| Tanya Beckett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tanya Louise Beckett 20 July 1966 England |
| Occupation | Chemist, investment banker, journalist, presenter, newsreader |
| Spouse(s) | Hon. Edward Charles d'Olier Gibson (16 September 2001 - present) |
| Ethnicity | English |
| Notable credit(s) | CNBC Europe, NBC Europe, News Direct Radio 97.3, Sky News, CNN International, BBC News, Working Lunch, BBC Breakfast, The World Today, BBC News Channel. |
Tanya Louise Beckett (born July 1966) is an English television and radio journalist.
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Beckett was educated at the independent Redland High School for Girls[1] in the city of Bristol, England, followed by Pembroke College at the University of Oxford, where she gained a degree in Metallurgy and a Blue (meaning that she represented the University in this sport) in fencing.
Beckett undertook research on the properties of carbon and glass fibers for Courtaulds. Sometime after her work as a chemist, she spent the next four years working as an investment banker for Citibank in London and Commerzbank in Frankfurt, Germany - she resultantly speaks fluent German and French.
After training as a journalist, Beckett joined CNBC Europe in 1993 as a business and political reporter. She spent her career presenting business news for broadcasters including NBC Europe and CNBC Europe, News Direct Radio 97.3 in London, Sky News and CNN International. Beckett joined the BBC in June 1998. Since then, she has been a presenter for programmes such as BBC Two's Working Lunch in 1998, BBC Breakfast, The World Today on BBC One and, from 2001, the BBC News Channel.[2]
On 16 September 2001, Beckett married the Hon. Edward Charles d'Olier Gibson (born December 31, 1967), son of and heir apparent to Baron Ashbourne. The couple have a son, Edward Alexander (born August 6, 2002), and a daughter, Greta Florence Hazeland (born December 5, 2005).
Beckett moved her young family to New York while helping to present the World Business Report from an office in Times Square, but is now working on the programme in London. Some of her hobbies include tennis, long-distance running and theatre.