Adnan Nawaz () is a

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news anchor who is currently working for the

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Early life

Born in

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, Nawaz graduated from the

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with a BSc (Econ) International Relations, and then completed an MA in Latin American Politics at the Institute of Latin American Studies,

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Broadcasting career

Nawaz began work at the BBC in the early 1990s, as a broadcast assistant in the

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winning producer with

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, where he spent five years producing live programmes and making documentaries for 5 Live and Radio 4, he moved in 2000 to TV Sports News, presenting the sport on the BBC News Channel and

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. He has reported and presented from the world's biggest sporting events, including the Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, ICC Cricket World Cup, Wimbledon and more. From 2009 to 2015, he read the news on the

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and

. On BBC World News he has co-presented the network's main Asian-facing programme, ''

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'', and was the anchor of the main European-facing breakfast time programme. In September 2015, TRT World announced that Nawaz was being hired as a TRT World news anchor.

Personal life

Nawaz is well travelled, having lived in the

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, the

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and the UK. He speaks five languages. He is also an experienced professional conference MC and host. He is the Director of TopCom Media Limited through which he has worked around the world, delivering keynote speeches and moderating panel debates across a wide range of industries, including social, economic and political development, travel, medicine, IoT, telecommunications, sport and leisure, food and healthcare.

References

External links

Profile of Adnan Nawaz
BBC Press Office,
My World Cup Presenter: Adnan Nawaz
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