Naga Munchetty earned £18,000 from outside work during the first six months of this year while presenting BBC Breakfast, an average of £3,000 a month.
The 51-year-old broadcaster received half of the sum for events organised by Soho House, according to the BBC’s quarterly register of external earnings by senior staff.
Munchetty, who earns between £360,000 and £364,999 from the BBC, is due to leave BBC Breakfast at the end of the year after 17 years on the programme.
Her outside engagements included hosting private events, chairing discussions and speaking at corporate and cultural events. In June, she was paid up to £5,000 as an interviewer for Soho House and up to a further £5,000 for speaking to employees of Sysco, the US-based food distributor.
She also worked as an interviewer for Women in Film & TV (UK) in May, receiving up to £1,000.
In January, Munchetty hosted a Soho House panel in Manchester on access to the creative industries. The event featured New Order musician Peter Hook and Soho House chief executive Andrew Carnie, and earned her up to £5,000.
The following month she led a debate on interviewing techniques for The PR Network’s Just Curious podcast, for which she was paid up to £1,000.
She travelled to Dubai the previous week to speak at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature about her book, It’s Probably Nothing. The book examines her experiences of the country’s healthcare system and what it describes as bias against women in medicine.
Tickets for the hour-long event cost £15, while Munchetty received up to £1,000. It was not stated whether her travel and accommodation were paid separately.
Last year, it emerged that she had earned up to £56,000 from external work in 2024, including up to £10,000 for work with a charity.
BBC rules on presenters’ outside earnings were tightened in 2020 by then-director general Tim Davie, who introduced a register amid wider concerns about impartiality. In July, chairman Samir Shah said presenters using their BBC profile for external work would have it “factored into the deal we do” on pay.
Munchetty announced in July that she was leaving BBC Breakfast after a reported investigation into her conduct. She had reportedly been placed under review the previous year during a formal probe into allegations that she bullied a junior staff member.
She is due to become co-presenter of Radio 5 Live Breakfast, the station’s flagship morning programme, in January.
