Sarah Montague
| Sarah Montague | |
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As conference chairperson at the 2011 NHS Confederation annual conference
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8 February 1966 Guernsey |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
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| Agent | Noel Gay |
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| Spouse(s) | (Sir) Christopher Brooke |
| Website | BBC webpage |
Sarah Anne Louise Montague, Lady Brooke (born 8 February 1966), is a British journalist, best known for her work on BBC Radio 4 as one of the regular presenters of the Today programme.
Montague was born to John Montague and Mary (née O'Malley) on Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency and one of the Channel Islands. Her father was an Army colonel. She attended Blanchelande College, a local independent school for girls, and went on to study biology at the University of Bristol, gaining a BSc.
Montague's first job was as a for County NatWest and then a Eurobond dealer with NatWest Capital Markets in London. She then went into business in London with the owner of Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts.
Montague began her journalistic career with Channel Television in 1991. She joined Reuters in January 1995 and then became business correspondent for Sky News in January 1996.
She joined the BBC during October 1997 and presented Newsnight and BBC News, before joining the Today news programme on BBC Radio 4 in 2002. She presented the very first programme on BBC News 24 with Gavin Esler on 9 November 1997. She has also presented HARDtalk on BBC News. In December 2008, she hosted BBC World's Nobel Minds in the library of the Royal Palace, . The 2008 Nobel Prize winners in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Economics, and Literature had a round-table discussion on issues of global concern and their own contributions to the world of knowledge.
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