Emily Maitlis

THE Cambridge graduate, 48, speaks f i ve languages including Mandarin.

Born in Canada and raised in Sheffield, she joined the BBC in 2001.

In 2017 she was said to be furious that Newsnight co-host Evan Davis was paid nearly £ 00,000 a year while she was on less than £150,000. By 2018 her salary had jumped to £220,000-£2 0,000. She has two children with her investment manager husband Mark Gwynne.