio shows, including sitcoms Me, You and Him and My Hero, in which he played obnoxious GP Piers Crispin. He has recently starred in the BBC comedy Outnumbered, a semi-improvised sitcom based around family life.

He has guest-hosted Have I Got News For You and is a resident panellist on topical satirical quiz show Mock the Week.

 

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Pictures of the Awards

A picture from the 2007 Awards Ceremony
A second picture from the 2007 Awards Ceremony