Dharshini David | |
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 David signing books at the 2024 St Andrew's Book Festival | |
| Born | London, England |
| Education | Downing College, Cambridge |
| Occupations | |
| Organizations | BBC |
Dharshini David is an English author, economist and broadcaster. She is currently the BBC's Deputy Economics Editor, having previously been an economist at HSBC Investment Bank and a presenter for Sky News. She also presents programmes for Radio 4.
David was born and brought up in London. [1] She was privately educated at the James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, South London, and read Economics at Downing College, Cambridge. [2] She worked for independent think tank Oxford Economic Forecasting, for the UK's Government Economic Service, and for HSBC Investment Bank as its UK Economist in London. [2]
David first joined the BBC in 2000 as an economics correspondent. [1] [3] She worked on national BBC1 bulletins, BBC News 24, and on its international counterpart BBC World. [4] She also presented for the BBC's current affairs series Panorama , [2] BBC One news and BBC Radio. [4] She was appointed the BBC's New York Business Presenter in July 2006 [1] [5] and presented World Business Report from New York. [4] and covered the emergence of the credit crunch from Wall Street.
In September 2009, she joined Sky News as a business and economics correspondent. [6] She latterly presented business news bulletins and programmes for Sky, including the flagship business programmes "Jeff Randall Live" and "Business Live", and also presented "Sky News Tonight" [7] and other general news programmes.
By 2018 David was back at BBC News as Senior Economics correspondent. [8] [9] In January 2020, she was appointed BBC News' first Global Trade Correspondent. [7] She has presented the business news for the Today programme and occasionally acts as a main presenter for the programme. She was awarded the Wincott Prize for audio journalism in 2023 for her programme Is Britain the Sick Man of Europe [10]
David was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2025 New Year Honours. [11]
David's first book, The Almighty Dollar: Follow the Incredible Journey of a Single Dollar to See How the Global Economy Really Works, was published by Elliott & Thompson in February 2018. [12]