- Jenny Scott
Jenny Scott (born 1970) is an English journalist and economist.
Biography
A native of
Windsor, Berkshire , Jenny Scott had an adventurous childhood, travelling throughWest Africa andAustralia due to her father's career as an engineer. She studied at aconvent before graduating with a degree ineconomics fromKing's College, Cambridge .She subsequently worked for two years as an economist at the
Bank of England , before joiningReuters in 1994 [ [http://books.global-investor.com/pages/gurus.htm?PerIndex=4711 Jenny Scott mini-biography from the "Global Investor" bookshop] ] . She wrote primarily in her field of expertise on economic affairs, but also spent a year inAmsterdam as a general news correspondent. She then returned to London to write the book "The Living Economy".After seven years with Reuters, Jenny Scott joined the
BBC News team on the "One", "Six" and "Ten O'Clock News" as their economics correspondent. She has also had a stint covering Wimbledon and co-presented "The Weekend Business" on "Radio Five Live ". Until 23rd May 2008, she reported on economics, as well as co-presenting the afternoonBBC 2 political magazine show "The Daily Politics ", alongsideAndrew Neil . She also occasionally presented onBBC News 24 .On 16 April 2008 it was announced that she has been appointed Director of Communications at the
Bank of England , succeeding Peter Rodgers when he retires at the end of June. [Bank of England Press Release 16.04.08 [http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/news/2008/028.htm] ]Hardtalk
In the first five days of 2007, Jenny Scott presented five special interviews with key figures from the world of business on the BBC flagship interview programme "
HARDtalk ". The specials were known as "HARDtalk Business".Below is the list of interviews:
1 January 2007 Richard Reed , one of the founders ofInnocent Drinks .2 January 2007 Sir Christopher Bland of TheBT Group .3 January 2007 Justin King, CEO ofSainsbury's .4 January 2007 Ian Cheshire, CEO of home improvement chainB&Q .5 January 2007 John Varley, CEO ofBarclays Group.References
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/4903778.stm Jenny Scott biography from "The Daily Politics"]
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