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Dharshini David Born Dharshini David
London, EnglandEducation Economics, University of Cambridge Dharshini David is an English economist and broadcaster. After working at HSBC and the BBC and Tesco PLC she became a business correspondent and presenter for Sky News.
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Biography
Born and raised in London, England,[1] of Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry.[2] David was educated at the James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, South London, and read Economics at Downing College, University of Cambridge. She has also worked for independent think tank Oxford Economic Forecasting, for the UK's Government Economic Service, and for HSBC Investment Bank in London.
Career
David joined the BBC in 2000 as an economics and business reporter. She worked on BBC News 24, and on its international counterpart BBC World.[3] She also presented for the BBC's current affairs series Panorama, BBC One news and British national radio. She presented World Business Report from New York from July 2006.
David joined Tesco in briefly in 2008 as their broadcasting manager.[4]
In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining Sky News as a business correspondent.[5]
References
- ^ Dharshini David becomes New York-based World Business Report Presenter BBC Press Office, 31 July 2006
- ^ BBC diversity tsar threatens ethnic purges NetNewsAsia, 20 August 2006
- ^ BBC biography[dead link]
- ^ Tesco recruits top BBC business presenter The Guardian, 29 February 2008
- ^ "Dharshini David Joins Sky News’ Business Team". Sky News. 16 September 2009. http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=2807. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
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