Saira Khan
Businesswoman, Author, Public Speaker and Television Presenter…Saira Khan!
Saira shot to fame in the first series of the smash hit BBC TV Series “The Apprentice” and has since taken the UK by storm. In 2006 Saira also presented the BBC1 daytime series, “Temper your Temper”, a programme dealing with anger management, and British-Asian lifestyle show Desi DNA. She was a regular columnist for the second series of The Apprentice as well as being snapped up by the Daily Mirror where she was given her own column, ‘Saira Sorts it’.
Also in 2006 she set up a new campaign called OUR SAY to campaign for local and national referenda on issues of major public interest.
Saira has presented on various BBC and ITV programmes such as: “Tonight with Trevor McDonald-Behind the Veil” and “This Week with Andrew Neil” where her piece on Muslim extremism in Britain was applauded by the media. Saira is popular with GMTV and Breakfast News and is a popular contributor on these programmes.
In 2008 Saira presented BBC1’s “Beat The Boss” - the show was heralded in Broadcast Magazine as the Number 1 children’s programme! Additionally, Saira has presented “Saira Khan: Saving Turtles” for the BBC’s Saving Planet Earth series and two one hour documentaries for BBC 2 entitled “Saira Khan’s Pakistan Adventure”. She presented an edition of the BBC’s Money Programme about entrepreneurial mothers. She is a columnist for the Daily Mirror, a regular panelist for BBC Radio 5 Live and has appeared on a number of other stations including BBC Radio 4 and the BBC Asian Network. Phew!
Saira has also written a self help book, “P.U.S.H. For Success”, published by Vermillion – part of the prestigious Random House stable. The title has become a best selling self-help book.
Saira is a regular corporate and motivational speaker - her straight talking, no nonsense approach makes her an energetic and captivating speaker. Her business insight comes not from text books or theories but from her own direct experience, added to which, her cultural background and experience makes her an exciting, modern spokeswoman.
Saira has gained both an MA and BA Hons degree as well as working in sales for some of the UK’s leading blue chip companies including, United Biscuits, Yell and The Guardian Media Group and is the MD of her own company “miamoo” a luxury range of skincare products, www.miamoo.com.
Most recently she has taken part in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS for the BBC. In a re-enactment of Jules Verne’s literary odyssey, six pairs of celebrities race against the clock to raise money for 2009’s BBC Children in Need, where she saw herself partnered with Nick Hewer from her days on The Apprentice. In the second episode of this remarkable series we saw Saira take the baton from Turkey to Kazakhstan.
Please visit www.sairakhan.co.uk