Adam Shaw
| Adam Shaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | Adam Shaw |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | English |
| Occupation | Business journalist, presenter |
| Employer | BBC, ITV |
| Agent | Knight Ayton |
| Television |
Presenting: Working Lunch (1994-2008) Horizons Drive to Buy (2012—) Cook Me the Money (2013—) |
Adam Shaw is a business journalist and presenter, currently working on several shows for the BBC and ITV.
Education
Shaw was educated at an inner city comprehensive school in Kilburn, in north-west London.
Biography
Until October 2008 Shaw presented Working Lunch, BBC Two's main lunchtime economics programme. He has previously presented Business Breakfast and World Business Report.
He appeared in August 2009 as the Business & Politics expert on BBC2 quiz show "Knowitalls". He married his college sweetheart Nicolette.
Career
Between 1994 and 2008, Shaw presented on Working Lunch, working alongside Adrian Chiles, Nik Wood and Paddy O'Connell.
He was particularly known for the Shaw's Shares segment of the programme, in which he rounds up the day's happenings on the stock market.
It was announced in July 2008 that, as part of a Working Lunch relaunch, Shaw would leave the programme and be replaced by Declan Curry. He left Working Lunch on 26 September.[1]
For 3 years he was the business presenter of Radio 4's Today Programme. On the programme he interviewed most of the chief executives of the FTSE 100 and occasionally was let out of the studio to do fun reports, including composing a song with Guy Chambers - the song writer behind many of Robbie Williams hits. Adam performed the song Guy and he wrote together. The song can be found here http://guychambers.com/news/radio-4-today-adam-shaw
Most recently he presented Drive to Buy for ITV in late 2012 and Cook Me The Money, for ITV in April 2013.
He is the presenter of BBC World News series called Horizons [2] which looks at the emerging new business ideas around the world. The first two series in 2009 and 2010 took him to over 30 different countries visiting places such as the Amazon Jungle, Inner Mongolia and more usual destinations such as New York, Paris, and São Paulo [3]
References
- ↑ Working Lunch, 22 September 2008
- ↑ http://www.horizonsbusiness.com
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/user/adamshawbiz