Our leadership | Emma Thompson

Emma heads up Consumer Engagement at Sky, which encompasses public relations, social media, influencer marketing and events across TV and film, Sport and Products (Sky Glass, Stream, Q, Broadband, Mobile and Insurance). She also represents Public Affairs, Corporate Comms and Bigger Picture on the UK Management Team.

Emma and her award-winning team, launch and support over 120 shows and films each year, from Sky exclusives such as House of the Dragon, Succession and the Last of Us, to Sky Originals like Brassic, Portrait Artist of the Year and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.  They support Sky’s biggest sporting moments including Premier League football, WSL, F1, the Masters, the Ashes and much more.  Emma has launched Sky into a variety of new product sectors over the past few years including TV manufacturing with Sky Glass, streaming with the launch of Sky Stream and insurance with the brand new Sky Protect.

Prior to joining Sky in 2019, Emma spent over 20 years in consultancy, leading comms for big name consumer brands such as Coca-Cola, British Airways, Virgin, Guinness and Microsoft.  Emma’s last agency role was running the London operations of one of the world’s leading PR and comms agencies, Weber Shandwick - as MD, London Operations and then Chair, where she helped build and lead social, insight, strategy and planning departments in addition to consumer, corporate and b2b specialisms.