Sir Robbie Gibb

Robbie Gibb is a political adviser, broadcast journalist and communications professional.

Between July 2017 and July 2019, as Director of Communications, Robbie was one of the Prime Minister Theresa May’s closest political advisers. He joined Number 10 from the BBC in the aftermath of the 2017 General Election. 

Despite his longstanding Conservative leanings, he had a reputation during his career at the BBC as a passionate advocate for impartiality. As a broadcast journalist and programme editor he had an illustrious career editing many of the corporations flagship programmes - deputy editor of Newsnight, editor of The Daily and Sunday Politics, executive editor of the Andrew Marr Show and This Week. In the years leading up to his move to Number 10 he was head of BBC Westminster with overall responsibility for the BBC’s political output.

He now a senior adviser for the corporate communications consultancy Kekst CNC. He is an expert in the British political landscape with a detailed understanding of the Brexit process.