Asad Ahmad

Asad Ahmad

Education

Ahmad was educated at the state comprehensive John Roan School on Maze Hill in Blackheath, south-east London, followed by the University of Bristol, where he studied law.

Early life

Before his media career, Ahmad worked as a Trainee Foreign Exchange Dealer in the City of London and as a researcher in the House of Lords.^{[citation needed]}

BBC News

Ahmad began his media career at the BBC on the News Trainee Scheme in 1996 before working at BBC Birmingham as a Political Reporter and TV Presenter on BBC Midlands Today.^{[citation needed]} Before joining BBC London, Ahmad presented editions of BBC Scotland's flagship news bulletin Reporting Scotland as well as news bulletins on BBC Breakfast.^[1] He was one of the launch presenters and correspondents for Newsnight Scotland.^[1] He became the BBC's Scotland Correspondent, during which time he covered the Foot and Mouth outbreak, and riots in the North of England.^[1]

Ahmad moved to London to work as a reporter for BBC Breakfast before joining the presenting team with Moira Stuart, Jeremy Bowen, Sophie Raworth, Sarah Montague and Darren Jordan. He also presented the News round-up on Breakfast with Frost and rolling news on BBC News with Sian Williams.^[2]

Other activities

Since moving back to London, Ahmad has become involved in a working party looking at homelessness in the capital.^{[citation needed]} Ahmad has appeared on radio presenting on the BBC Asian Network.^[3] He has also previously presented the Newsdrive programme on BBC Radio Scotland and he has been shortlisted several times for awards for his special reports on BBC Radio.^[1]

Other programmes Ahmad has presented include a late night discussion programme for BBC Choice, Newsline Scotland, East for BBC2, Music and current affairs programmes including a Pakistan Earthquake Special programme for BBC1.^[1]

Ahmad was invited by the US State Department to take part in their International Visitor Leadership Programme in 2006, where he delivered lectures.^[4] He is also a Patron of the charity Working With Words.^[5]

Honours

Ahmad was the 2006 Royal Television Society Reporter of the Year for London.^[1] He was shortlisted for an Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards (EMMA) award for Best Radio News Journalist.^[6]

Personal life

In 2007 Ahmad faced an allegation of harassment which he strongly denied stating that the allegation was “false”. He refused offers of a caution by the Metropolitan Police opting to take the case to court. In a pre-trial hearing, the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence and the charge was dropped.^[7][8]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "BBC Press Office: Asad Ahmad". BBC. July 2007. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/london/asadahmad.shtml. Retrieved 24 July 2007. 
2. ^ "British and Irish TV Talent". The TV Room. http://tvpresenters.thetvroomplus.com/channel-85.html. Retrieved 24 July 2007. 
3. ^ "BBC Asian Network". BBC Asian Network. http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/bestbits/. Retrieved 4 August 2007. 
4. ^ "Visitor from the UK Offers New Insight". Georgia Council for International Visitors. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928142439/http://www.gciv.org/featured_ahmad.htm. Retrieved 24 July 2007. 
5. ^ "Patrons". Working With Words. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928225525/http://www.workingwithwords.org/patrons.htm. Retrieved 24 July 2007. 
6. ^ "The Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards Nominations". The Guardian. 19 May 2000. http://www.guardian.co.uk/racism/Story/0,,222627,00.html. Retrieved 24 July 2007. 
7. ^ "The Irish Examiner". http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/world/mhcwkfcwmhcw/. 
8. ^ "Asad Ahmad Vindicated After Islamaphobic Witch-Hunt!". Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK. http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/4371/34/. Retrieved 8 February 2008. 

External links

• Profile from BBC London

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