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Steph McGovern

Award-winning journalist and broadcaster

Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Steph McGovern co-hosts The Rest Is Money with Robert Peston, where they explore the economic issues that affect our everyday lives, decode business jargon, and revisit some of the biggest financial events of the last half century. A frequent host and contestant on Have I Got News for You, Steph is also a regular guest on TV and radio shows. She also presented Steph's Packed Lunch, Channel 4’s live daily lunchtime magazine show.

Working in financial journalism for over fifteen years, with eight years on BBC Breakfast, Steph travelled all over the UK covering economic news and broadcasting live from over five hundred businesses. Whether speaking to factory workers or FTSE 100 CEOs, Steph’s mission was to uncover and explain the real economy. She continued that work on her Channel 4 show, with regular features such as her Small Business Market and Job Clinic.

Before becoming an on-air correspondent, Steph was the lead producer of financial news for the BBC, working with then Business Editor Robert Peston at the forefront of the award-winning coverage of the credit crunch and banking crisis. She soon began broadcasting herself, and delivered the business news on 5Live, Radio 4, and on the Chris Evans show on Radio 2 before gaining a full-time role on BBC Breakfast.