Martin Lewis CBE, the Money Saving Expert, is a campaigning broadcast journalist who founded and Chairs MoneySavingExpert.com, by far the UK’s biggest consumer website – over 8m people receive his weekly email. He has completed 11 series of his eponymous, now live, prime-time ITV show, his podcast is one of the BBC’s most listened to, he is a regular presenter of Good Morning Britain, and resident expert on This Morning. In profile pieces, the FT called him “the most successful journalist in the world, ever”, the Guardian “the most trusted man in Britain” and the Economist said he “has a good claim to be the most influential man in British politics” and Google once named him the most searched for...
Martin Lewis CBE, the Money Saving Expert, is a campaigning broadcast journalist who founded and Chairs MoneySavingExpert.com, by far the UK’s biggest consumer website – over 8m people receive his weekly email. He has completed 11 series of his eponymous, now live, prime-time ITV show, his podcast is one of the BBC’s most listened to, he is a regular presenter of Good Morning Britain, and resident expert on This Morning.
In profile pieces, the FT called him “the most successful journalist in the world, ever”, the Guardian “the most trusted man in Britain” and the Economist said he “has a good claim to be the most influential man in British politics” and Google once named him the most searched for British Man.
Over the years he’s spearheaded major financial justice campaigns including £1bn of bank charges reclaiming back, £10bn of PPI reclaiming back and got financial education on the national curriculum. He was a key voice in the pandemic to improve and communicate state support schemes, and got major policies shifts on energy and mortgages amidst the cost of living crisis.
In 2016 he founded and funded the influential Money and Mental Health Policy Institute charity, which he still chairs.
Awards include:
– CBE (2022) for broadcasting and consumer rights, OBE (2014) for consumer rights and charity.
– National Television Awards, inaugural and still only Best Expert (2022) winner, Top Presenter nominee (2023)
– Beacon Philanthropy Fellowship ‘Trailblazer’ award
– New Statesman Positive Impact in Society Award (2022)
