Storm Keating

Storm Keating
Keating in 2016
Born	Sharyn Storm Uechtritz (1982-10-27) 27 October 1982 Childers, Queensland, Australia
Alma mater	University of Queensland University of California, Los Angeles
Spouses	Tim Ivers ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2012)​ Ronan Keating ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2

Storm Uechtritz Keating¹ (née Uechtritz; born 27 October 1982) is an Australian brand ambassador, television producer/ director, media personality and business woman. She has worked on a number of Australian and British television programmes such as The Apprentice Australia, Masterchef Australia, The X Factor, The Voice Australia, and The Voice UK.

Sharyn Storm Uechtritz²³ was born in Childers, Queensland, Australia,¹ the daughter of Gordon Charles Uechtritz, a cattleman, and Debra Lynn (née Hastings), also known as Sharni Ra'harni, a business consultant, healer and Reiki practitioner.¹⁴⁵⁶ She was named after a character from Wilbur Smith's Courtney Novels.¹ She is of German, Danish, Samoan, and English descent.⁷⁸

She grew up in a small village in Papua New Guinea, before her family relocated to a cattle property in Australia in 1988.⁴ She has three older brothers.¹⁴

After school, she attended the University of Queensland (Australia) for three years; she received an international exchange scholarship to study at University of California, Los Angeles in 2003, for the final year of her degree.⁴⁹

During her time at the University of California Los Angeles, Keating interned at HBO in the Original Programming Department under Chris Albrecht.⁴¹⁰ It was upon her return to Australia that she began her career in television production at Channel Nine in Sydney.¹⁰

In 2009, Keating worked on the production of the Australian version of NBC's The Apprentice.⁴¹⁰ From 2010 to 2012, she worked on shows such as The X Factor, Masterchef, and The Voice.⁹¹⁰ In 2012, she moved to London where she became the producer-director of The Voice UK.⁹¹⁰

Keating collaborated on a range of boots with Italian bootmaker, Stivaleria Cavallin.¹⁰ Called the "Storm Boots", these were launched in February 2015 at the Burberry show during London Fashion Week.¹⁰ In October 2015, Keating was announced as brand ambassador for Positive Luxury, a London-based company which awards luxury brands that meet sustainability and ethical business criteria.¹⁰

Keating maintained a fashion and lifestyle blog in 2016 and 2017.¹¹

Keating (then known by her maiden name, Uechtritz) married Tim Ivers in August 2009.¹² They had met while she was studying at the University of Queensland.¹² Their marriage ended in April 2012.¹²

In August 2010, she met Ronan Keating on the Australian The X-Factor show.¹² She married him on 17 August 2015 and began using his surname after their marriage.¹³ They have two children, a son born in 2017 and a daughter born in 2020.¹