Heidi Ellert-McDermott

Heidi Ellert-McDermott is the founder of Speechy, the internationally renowned speechwriting team.

Heidi is a TV director/writer turned speechwriter by trade. She worked at the BBC for the majority of her 15-year career, producing entertainment shows and it was her love of comedy scriptwriting that led to her giving a bride speech that got more compliments than her dress.

Realising there was an appetite for wedding speeches that are modern, witty, and unshackled by tradition, she set up Speechy (speechy.com), a bespoke wedding speech company, employing TV scriptwriters and comedians to help couples around the world achieve their wedding speech goals.

The team’s passion for storytelling is revolutionising the wedding scene and Heidi’s speech advice has been quoted everywhere from The Observer to The Daily Mail, and from The Huff Post to The New York Times. Heidi's advice has also appeared in Grazia and The Drew Barrymore Show devoted a whole segment to the Speechy team.

Speechy's 'excellent' client testimonials can be found on Trustpilot.

Heidi lives in the Cotswolds, England with her husband Roger and two children. And, yes, she did write Roger’s groom speech.