Rico Hizon
| Rico Hizon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Federico M. Hizon 24 March 1966 Manila, Philippines |
| Education | De La Salle University |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist, business news presenter |
| Notable credit(s) |
GMA Network CNBC Asia BBC World News Newsday |
Rico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist with BBC World News. He anchors Newsday and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 400 million households worldwide. He is the first-ever Filipino news anchor to work for two of the world's most prestigious television news networks - CNBC Asia and BBC World News.
After gaining a degree in Communication Arts and Business at De La Salle University, Hizon taught Radio, Television and Broadcasting courses at the University. Doctorate Degree in Humanities, Honoris Causa from the University of Northeastern Philippines.
Hizon started his broadcast career at Manila-based GMA Network, from 1988 to 1995, where he was responsible for covering capital markets, banking and finance, real estate, investment and corporate developments. He anchored the daily business program, Business Today, GMA News Live and Stock Market Live from the trading floor of the . During his tenure, Hizon won the "The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) for Broadcast Journalism" award.
Hizon then joined CNBC Asia in April 1995, based in Hong Kong and later in Singapore, where he was the main anchor of the morning edition of CNBC TODAY, Squawk Box, Market Watch and Power Lunch.
Hizon joined BBC World News in 2002, and anchored the daily business and finance programme Asia Business Report and Asia Today live from Singapore Monday to Friday. Since June 2011 Hizon has co-presented Newsday, a news bulletin programme on the BBC from Singapore with Babita Sharma in London. He is also a regular on BBC World Business Report as an Asian business correspondent. In November 2013 Rico presented for BBC News live from Tacloban, Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. In January 2014 Hizon co-presented the BBC Newsday programme from New Broadcasting House, London with Babita Sharma in Singapore for a short while.
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