BBC Presenter, Civil Engineer and a leading keynote speaker in her field – Ayo Sokale possesses an array of talents and expertise, working at the cutting edge of the scientific, environmental and media landscape.
A generation of young people have grown up following Ayo on BBC Reel and BBC Bitesize, where she’s covered the first principles on an array of scientific subjects from the Physics to Design. She also works as TV expert on STEM – documentaries for the likes of the Smithsonian, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Yesterday TV and Channel 5 – and counts Shell, Heineken, Blue Yonder, the NHS and Thames Water are among the leading clients she has worked with as a keynote speaker. She is also working as a Presenter on another major BBC project coming to your screens soon.
Please see Ayo’s latest Showreel
Contact her agent Harry Gibson at Riva Media
Contact Email: contact@rivamedia.co.uk
Phone: 0208 5411996
Ayo’s Past Presenting Work
Documentaries
| Series | Company | Episodes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get Set Galactic | Cbeebies | Season 1 – 26 Eposides | In Production |
| Great Stink | Channel 5 | Episode 1 of 2 | In Production |
| Ancient Engineering | Off the fence production | Weapons, Navigation & The Colosseum & Tools & Gold | In production To air on the Discovery channel& Channel 5 |
| BBC Bitesize | ITN productions | Physics & Chemistry Chem U1: Elements, Compounds and Mixture Chem U6: Writing Symbol equations Chem U8: Catalyst Chem U11: Metal oxides & Non-Metal Oxides Chem U12: Predicting & Interpreting displacement reactions Chem U13: Resources from the Earth Chem U14 – Composition of the atmosphere Chem U15: Atmospheric pollution Phys U1: Weight & Mass Phys U3: Conductors & Insulators Phys U4: Introduction to circuits Phys U5: Resistance Phys U6: Series Circuits Phys 7: Parallel Circuits Phys U8: Static Electricity | Available on BBC Bitesize Element, Compounds, Mixture Writing Symbol Equations Introduction to Circuits Electricity and Current Parallel Circuits Series Circuits Static Electricity Conductors & Insulators Resistance |
| Abandoned Engineering Smoke and Steel | Like A Shot Entertainment Ltd | Tunnels, Bridge, Flooding, Paper & Printing, Sewers | Available on Yesterday TV from Feb 2022 |
| Searching for Secrets | Bigger Bang | Episode 1 – London | Available on Smithsonian Channel from June 2021 |
| The Truth about Food | BBC Reel | Does coffee really sober you up when drunk? | Watch here |
| The Truth about Food | BBC Reel | The Delicious Flavour with a toxic secret | Watch here |
| Great Inventions | ZDF -Off the fence | Concrete and Elevators (Episode 28,29) | Watch here Available on the National Geographic Channel |
| Great Inventions | ZDF – World Media Rights | Subway, Suspension bridge, Sewers, Industrial robots and fridges (Episode 1,2,4,26,30) | Watch here Available on the National Geographic Channel |
| ICE 200 Celebration | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) | Bazalgette: Saviour of the Great Stink | Watch here |
| ICE 200 Celebration | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) | Kwun Tong extension | Watch here |
| WICE | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) | What is Civil Engineering? | Watch here |
Live and Virtual Events
| Year | Company | Events | Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Simmons Simmons | Neurodiversity | MS TEAM |
| 2022 | Leo Academy | Sustainability & The Future | Live |
| 2022 | Clearbank | Black History Month | MS TEAM |
| 2022 | MTC | Black History Month | MS TEAM |
| 2022 | Wates | My Career & Black History Month | MS TEAM |
| 2022 | CMR | Black History Month | MS TEAM |
| 2022 | PA Consulting | Diversity and Inclusion | MS TEAM |
| 2022 | BMS | Invisible Disabilities | MS TEAM |
| 2022 | Raytheon | Black History Month | Live Webinar |
| 2022 | Binnes | Black History Month | MS TEAM |
| 2022 | Raise the Bar | Apprentice Webinar | Zoom |
| 2022 | Heineken | Energy Summit | Live |
| 2022 | St Theresa Effingham | Prize Giving Day – Speech | Live |
