Mar15

Mishal Husain International Broadcast Journalist BBC

Moderator and Chairperson

Professional Experience  Based in London, Mishal has spent her recent years with the BBC in London, the USA and Singapore and now has over 17 years of experience in broadcasting.  Mishal Husain joined BBC Radio 4’s Today programme in October 2013 and also presents news bulletins on BBC1 as well as appearing on BBC World News.  In 2012 she was one of the main hosts for daily coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games and has also reported live on location from around the world, including Cairo during the Egyptian revolution and the violence of August 2013, and from Pakistan after the deaths of Osama bin Laden and Benazir Bhutto.  Mishal has also presented three critically acclaimed BBC documentaries, most recently ‘Malala – Shot for Going to School’, about the schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. Previous series have examined social media in the ('How Facebook Changed the World', 2011) and the life of Mahatma Gandhi for BBC2 in 2009.Mishal Husain is recognised to TV viewers globally as a main presenter for BBC World News, covering current affairs, business and finance, connecting with diverse audiences around the world.  Mishal forged her international reputation as the first Washington-based presenter for the BBC, fronting news programmes around the time of the and developing a keen following among US viewers. She is also known for presenting live on location, including coverage of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination in 2007 and the Beijing Olympics in 2008.  Mishal made a three-part documentary series on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, aired in October 2009.  A highly experienced moderator, having interviewed politicians, business leaders and others around the world and managing hard hitting debates on current topics.

Sample assignments  She has a very strong understanding of international affairs, economics, politics, business and management issues with a strong knowledge and focus on Asia as well as the UK, Europe and the US and this allows her to be a highly potent moderator.  Mishal has conducted business panel discussions with many of the world’s most powerful CEOs and political figures. She has interviewed many high-profile figures including Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy US Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Pentagon adviser Richard Perle, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, to name a few.  She has conducted live-on-stage interviews with thought leaders from a diverse range of backgrounds.  Mishal’s corporate work spans the board from chairing conferences, presenting in-house videos to hosting many large scale awards.

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Mishal Husain - personal information

 Mishal is currently a member of the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and also presents news bulletins on BBC1 as well as appearing on BBC World News.  Until October 2013 she was a BBC World News presenter, primarily on the east Asia-focused and also presented BBC One's Sunday evening News at Ten.  She spent a period of time in the USA where she hosted the PBS programme "Wide Angle" with James Rubin whilst continuing her work with the BBC.  Moving back to London, she co-anchored in 2001 with Patrick O'Connell, where her stellar reporting on the September 11th attacks earned her the anchoring gig at BBC World News that November, where she remained until the spring of 2004.  Her first news anchoring role came in 2000 in Singapore when she hosted the Asia Business Report.  Beginning her career in television journalism, Husain went to work for Bloomberg Television where she soon transferred to the Economics and Business Unit, where she covered various topics relating to the business world.  Her interest in journalism was piqued in 1991 while interning at a local English-language Pakistani daily.  She completed a Master's degree in International and Comparative Law at Law at the European University Institute in Florence.  She studied Law at New Hall, Cambridge University, graduating in 1995. Husain spent six months living in Russia (having studied Russian at school) and speaks fluent Russian.  She returned to the UK to attend Cobham Hall when she was 12 years old.  Mishal Husain was born in and grew up in the UAE and in the U.K. In 2009.  She was named by as one of five most influential Muslim women in the UK.

Mishal Husain is represented by The Insight Bureau in alliance with KBJ Management

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