Andrea has anchored ITV News, been a regular on This Morning, presented business briefings for Bloomberg and interviewed Aung San Suu Kyi.


Biography

Andrea hosted Bloomberg Television’s business programme The Pulse. She was also the main anchor of ITV Weekend News for four years and co-hosted The Sunday Edition, with Andrew Rawnsley. She was a regular contributor to ITV’s This Morning and hosts Woman's Hour and You & Yours on BBC Radio 4. 

Andrea has anchored bulletins for Channel 5, NBC Asia and CNBC Hong Kong - for whom she also hosted a daily live business programme. On a lighter note she has made guest appearances on The Weakest Link, Vernon Kay’s Gameshow Marathon and Hell’s Kitchen.

As ITN International Correspondent, Andrea was the first British television journalist to visit Guantanamo Bay. She has reported live from Iraq, Kosovo, Gaza and Afganistan, and made a documentary on Burma including an exclusive interview with Aung San Suu Kyi.

Born and raised in Northern Ireland, Andrea speaks fluent Spanish and French.

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