Founder Profile
Arti Halai
Communication Specialist and Former BBC & ITV Journalist
Former BBC and ITV journalist Arti Halai spent 15 years in news and current affairs before co-founding and exiting three businesses. She now works with individuals and organisations on messaging and delivery.
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About Arti Halai
Founder story & expertise
Arti Halai began her media career after graduating from Sussex University in 1992, joining BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham and working as a reporter before moving into producing and presenting. She spent 15 years in news and current affairs, including much of her television career at ITV Central News, where she worked across reporting, production and presentation. After leaving the newsroom, Arti moved into business and co-founded three companies with a business partner. She says the companies became profitable and that she exited them in 2022. Across both her media and business careers, her focus has remained consistent: helping people clarify their message and decide how they want to deliver it. Today she works with individuals and businesses on communication, messaging and delivery, drawing on experience of live television, high-pressure news environments and business ownership.
Podcast appearances
Watch Arti Halai on Built Not Born.
Practical resources
Resources linked to Arti Halai.
Useful tools created from the conversations and ideas featured in Arti Halai's Built Not Born appearances.
Workbook
The Communicate to Connect Blueprint
A practical communication workbook for founders and leaders who want their message to land. It explains Arti Halai's approach to two-way communication, trust, pausing, vocal range and preparation, then turns the ideas into exercises you can practise in real conversations, meetings and presentations.
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Workbook
The Lead Without the Limelight Blueprint
A practical leadership workbook based on Arti Halai's reflections on trust and team leadership, for founders who want a team that can think, decide and grow without the founder doing everything. It covers psychological safety, autonomy, empathy, role growth, delegation, hiring gaps and difficult conversations.
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