2009-2011
TV and Radio Work: Presenter of ‘Save a Family Fortune’ (This Morning, ITV). Financial expert for The Wright Stuff (Channel 5) and Steve Wright in the Afternoon (Radio 2). Financial contributor to Daybreak, Sky News, BBC News, Radio 5 Live, You and Yours (Radio 4), PM (Radio 4), BBC Radio London.
- Promoting understanding of State Pension changes for the Department of Work and Pensions.
- Promoting financial education in schools for the Personal Finance Education Group.
- Explaining the need to apply for student grants for the Student Loan Company.
- Author of a money guide for Learndirect.
Writing: Daily financial column for the Daily Express. Contributor to Sunday Express, Guardian, Spectator, Woman and Home, Marie Claire, AOL.com, MSN.co.uk
Author of ‘The Money Magpie’ (Vermilion) and ‘Beat the Banks’ (Vermilion).
Editing Moneymagpie.com.
2007-2008
TV and Radio Work: Presented debt programme for ‘The Insider’ (Channel 4). Regular financial expert for This Morning (ITV) and The Wright Stuff (Channel 5). Financial guest on GMTV, BBC Breakfast, BBC News Channel, Sky News, Channel 5 News, Radio 5 Live, You and Yours (Radio 4), BBC Radio London.
Writing: Daily financial column for the Daily Express. Columnist for Essentials magazine. Contributor to Guardian, Independent on Sunday, Spectator Business, Woman and Home, Best, AOL.com, Tiscali.co.uk.
Launched and edited Moneymagpie.com.
2004-2006
TV and Radio Work: Presenting ‘Homes Under the Hammer’ (BBC1), ‘Spend, Spend, Spend’ (ITV Scotland), ‘First Time Buyers’ (UK Style TV). Money Guest on ‘GMTV’, ‘LK Today’, ‘BBC Breakfast News’, ‘BBC News 24’, ‘This Morning’, ‘Watchdog’, ‘Channel 5 News’, ‘Sky News’, ‘Working Lunch’, ‘The Daily Politics’. Panellist on ‘Off the Page’ (Radio 4), money guest on various Radio 5 Live shows, BBC Radio Cardiff and LBC.
Writing: Money columnist for The Independent on Sunday and What House magazine. Money writer for The Observer, The Daily Express, The Scotsman, The Herald, She magazine, Eve magazine.
2001-2003
TV and Radio Work: TV reporter for ‘Simply Money TV’. Money Guest on ‘Gloria Hunniford’s Open House’, ‘The Wright Stuff’, ‘This Morning’, ‘Home Malone’ (Anglia), ‘Ridge Riders’ (Meridian). Panellist ‘Quote Unquote’ (Radio 4), ‘Late Night Live’ (Radio 5 Live), ‘The Treatment’ (Radio 5 Live),.
Writing: Personal finance writer for The Independent, She magazine, Red magazine, Glamour magazine, The Daily Express. Finance columnist for Junior magazine.
1991-2000
TV and Radio Work: News reporter for Sky News, Thames News and LWT News. TV News producer for BBC Breakfast News and Sky News. Radio reporter for BBC Business Unit. Radio features reporter for Radio 4 programmes, British Forces Broadcasting, World Service, BBC GLR, BBC Radio Sheffield, County Sound Radio. Presenter for Viva Radio and Radio 3 series ‘Get Into the Groove’.
Writing: Columnist for The Independent. Editor of men’s lifestyle magazine ‘IT Magazine’. Features writer for The Daily Express, The Standard, Cosmopolitan, The London Magazine.
Books
Author of 38 books including:
“Beat the Banks” (Vermilion)
“The Money Magpie” (Vermilion)
The Money Book: Control Your Money, Control Your Life’ (Piatkus)
‘A Bit on the Side’ (Piatkus)
“A Girl’s Best Friend Is Her Money” (Boxtree)
“A Little Book of Abuse” (Boxtree) – No.8 in Times Bestsellers list, December 2000
“A Little Book of More Abuse” (Boxtree)
“A Parent’s Little Instruction Book” (Boxtree)
“A Woman’s Little Instruction Book” (Boxtree)
“A Man’s Little Instruction Book” (Boxtree)
“A Little Book of Excuses” (Boxtree)
“He Says Mars, She Says Venus” (Boxtree)
“1001 Knock Knock Jokes” (Robinson)
“Do You Still Miss Your Ex-Husband? Yes But My Aim Is Improving.” (O’Mara)
Corporate Entertainment
After-dinner speaker, conference host and entertainer at corporate functions around Britain. Recent clients include BT, BT Worldwide, Travel Counsellors, The British Dental Association, Sainsbury’s, Abbey, The Prudential, AXA Sun Life, IBM. Ernst and Young, ICL, AXA IM, Hewlett Packard, Warner Brothers, Barclays Stockbrockers, BT (CCTV), Bosch, Renault, Philips Components, Vignette.com, Hays Chemicals, Thistle Hotels, EMAP Business Communications, Fusion Insurance, Ipsen Pharmaceuticals, G.L.Hearn Surveyors, Siebel Systems, The Isle of Man Fund Managers Association, Cast Metals Federation, Association of Independent Launderers, Arctic Circle, Bestway Supermarkets, Sybase (computer software).
Corporate speaking and workshops
Jasmine has given money workshops and business talks to companies such as O2, BBC and Co-operative Finance.
Qualifications and licences
B.A. English (Cambridge)
Driving licence
Motorcycle licence
Student pilot’s licence
Piano (Grade VIII)
Singing (Grade VI)
Memberships
Fellow of the RSA
BAJ
Equity
Society of Authors