Sarah Sands is the younger sister of Kit Hesketh-Harvey, of musical duo Kit and The Widow.
12 Facts About Sarah Sands
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Sarah Sands was educated at Kent College in Pembury, on the outskirts of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, then a Methodist, now interdenominational, boarding and day independent school for girls.
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Sarah Sands trained on The Sevenoaks Chronicle as a news reporter, before moving to the Evening Standard, initially as editor of the Londoner's Diary, before taking further posts as features editor and associate editor.
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Sarah Sands joined The Daily Telegraph in 1996 as deputy editor, under Charles Moore, later assuming responsibility for the Saturday edition.
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Sarah Sands was appointed editor of The Sunday Telegraph in June 2005, succeeding Dominic Lawson.
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However, the makeover was not well regarded by senior management, and in an abrupt move, after just eight months and 20 days in post, Sarah Sands was sacked as editor of the newspaper on 7 March 2006 by Andrew Neil and replaced by Patience Wheatcroft.
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Sarah Sands became editor of the London Evening Standard following Geordie Greig's departure for The Mail on Sunday in March 2012.
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Sarah Sands resigned from the post in late January 2020, the day after major cuts to BBC News were announced.
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Sarah Sands is the Deputy Chair of the British Council, was Chair of the Gender Equality Advisory Council for G7 for 2021 and is on the council for 2022.
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Sarah Sands is a Trustee of the Science Museum, Partner at Hawthorn Advisors and board member of Channel 4 and the Berkeley Group.
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Sarah Sands is an ambassador for Global Partnership for Education, an Associate at the IWM and former Trustee of Index on Censorship.
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Sarah Sands has written four novels: her most recent book is The Interior Silence: 10 Lessons from Monastic Life.