Sharanjit Leyl

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Sharanjit Leyl
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Born
Sharanjit Kaur Leyl

(1973-02-15) 15 February 1973 (age 50)
Singapore
Nationality Singaporean
Occupation(s) Journalist, News presenter
Employer BBC
Notable credit(s) Bloomberg Television
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
BBC World News
Website Sharanjit Leyl

Sharanjit Leyl (born 1973) is a Singaporean former producer/presenter, for the BBC. [1] She regularly anchored Asia Business Report and Newsday on BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News from the BBC's Singapore studio. She was also a reporter and producer on the shows along with World Business Report . She has filed reports for radio on the BBC World Service business programmes as well as its arts and culture programmes, and written for BBC news online. [2]

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Early life and education

Leyl was born in Singapore to a Sikh family of Indian descent that migrated to Singapore during the 1930s. [3] , Leyl moved to Washington D.C. in her teens with her family, where her father worked for the Singapore Ministry of Defence in defence procurement. There she earned a degree in both journalism and English Literature from the University of Maryland College Park. She then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where she completed a master's degree in English Literature at the University of British Columbia which focused on post-colonial writers such as Salman Rushdie.

Career

Leyl began her broadcasting career at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1997. While there she reported for the award-winning show, "The Pacific Rim Report". In 1999 she moved to Singapore where she had a similar role at the financial news service provider Bridge Information Systems. [2]

She joined Bloomberg Television in March 2000 and moved to its headquarters in Tokyo. There she presented its main three-hour newscast, "On The Money Asia", reporting on breaking financial stories as well as major news events such as the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Leyl played an integral role in editing and influencing the content of Bloomberg's Asian programming.[ citation needed ]

Leyl joined the BBC as a producer and reporter in September 2003 and has since reported and presented from places as far afield as Pakistan, Tokyo and London. She has also presented Impact, Global, World Business Report, Asia Today and 'World News Today during several spells in London. She left in June 2021, after 18 years with the corporation. [4]

Her other interviews have included the Chairman of Starbucks, Howard Schultz; Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau; the Prime Minister of Pakistan; former leaders of Singapore and Malaysia; and heads of the World Bank. [5]

Personal life

Leyl lives with her English husband and their son and divides her time between Singapore and Bath, Somerset. [6] [7] Her hobbies include running, politics, art and theatre. [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Lai-Lim, Cheryl. "International Women's Day: Sharanjit Leyl on Building a World That's Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 BBC Biographies: Sharanjit Leyl. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2015
  3. ↑ Singapore at 50: From swamp to skyscrapers. bbc.com, by Sharanjit Leyl. Published 28 February 2015
  4. ↑ @sallybundockbbc (8 June 2021). "Saying goodbye to another fabulous colleague…" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2023– via Twitter.
  5. ↑ Insightbureau.com: Sharanjit Leyl. retrieved 27 June 2015
  6. ↑ "Sharanjit Leyl, BBC, & Jason Humphries, Good Pharmaceutical". MONEY FM 89.3. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sharanjit Leyl reveals what makes a good story, the secret to feeling good & more". Esquire SG. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Showcase: Sharanjit Leyl's Holland Grove View house. expatliving.sg. Published 14 January 2013 Archived 30 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Beate (19 August 2019). "That Mama: BBC Presenter Sharanjit Leyl on 3:15am Wake-ups, Not Being a Tiger Mom and Parenting a Teen". Sassy Mama. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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