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Nisha Pillai is an accomplished news presenter who worked with the BBC World News for 25 years.


Her areas of expertise span a wide range of subjects including economics, finance, IT and the energy sectors. She is also adept at covering health and social issues and has worked closely with several UN agencies such as UNICEF, UNIDO and UNAids.


Another of her ongoing clients is the scientific research institute at CERN, where Nisha was initially involved in preparing senior scientists for media interviews in the run-up to the launch of the Large Hadron Collider. She has also worked with the Director General and senior management of CERN on strategic media issues.


Nisha enjoyed a twenty-five year career at the BBC as a news anchor and investigative reporter. For several years, she was one of the main news anchors at BBC World News and fronted the acclaimed programme, Asia Today.


She was awarded the Royal Television Society’s Award for best current affairs programme for ‘The Max Factor’ – her investigation into the late media tycoon Robert Maxwell’s sprawling business empire, which was broadcast a month before his death. Nisha was also one of the first regular interviewers on Hard Talk, the BBC’s half-hour long interview programme.

Nisha Pillai

Speaker Categories :

  • Media

  • Economics

  • Moderator

  • BBC World News Anchor

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