Sonia is a creative force in television - having brought Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant to SKY1's "An Idiot Abroad", Dermot O'Leary to BBC3's "Young Voters Question Time" and Victoria Wood to BBC1's "Victoria's Empire", she is an expert at creating the best ideas for Britain's best-loved on-screen talent faces.

When John Sergeant spectacularly left "Strictly Come Dancing" and became one of television's hottest properties, she persuaded him to present ITV'S peak series "The Tourist Trail" where he returned to his early roots as a British tour guide. Sonia is also a inspiring trainer and media coach - working with Chief Executives in the theatre and corporate world on their presentation and pitching style, creating workshops for companies who are committed to empowering their staff and coaching celebrities one-to-one.

She worked closely with Kate and Gerry McCann to help them cope with the overwhelming press attention and has produced music and entertainment programmes for BBC Radio and Television in her varied, creative career. Sonia is passionate about creative thinking, jumping feet first into new challenges and inspiring people to get the most out of life and go for it.

She brings a wealth of celebrity anecdotes, practical experience of working in the television and radio industry and a warm, engaging speaking style that will inspire and entertain.

The creative brain behind the landmark television series “Victoria’s Empire” with Victoria Wood, “The Million Pound Property Experiment” and “Panic Mechanics” Sonia is passionate about innovative thinking, big ideas and taking risks.

Starting from the success of the here and now Sonia talks about how the big series ideas came about and the more interesting background to their development. Under-pinning these anecdotal stories will be the main theme of the speech …”Think big, find your voice and go for it”. Taking a brief look back at the surprising directions that life’s map can draw for us all she will bring some fantastic examples of how people have achieved “the genius factor” at the risk of being laughed at, ignored or losing life and limb. From this she will talk about how crucial it is to keep your brain open to new ideas, encourage others to do the same and share some of the methods of doing that. And of course, she could be encouraged to re-tell the Frankie Howerd story before talking honestly and frankly about how to cope with that desperate feeling of dread when taking a stride in a new direction.

Uplifting, entertaining, informative and thought-provoking

This basic structure can be adapted for high-profile business functions,
after-dinner events, induction courses, people considering huge career changes, student groups, college lectures and intimate groups.