Sarah McMonagle

Sarah McMonagle joined Cycling UK as Director of External Affairs in June 2023. She has almost 20 years’ experience of delivering strategic communications for not-for-profit organisations, with a track record of building award-winning teams.

She joined Cycling UK from CPRE, the countryside charity, where she was Acting Director of Campaigns and Policy. Her team successfully secured a number of major campaign wins, including on planning, hedgerows and fracking.

Prior to that, Sarah was Director of Communications at the Federation of Master Builders, a trade association for small, local builders. Sarah and her team significantly grew the reputation, profile and influence of the trade association over a period of seven years – and the FMB is now one of the most respected organisations in the building industry.

Sarah has been a commuter cyclist in London since her early 20s and describes herself as a ‘gentle pootler’. Originally from Harrow in north-west London, she now resides in Leytonstone. This means that on her commute into town, she benefits from a particularly fantastic segregated cycleway and is looking forward to helping make this sort of high-quality cycling infrastructure the norm across the country.

And when she’s not pootling on her bike, Sarah enjoys long hikes in the countryside, a pint in a cosy pub and camping somewhere beautiful in south-east England. Ideally in that order!