Naomi Grimley is Head of External Communications at EIT having transferred over from our partner organisation, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change in 2023.

Naomi was previously a BBC correspondent for more than 20 years, travelling all over the world. She became Global Health Correspondent at the start of the Covid pandemic and was a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4 during the crisis. She’s also been a Global Affairs Correspondent, with overseas stints in Washington and Brussels, and a Political Correspondent. During her broadcasting career she presented many radio documentaries and podcasts on political and social history.

She studied history at Oxford University and has an MA in British Political History from Queen Mary, University of London.