Akhtar Khan

Akhtar Khan is a British broadcast journalist or Indian descent, who has been a BBC World News and BBC News 24 presenter.[1][2][3] He is well known for being one of the presenters of Fast Track, a weekly travel program of BBC World News, and for his own show on BBC Asian Network.[1][4] He is also the roving ambassador for The Prince's Trust, officially representing the Prince of Wales at numerous events.[5]

Personal life

Khan's great-grandfather was born in Canada.[2] His parents are from Hyderabad, while Khan was born in London.[2] Khan currently shuttles between London, Los Angeles and New York.[5] He has been reported to have dated the Miss World 1999 pageant winner, Yukta Mookhey.[5]

Career

As of September 2017, The Huffington Post reported Khan having an experience of "more than 20 years experience on both sides of the camera" covering areas related to "international affairs, geo-politics, health and fitness, entrepreneurship, current affairs, travel and tourism and, the film industry".[5] Some of his notable reportage has included the September 11 attacks, the first beheading of ISIL and the 2016 United States presidential election.[5]

Khan initially worked as a fund manager in the City of London Investment Trust, before becoming an entertainment journalist with CNBC Europe.[4] Later, he became a film critic at Pearson TV and subsequently joined Sky News, where he was made the Royal Correspondent.[5][4]

In August 2003, Khan became one of the presenters of Fast Track, a weekly travel program of BBC World News.[4][6] Khan has been a regular presenter at the erstwhile BBC News 24, now known as BBC News, apart from hosting his own show on BBC Asian Network.[1] Khan has also been a freelance presenter for BBC Radio 5 Live.[4][5] Additionally, Khan is a motivational speaker and host at corporate events.[4][5]

Khan is the roving ambassador for The Prince's Trust, officially representing the Prince of Wales at numerous events.[5]

References
  1. "BBC - Press Office - Akhtar Khan". BBC. Archived from the original on March 18, 2005. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  2. "The Hindu : Metro Plus Delhi / Telewatch : India, as it is". Thehindu.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  3. "FASTTRACK's presenter Akhtar Khan to revisit India in upcoming episodes". Exchange4media.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  4. "BBC World, Akhtar Khan profile". BBC World News. Archived from the original on February 25, 2006. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  5. Huffpost. "Akhtar Khan". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  6. "The Hindu : Metro Plus Delhi / Telewatch : Fast forward with India". Thehindu.com. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
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