Sally Jane Watson

Sally Jane Watson was appointed to the Board of Trustees in April, 2026

Sally was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, obtaining a BA in Anglo Saxon, Norse and Celtic in 1996. From 2001 she worked in a number of posts as a journalist in BBC News. In 2016 was appointed as Deputy Editor of Good Morning Britain, ITV and became a member of the senior leadership team at ITV News. Sally is currently the Trustee of SAVE Britain’s Heritage and a supporter of the National Brain Appeal where she was a member of the gala fundraising committee to help raise £7million to build the world’s first rare dementia care centre. She has been a mentor to several young and diverse journalists, with a particular interest in aspiring journalists from challenging socio-economic backgrounds.