Emma Chandra

Experience

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  RT

  Oct 2008 - Jan 2009

  Correspondent and Producer

  International and domestic news reporter across genres.Live and package reporting.2008 elections producer.Segment, script and graphics writer/producer.

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  Juniper productions, BBC Daily Politics, BBC London, GMTV

  Feb 2009 - Sept 2009

  Freelance Producer

  Freelance producer across news outlets and programs in London.Member of 2009 political conference team for the BBC's Daily Politics.Breakfast package and segment producer for GMTV.Research and development team leader on documentary on the UK's British Pakistani community.

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  BBC News

  Sept 2009 - Sept 2011

  BBC London News, Broadcast Journalist

  • Producer and video journalist on London's most watched regional news bulletin.• Output producer on breakfast and late evening bulletins• Led production for 2011 Royal Wedding, and specialist transport series

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  Northcliffe Media

  Jan 2012 - Dec 2015

  'Swansea Life' Columnist

  Monthly columnist for one of South Wales leading lifestyle magazines.

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  BBC News

  Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  • Senior producer responsible for top stories on the BBC’s flagship national evening news bulletins• Organised leading sector editors and correspondents, focused on business and geopolitics• Managed complex field production: London 2012 Olympic Games • Internal attachment within BBC News.• Senior producer across all global business bulletins.

  • BBC 6 & 10 O'clock News, Senior Broadcast Journalist

    Sept 2011 - Aug 2014

  • BBC World Business Report, Senior Broadcast Journalist

    Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
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  Bloomberg LP

  Oct 2014 - Aug 2022

  • Developed and presented content on market moving stories to hourly deadlines for live television, created and delivered new streams of video content for new digital platforms and markets• Originated BTV’s ‘retail beat’: built strategic relationships with S&P 500 CEOs, interviewing leaders, reporting on earnings, IPOs and daily news. Initiated series on retail innovators• Leading field reporter for breaking news and industry events: Brexit, pandemic, U.S. elections • Initiated and developed strategic broadcast relationships with the Trump Administration and White House, securing BTV’s first interviews with U.S. Treasury and Commerce Secretaries• Built political broadcast interview and relationship base from zero to multiple weekly opportunities, including organising and hosting a meeting for 50+ Capitol Hill comms directors and BTV management • Led inauguration and ‘100 days’ show planning, mentoring colleagues in special broadcast projects • Led 20-producer strong relaunch team for 3-hour daily U.S. morning show• Ran analysis of existing processes and implemented more efficient frameworks and practices• Directed outreach to wider Bloomberg News team focused on improving diversity of voices

  • Television News Reporter

    Jan 2018 - Aug 2022

  • Political Interviews Producer

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  • Senior Producer and News Presenter

    Oct 2014 - Dec 2016
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  Imperial College Business School

  Sept 2022 - Sept 2023

  Full-Time MBA Candidate at Imperial College '23
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  Clayton Dubilier & Rice

  Sept 2023 - now

  Director, External Affairs, Europe