Lisa Toni Burke Biography

Lisa Burke gained a double first in Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and then spent a decade working at Sky News.

During this decade of live TV, Burke also produced and presented documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, RTE (Ireland) and RTL (Luxembourg).

In Luxembourg, Burke co-created media company RTL Today from scratch, which has become the biggest English news platform in the country. You can find her weekly long-form conversation chat-show on RTL Play, Today Radio and podcasts (Apple and Spotify).

Burke is also a classically trained soprano: Licentiate from Trinity Guildhall London, Premier Prix and Supérieur exams at Conservatoire du Nord, Luxembourg. She sang with the BBC Symphony Chorus for 15 years and the Cambridge University Musical Society. She is now branching out with more solo work.

Burke is in high demand as a speaker and moderator across Europe, covering space, tech, science, finance, law, health, entrepreneurship, European Institution events music, art and much more.

While living in Abu Dhabi for two years, Burke wrote for The National newspaper, while her daughters were small… she knows how to re-start your life from scratch in a totally new environment as she’s done it a few times!

Burke has been writing children’s science books since 2005, mostly with Dorling Kindersley.

Her specialism in Cambridge University was chemistry, but she also studied maths, physics and geology.

Burke serves on the board for Raregivers, a Californian-based foundation supporting the care-givers of children with rare disease and has also served on the Cambridge University Communications Working Group.

She launched the first Presenting & Debating Society at the University of Luxembourg and is a sought-after voice-over artist.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/08/2025.

Lisa Toni Burke Videos

The health of our Oceans & Scuba Diving

The health of our Oceans & Scuba Diving

On the latest episode of The Lisa Burke Show, four remarkable women – scientists, divers, and educators – join Lisa to share how landlocked...

Asteroid Day and Women in Space

Asteroid Day and Women in Space

Three phenomenal women in space share their stories with us this weekend in Luxembourg for Asteroid Day. Asteroid Day takes place on 30 June, the...

Baroness Susan Greenfield

Baroness Susan Greenfield

My interview with the fabulous and formidable female icon Baroness Susan Greenfield where we talk about everything from the classics to neuroscience,...

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