Bernard Lo
| Bernard Lo | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | TV Anchor and Host |
| Notable credit(s) | Bloomberg Live, Bloomberg Voices |
Bernard Lo is a Canadian television anchor on CNBC Asia.
Biography
Bernard Lo is a Hong Kong-based anchor for CNBC.[1] Prior to that he was a Hong Kong-based anchor at Bloomberg Television from 2004-2010. He also hosted the chat show Asia Confidential with Bernie Lo. Prior to joining Bloomberg, he was the Hong Kong Anchor and Talk Show Host for CNBC Asia.
He speaks Cantonese fluently, has been a permanent resident of Hong Kong since 1990, and is married with three cats, Mike, George and Max. Lo was born in Vancouver, Canada and is a Canadian citizen and also holds a British National (Overseas) passport.
He started his broadcast career in Hong Kong with local Hong Kong station ATV, moved on to TVB, then hosted a business news magazine with the Television Corporation of Singapore, before joining CNBC Hong Kong in 1995. After CNBC and Asia Business News merged their business TV operations in early 1998, Bernard rejoined the new CNBC Asia Pacific. After 10 years with CNBC Asia, he anchored for Bloomberg Television for 7 years before returning to CNBC Asia in early 2010.
Lo is now co-anchor of Asia Squawk Box, along with Susan Li (herself a former Bloomberg anchor). Asia Squawk Box is now based in Hong Kong.
He won the Best Current Affairs Presenter trophy at the 2000 Asian Television Awards,and won the same award in 2011. He won the Best News Anchor Award at the same awards in 2013, and won the Silver Medal for Best Anchor at the New York Festivals Film and Television Awards in 2014.