Suzi Perry: How 25 years in motorsport has paved the way for women in media

BT Sport’s Suzi Perry is celebrating a significant milestone in her trailblazing broadcast career this year.

The much loved motorsport presenter has been working in television for 25 years, and in that time, she has helped grow the landscape and pave the way for more passionate women.

Perry sat down with GiveMeSport Women to reflect on her extensive career behind the microphone. 

“It is quite the milestone, I don’t think I ever thought I would still be doing it 25 years in but I’m very happy to be doing so,” she laughed as she started to roll back the years.

“In some ways, it seems like no time at all and in other ways, it seems like 25 years because so much has changed. But I have had the most incredible time — so many high points and such a varied portfolio.”

Perry’s career in motorsport started in 1997 after a post-university period where she travelled the world making television commercials and working as a fashion model. 

After she was taken on by Sky Sports, it took just one year before she was presenting her own shows. 

From there, a fire ignited inside her and she quickly became one of the country’s leading presenters, with a burning passion for delivering live broadcasts. But working in sport was never initially on the cards for a young Perry.

“It’s not what I set out to do really because I wanted to be a music promoter, but that was such a long time ago now. I think opportunities come in your life and you have to open the door and grab them because they don’t often come twice. So that’s sort of how my philosophy has been.

“I was so floored to be offered a job at Sky that I didn’t have any idea what was going to happen. I was just so excited in that moment to become a reporter. I took it step by step because I