Celia Sawyer

Background

Sawyer was born in London and grew up on the south coast of England.

Career

She left school aged 15, with few qualifications. An early job was as a dental nurse She then claims that she "modelled for a few years" but was "not very successful".

This led her to starting a business as a photographer’s agent, representing photographers and helping them find them work on campaigns for advertising agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi.

Sawyer turned to property investments, but is best known for her interior design work. She is now a self-made multi-millionaire.

Sawyer is married to Nick, with two children, and divides her time between London, Sandbanks on Poole Harbour, and Barbados. Sawyer is frequently in mainstream press, alongside being a columnist for the Mail Online and Hello! Magazine.

Celia’s personal style has also garnered attention, with her outfits.

And she will be launching a jewellery collection in 2015. She is the owner of a Knightsbridge interior design company, Celia Sawyer Luxury Interiors. Most of their clientele are seeking high cost luxury designs.

Sawyer is also a property developer, and has an extensive portfolio of investments from London to Barbados.

She has also invested in several film projects and script development. As a dealer both on and off the big screen, She collects art and collectables and has an extensive client base for which she sources rare and beautiful objects, buying and selling for sporting personalities, celebrities and entrepreneurs.

In 2012 she became one of the four dealers in the television programme Four Rooms, which is now in its 4th series. Sawyer reveals how she saw a Channel 4 advert asking viewers to send in snaps of their vintage treasures that could appear on the programme.

Instead of putting forward an intriguing object, Sawyer advertised herself as a curious collectible and emailed her own photo to producers.

As one of the dealers on Four Rooms she bids and negotiates for the best possible price for the treasures on offer. Following on from the success of Four Rooms, Sawyer was selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation to host a new factual prime-time, entertainment show for British Broadcasting Corporation One, titled Your Home In Their Hands, which debuted in September 2014. This programme sees amateur designers take over people’s homes across the United Kingdom for a make-over, often with a twist.

The show received in excess of 3 million viewers a week.

She raises money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

Achievements

• Inspirational Woman of the Year, 2013 Royal Television Society award for Four Rooms, 2014 Best Business Programme, 2014 Reality.