Sarah Sands is the younger sister of Kit Hesketh-Harvey, of musical duo Kit and The Widow.
14 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 was the Chair of the G7 gender equality advisory council in 2021 and was invited back to sit on the council in 2022,2023 and 2024.
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Sarah Sands was the former Deputy Chair of the British Council and acting Chair in 2023.
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Sarah Sands is a Trustee of the Science Museum, Bletchley Park and John Innes Centre research institute in Norwich and sits on the board of the Berkeley Group and Channel 4.
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Sarah Sands is a Partner at Hawthorn Advisors and on the board of Walpole.
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Sarah Sands is an ambassador for Global Partnership for Education, an Associate at the IWM, former Trustee of Index on Censorship and co-founded the Braemar Summit in 2021.
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Sarah Sands has written four novels: her most recent books are The Hedgehog Diaries and The Interior Silence: 10 Lessons from Monastic Life.