| 2022 | Lyrical Communication | The Installer Show 22 – Installing the Future Now | Live |
| 2022 | JP Morgan Chase | Innovation Week | Live |
| 2022 | Thames Water | Raising Potential Programme – Session on self awareness for success | MS TEAMS |
| 2022 | Foreign Office | INWED | MS TEAMS |
| 2022 | Wireless Logic | INWED | MS TEAMS |
| 2022 | Northern Trust | INWED | MS TEAMS |
| 2022 | Ardonagh Advisory | INWED | MS TEAMS |
| 2022 | Arcadis | Global Access and Neurodiversity | MS TEAMS |
| 2021 | IEMA | The role of the built environmental professional in tackling the climate change emergency | Zoom |
| 2021 | Essence | Environmental Injustice & Social Justice | Google Meet |
| 2021 | Arup | The Mindset of a Champion with Derek Redmond and Precious Adam | MS TEAMS |
| 2021 | Shell | Black History Month | Google Meet |
| 2021 | Blue Yonder Panasonic | Black History Month | Zoom |
| 2021 | XPS Pensions | EDI | Zoom |
| 2021 | NHS | Black History Month | MS TEAMS |
| 2021 | HCG | Inclusion Week | Zoom |
| 2021 | BBC Jersey | Extreme events & Climate Change Adaption | Radio |
| 2021 | Futerra | Inclusion Heroes Panel | Zoom |
| 2021 | Level 3/5 Leadership and management apprenticeship | Women in Leadership Programme – Self awareness | Webinar |
| 2021 | West Lancashire College & Well North Enterprises | Skelmersdale Science Summer School | Live |
| 2021 | ICE | Eco Warrior Angel – Diversity & Inclusion in the WorkplacE | Webinar, available here |
| 2021 | The College of Richard Collyer | Festival of Science 2021 | Live |
| 2021 | Welsh Water | International Women in Engineering Day 2021 | MS TEAMS |
| 2021 | Thames Water | Thames Water Vision 2050 | MS TEAMS |
| 2021 | AXON & Madano | Earth Day – Climate and Social Justice | MS TEAMS |
| 2021 | National Trust Marlow Association | London’s Sewerage Problem: From London’s great stink, Bazalgette’s Sewers to Modern Day Tideway | Zoom |
| 2021 | EA & Learn Live | British Science Week 2021 reading the book ‘Clean Up to Primary Schools | Live Broadcast |
| 2021 | Flagstone | International Women’s Day 2021 | MS Teams |
| 2021 | Catalent | International Women’s Day 2021 | MS Teams |
| 2021 | Marketing Store | International Women’s Day 2021 | Zoom |
| 2021 | WeRiseInitiative | International Women in Science day ‘How do “feminine” traits fit into STEM roles? | Clubhouse |
| 2020 | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) | What is it like being a civil engineering university student? | Webinar |
| 2020 | Piggotts School, Twyford | Science week – Career in Civil Engineering | Live |
| 2020 | Langtree School | GCSE Certificate Ceremony Key Note speech | Live |
| 2019 | St Paul’s Way Trust | Science Summer School hosted by Brian Cox – Presentation and Q&A | Live |
| 2019 | EA & Learn Live | Live Read of ‘Alba the 100 year old fish’ to 32,160 Key stage 1 & 2 and Q&A on reducing single use plastic | Live & Streamed |
| 2019 | The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) | INWED debate ‘Fast Forward 100 years, which engineering industry will have the biggest impact on society and how?’ representing the Environment and water sector | Live & Streamed |
| 2018 | EA & Learn Live | Women’s In Field Operations – Career Development | Live |
| 2018 | EA | INWED: Careers in Flood and Coastal Risk Management | Live & Streamed |
YouTube
Ayo joins Dr. Shini Somara on her podcast and Youtube series eSTEAMd on women in STEAM industries.
Podcast and Radio
Ayo features on the Podcast series, Moisturise your Elbows in the following episodes:
Season 2 – Episode 13 -‘Authenticity vs Disclosure’
Season 1 – Episode 8 – ‘Our school selves’
Season 1 – Episode 5 – ‘Growing old disgraceful’
Ayo features on Dr. Shini Somara podcast – Innervation in season 2 episode 15:
Ayo features on Engineer Success Podcast – Profile Editions:
Listen here
Ayo features on the Podcast series, Engineering Success:
Ayo features on the You Unleashed with Femi Akinyemi:
Living Life on purpose with Ayo Sokale
Upcoming
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