Russis, Sarah

MC and moderator, United Kingdom


Sarah Russis is a bilingual French-English international MC and moderator, bringing energy, elegance and substance to the world’s leading stages.

She hosts conferences, summits, panels, awards and high-profile corporate and brand events, creating dynamic conversations and connecting audiences with influential voices across business, innovation and technology.

Her experience includes interviewing and hosting presidents, ministers, athletes, entrepreneurs and other leading personalities, as well as MC’ing major international events at iconic venues including the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.

Before becoming a full-time MC, Sarah spent 12 years at the Financial Times, working across FDI, data and software solutions with governments and organisations around the world.


Speaking in
IASP 2026
Plenary Session 1: Tech diplomacy – Innovation spaces as architects for global collaboration
Plenary session 2: Responsible AI – Building ethical, inclusive and human-centred intelligent systems
Plenary session 3: Transforming healthcare – Innovation spaces driving inclusive action
Plenary session 4: Brownfield transformations for impact and social change
Plenary session 5: Climate action for humanity – Innovation spaces driving scalable change