Jonathan Charles

Jonathan Charles or Jonty as he is colloquially known (born 9 July 1964 in Nottingham) is a former news presenter for BBC World News and currently the Director of the Communications department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Jonathan Charles
Born (1964-07-09) 9 July 1964
Nottingham, United Kingdom
NationalityUnited Kingdom
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
OccupationNews anchor, Journalist
Years active1980-2011
Notable credit(s)
BBC World News
World News Today
GMT
TelevisionBBC World News

Education and personal life

Charles has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oriel College, Oxford University, and is fluent in French and German and speaks some Russian.

He is a self-confessed supporter of Nottingham Forest.

Career

Journalism

Charles is a former news anchor on BBC World News programmes, BBC World News. His specialist areas include economics, the EU and international diplomacy; he has a keen interest in issues surrounding the single currency.

Whilst working at BBC World News, he was perhaps most infamous for an apparent lack of punctuation during a news bulletin, leading viewers to mistakenly believe he had been “kept hidden...and forced to bear children”.[1][2]

Communications

Since 2011 Charles has been Director of the Communications department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and is a member of the Bank's weekly Executive Committee (EXCOM).

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References
  1. "BBC's Jonathan Charles - Kept Hidden and Forced to Bear Children". www.adweek.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. Leach, Ben (9 September 2009). "BBC News blooper: Is this the funniest ever?". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 July 2020.


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