Maitlis leads BBC’s rich list on lucrative speech circuit

EMILY Maitlis and Naga Munchetty were the big winners in the latest list of BBC current affairs presenters pocketing thousands of pounds for appearances at outside speaking events.

Newsnight anchor Miss Maitlis, who has a salary of up to £329,999 at the BBC, was paid an extra £20,000 for her involvement in two external events as a host and speaker.

BBC Breakfast’s Miss Munchetty, who is paid up to £259,000 by the corporation, did even better – earning between £30,000 and £50,000 extra.

The figures were for just three months – from october to december last year. Miss Maitlis was paid more than £10,000 – the highest declared bracket – for a keynote speech at a conference on the future of the NhS.

The latest register of external events showed she was also in the same bracket as a host at a function held by the World Universities insights Limited.

Miss Munchetty, who has her own Radio 5 Live show, was also in the highest category for moderating a panel discussion for the international Atomic Energy Agency.

And she was paid four times in the ‘£5,000-£10,000 bracket’ as a host for work done with the institute of Civil Engineering and New Civil Engineer Magazine, the Jersey Construction Council Awards, the Nursing times and the open data institute.

BBC News presenter Clive Myrie received more than £10,000 to act as a host for an event held by the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners.

Justin Webb was also paid between £5,000 and £10,000 as a speaker for British Council for offices and the same amount judging awards for the Management Consultants Association and also for the Association of Colleges.

Mr Myrie received a similar amount to present for the National Lottery and ‘£1,0005,000’ for hosting the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Huw Edwards received between £5,000 and £10,000 to present for dVV Media international and also to host for Centaur Media. Fiona Bruce hosted for the Call Centre Management Association.

This is the fourth time the BBC has published these quarterly figures since the directorgeneral tim davie introduced the scheme in a bid to improve perceptions of impartiality at the broadcaster.