Kamal Ahmed to Become BBC's New Economics Editor

‍It has been announced that former Drayton Manor student Kamal Ahmed (1980 – 1986) is to become the BBC's new Economics Editor.

‍Kamal joined theBBCas Business Editor in March 2014 and has reported on the most significant business stories and interviews with key business leaders - including his Panorama investigation on what went wrong at Tesco following the accounting crisis.

‍In replacing Robert Peston as Economics Editor, Kamal will lead the BBC’s economic coverage and will have a broad remit on finance policy stories including leading the BBC’s reporting on the Treasury and other finance stories for all news outlets.

‍We were delighted that Kamal was able to join us as our recent Awards Evening as our Guest of Honour and wish him every success in his new role at the BBC.