Aaron Heslehurst
Business news presenter, BBC World News
Aaron Heslehurst has been a BBC business news presenter since February 2002. He has presented across all of the BBC television channels, including BBC World News. In 2009 Aaron won Best Industry Commentator of the Year - voted for by the British public in the Daily Telegraph Wealth Management Awards.
During the European day, Aaron is the main face of BBC World Business, delivering the big stories with his usual energy, enthusiasm and excitement to BBC World’s flagship programmes including GMT, Impact and Global.
Aaron regularly covers the big stories that matter, to consumers. From global food prices to the fast-changing face of technology and the devices we use today. From the plane-makers to the car-makers, the global crackdown on banking and corporate corruption, Aaron breaks the stories down by asking the right questions. Aaron also continues to cover and report on the sovereign debt problems in the Eurozone as well as the ongoing general difficulties facing the global economy.
Over the past few years, Aaron has reported on the global credit crunch and the wider global economic slowdown. He has reported on the economic consequences of a range of international stories. Aaron has also interviewed some of the world's biggest corporate leaders from the World Bank, the IMF, the European Union and the World Trade Organisation.
As well as news presenting, Aaron occasionally reports for FASTTRACK, the BBC's weekly travel news programme.
His specialty and passion lie in the global aviation industry. Aaron has interviewed the heads of some of the world’s largest and leading airlines and keeps across the global air cargo industry and business aviation.
Prior to joining BBC World News, Aaron was a senior news anchor with CNBC Nordic, a branch of NBC America based in Copenhagen. He previously worked as the European Bureau Chief for Paramount Pictures and Real TV News in the US and later in London. While at Paramount, Aaron managed and operated Paramount Pictures’ Real TV European Bureau, which involved producing and directing European stories and events.
A native of Australia, Aaron started his journalistic career as a news reporter for Prime Television/Seven Network in Sydney and Canberra. There he gained vital experience in all areas of news reporting, including his first significant live-on-air and on-set work. He went on to win an Australian National Press Club award for best creative story on tourism.
Aaron graduated first in his class from University in California with an honours degree in Broadcast Journalism and Media Studies.
Aaron is married and lives in London.