The BBC's highly paid diversity tsar June Sarpong has pocketed more than £30,000 from speaking at corporate events in the past eight weeks.
The Mail on Sunday can reveal that on top of her BBC role – for which she is paid £267,000 for a three-day week – the former television presenter has also appeared at six conferences since June 1.
Sources close to Ms Sarpong yesterday confirmed that she earns between £5,000 and £6,000 per gig, meaning she earned at least £30,000 in just two months.
While the BBC insists that its creative diversity director is doing nothing wrong and that bosses are aware of her extra earnings, it is unlikely to go down well with colleagues currently facing redundancy, or licence-fee payers who are footing the bill for her salary.
The 44-year-old – who is paid more per day than the broadcaster's top boss, Director-General Tim Davie – hosted a merger for Virgin Media and O2 on June 1 at the company's new headquarters in Reading.
The Mail on Sunday can reveal that on top of her BBC role – for which she is paid £267,000 for a three-day week – June Sarpong (pictured) has also appeared at six conferences since June 1
Staff were invited to attend the event both in person and virtually but were not told in advance that it would be anchored by the star.
That same month she was also the guest speaker for energy supplier EDF's 'in-house content lab workshop', where she discussed diversity and inclusion – the same subject she is paid to advise on at the BBC – with their staff.
Ms Sarpong also hosted a summer internship for accountancy firm Ernst & Young alongside Dr Alex from Love Island; took part in a live discussion for Coutts bank, entitled Doing Well By Doing Good; moderated a panel discussion for investment companies Coller Capital and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; and took part in a discussion for Speak Up Consulting, which says it specialises in digital, marketing and business transformation.
Ms Sarpong, who was appointed the
