BBC names David its chief economics correspondent

Dharshini David

Dharshini David has been appointed as chief economics correspondent at the BBC.

This is a new role created in response to the thematic review of the BBC’s coverage of taxation, public spending, government borrowing and debt.

David has been a senior correspondent for business and economics coverage since October 2019. She previously was the chief business presenter and the global trade senior correspondent.

She previously was an economic consultant at Daiwa Capital Markets in London and a presenter for Sky News.

David holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Cambridge.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.