Asad Ahmad
Biography
Asad is a Royal Television Society award winning reporter and a BAFTA nominated presenter for News Programme of the Year. He has reported around the world and is currently a lead presenter for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ London television news.
Asad was born and raised in London. Before joining the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, he worked as a foreign exchange dealer in the City and as a researcher in the House of Lords. After reading Law at university, he won a place on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News Trainee Scheme and within months was working as a political reporter and presenter at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Birmingham.
Asad headed north to become the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Scotland Correspondent and presenter on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Reporting Scotland. He was one of three launch presenters of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Newsnight Scotland and has also presented and reported on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Breakfast and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel.
Asad suffered a serious motorcycle accident in 2008 sustaining a brain injury. There was a risk he would be paraylsed and now uses a walking stick to assist with his balance. Asad says the accident changed a number of personal characteristics and strangely developed a passionate and deep love of reading. He describes his home as now resembling a library. Asad has relatives on the Isle of Skye, where he spends much of his spare time with his family and his dog, Daisy.
Asad is an Ambassador for HRH Prince of Wales’s charity, Mosaic which is part of the Prince’s Trust and an Ambassador for the Prince's British Asian Trust. He is an alumnus of the United States International Visitor Leadership Programme and a member of Mensa.
