Alastair Yates

Who is Alastair Yates?

Alastair Yates is a freelance British journalist and communications & public relations consultant

He's been a presenter for over 20 years with the BBC, on BBC World News and BBC News.

He is MD of a communications company which offers his services as a PR & Media consultant/TV & Radio presenter/voice-over/newsreader/media training coach.

He is Head of Communications at Tento Technologies. Volunteers his services at The Horse Rangers Association Ltd. and as PR Consultant to ADHD Richmond

In 1992 he helped to launch BBC World Service Television and stayed in his post for the re-launch to BBC WORLD in 1995. And in 1997 he was part of the launch team for BBC News24. He took a couple of years out from BBC TV News in 1998 to become an anchor on Deutsche Welle in Germany. He returned to the BBC in 2001, again to appear on both BBC World News and the BBC News Channel.

Yates joined Sky Television from its launch in 1989, becoming the first male presenter on Sky News.

Prior to Sky News, he was with ITV: in 1986 he was presenting Anglia Television's evening news show About Anglia. In 1980 he was at Grampian Television in Aberdeen, Scotland as presenter and reporter for North Tonight.