Asad can be seen presenting BBC London News on BBC1 but his career has undergone several changes in direction over the years. At the age of 18, he worked as a Foreign Exchange Dealer in the City of London. He then studied Physiology and Pharmacology at King’s College London, after which he worked at the House of Lords, examining some of the country’s oldest and most historical documents. Asad then went on to read Law in Bristol during which time he decided to try his hand at journalism. He won a place on the BBC’s News Trainee Scheme and within months he was a Political Reporter for the BBC in the Midlands and also a newsreader. Eighteen months later, he was the BBC’s Scotland Correspondent and the first Muslim newsreader on the BBC1 National News. Asad joined BBC London TV News a decade ago and he says “it’s like working with my best friends every day”. He has won a Royal Television Society Reporter of the Year Award for his BBC reports in London, Pakistan and Darfur and Asad has also been part of award winning teams on several other news programmes. After a near fatal motorcycle accident in 2008, Asad has significantly reduced his commitments outside work, spending most of his time with his family.
