Tanya Beckett

Tanya Beckett is a banker turned broadcaster who has worked for the BBC presenting news and business programmes for over twenty years. Among her ventures at the corporation,Tanya spent three years working for the BBC in New York, travelled extensively in Russia and roamed Europe reporting on the Eurozone crisis. She currently presents news and business news on BBC World News. Also writing, researching and presenting various documentaries for BBC Radio 4.Tanya had an interesting journey reaching the point at which she now finds herself. It all started with her degree from Oxford in ‘Metallurgy and the Science of Materials’. Her first job was in research for Courtaulds and after a period of time with them she decided to make the leap from laboratory to finance when she began a stint in Investment Banking. She has worked in the past for such giants of the financial world as Citibank in London within their Credit Analysis division and with Commerzbank in Frankfurt, with the Capital Markets Division. Journalism began to interest her and so it was only a short leap from that world into the World of TV, which Tanya made with spectacular success. In 1993 she joined NBCEurope/ CNBC Europe as a Business/political reporter. Between 1993 – 1998 she continued to work for various Broadcasters such as CNN International, Sky News and Dubai TV, gaining valuable experience along the way. Inevitably the BBC finally beckoned and she became one of the regular anchors for Working Lunch on BBC 2, quickly followed by becoming one of the regulars on BBC 1’s Business Breakfast. She also became part of the business team on News 24 and BBCWorld. Tanya is an experienced, competent and polished presenter/facilitator within the corporate world. She brings her wealth of business knowledge and experience to any event she is involved in.