Sharanjit has brought you the news from Asia on BBC, Bloomberg and the CBC for a quarter of a century.
She joined Bloomberg Television in 2000 and moved to its headquarters in Tokyo. There she presented "On The Money Asia", reporting on breaking financial stories as well as major news events such as the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Sharanjit joined BBC World News in 2003 and reported and presented from places as far afield as Pakistan, Tokyo and London. She has interviewed the Chairman of Starbucks, Howard Schultz; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; the Prime Minister of Pakistan; former leaders of Singapore and Malaysia and heads of the World Bank.
She spent eighteen years with the BBC’s global television news channel, covering business and politics, presenting from its Asia bureau and from London's Broadcasting House. She regularly anchored Asia Business Report and Newsday. She was also a reporter and producer for the programmes as well as for World Business Report. She reported for BBC World Service radio's business programmes as well as its arts and culture programme The Strand, and has written for BBC news online.
A Singaporean native, she's presented and produced documentaries about her city. Educated in North America with undergraduate degrees in Journalism and a Masters in English, Sharanjit has lived and worked in Washington DC, London, Tokyo, Vancouver and Singapore, bringing a truly global perspective to her work.
She now regularly moderates high-level debates for the United Nations, the ADB and other multilateral and financial institutions while balancing a board career and advising companies and educational institutions on diversity, inclusion, environmental and media strategy. She is board certified and sits on several company boards internationally.
In May 2024, she made history as the first Singaporean Chancellor of a British University at Bath Spa University, succeeding Oscar winning actor Jeremy Irons. She now divides her time between her homes in Singapore and Bath, UK.