Carole Stone

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Carole Stone (born May 30, 1942) is a British author and freelance radio and television broadcaster. She spent 27 years at the BBC starting as a newsroom secretary and eventually becoming producer of Radio 4's flagship discussion show Any Questions? for ten years until 1990.

In 1990 she left to become a freelance reporter and producer, running her own media consultancy. A proponent of networking she is alleged to have gathered over 30,000 people in her contacts database and has been referred to as the 'queen of networking'. She is the author of "Networking: The art of Making Friends" (ISBN 0-09-185711-2) and "The Ultimate Guide to Successful Networking", and holds a get-together annually for her network of 'friends' in addition to a weekly 'salon' at her home in Covent Garden.

On April 10, 2007 she formed a joint venture with the polling firm YouGov, called YouGovStone, becoming Managing Director and holding the minority 49% stake, and also joining the main YouGov board.

She is a trustee of the Wallace Collection in London, and a patron of SANE. She is married to television journalist Richard Lindley.