Asad Ahmad

Asad Ahmad is a BBC journalist and news presenter.

Ahmad was educated at the state comprehensive John Roan School on Maze Hill in Blackheath, south-east London, followed by the University of Bristol, where he studied law.

Before his media career, Ahmad worked as a Foreign Exchange Dealer in the City of London and as a researcher in the House of Lords.

Ahmad began his media career at the BBC on the News Trainee Scheme in 1996 before working at BBC Birmingham as a Political Reporter and TV Presenter on BBC Midlands Today. Before joining BBC London, Ahmad presented editions of BBC Scotland's flagship news programme Reporting Scotland as well as news bulletins on BBC Breakfast. He was one of the launch presenters and correspondents for Newsnight Scotland. He became the BBC's Scotland Correspondent, during which time he covered the Foot and Mouth outbreak, and riots in the North of England.

Ahmad moved to London to work as a reporter for BBC Breakfast before joining the presenting team with Moira Stuart, Jeremy Bowen, Sophie Raworth, Sarah Montague and Darren Jordon. He also presented the News round-up on Breakfast with Frost and rolling news on BBC News with Sian Williams.

Ahmad is an ambassador for HRH Prince of Wales's Mosaic charity. He is also an ambassador for HRH Prince of Wales's British Asian Trust. Ahmad has become involved in a working party looking at homelessness in the capital. He has appeared on radio presenting on the BBC Asian Network. He has also previously presented the Newsdrive programme on BBC Radio Scotland and he has been shortlisted several times for awards for his special reports on BBC Radio.

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