Sharanjit Leyl
{{Short description|Singaporean producer and presenter (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sharanjit Leyl
| image = Sharanjit_Leyl_at_World_Travel_&_Tourism_Council_2013.jpg
| caption = Leyl in September 2013
| birthname = Sharanjit Kaur Leyl
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|02|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Singapore
| occupation = Journalist, News presenter
| employer = BBC
| nationality = Singaporean
| credits = Bloomberg Television
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
BBC World News
| website = [https://sharanjitleyl.com Sharanjit Leyl]
}}
Sharanjit Leyl (born 1973) is a Singaporean former producer/presenter, for the BBC.{{Cite web |last=Lai-Lim |first=Cheryl |title=International Women's Day: Sharanjit Leyl on Building a World That's Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive |url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/power-purpose/ideas-education/sharanjit-leyl-on-building-a-world-thats-diverse-equitable-and-inclusive |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Tatler Asia |language=en}} She regularly anchored Asia Business Report and Newsday on BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News from the BBC's Singapore studio. She was also a reporter and producer on the shows along with World Business Report. She has filed reports for radio on the BBC World Service business programmes as well as its arts and culture programmes, and written for BBC news online.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2QvDDZgT6nsLQmQfs5xBzRK/sharanjit-leyl BBC Biographies: Sharanjit Leyl]. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2015
Early life and education
Leyl was born in Singapore to a Sikh family of Indian descent that migrated to Singapore during the 1930s.[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31626174 Singapore at 50: From swamp to skyscrapers]. bbc.com, by Sharanjit Leyl. Published 28 February 2015 Leyl moved to Washington, D.C. in her teens with her family, where her father worked for the Singapore Ministry of Defence in defence procurement. There she earned a degree in both journalism and English Literature from the University of Maryland College Park. She then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where she completed a master's degree in English Literature at the University of British Columbia which focused on post-colonial writers such as Salman Rushdie.
Career
Leyl began her broadcasting career at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1997. While there she reported for the award-winning show, "The Pacific Rim Report". In 1999 she moved to Singapore where she had a similar role at the financial news service provider Bridge Information Systems.
She joined Bloomberg Television in March 2000 and moved to its headquarters in Tokyo. There she presented its main three-hour newscast, "On The Money Asia", reporting on breaking financial stories as well as major news events such as the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Leyl played an integral role in editing and influencing the content of Bloomberg's Asian programming.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}
Leyl joined the BBC as a producer and reporter in September 2003 and has since reported and presented from places as far afield as Pakistan, Tokyo and London. She has also presented Impact, Global, World Business Report, Asia Today and World News Today during several spells in London.
Her other interviews have included the Chairman of Starbucks, Howard Schultz; Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau; the Prime Minister of Pakistan; former leaders of Singapore and Malaysia; and heads of the World Bank.[http://www.insightbureau.com/SharanjitLeyl.html Insightbureau.com: Sharanjit Leyl]. retrieved 27 June 2015
On 8 May 2024, Leyl was installed as the new Chancellor of Bath Spa University, making her the first female Chancellor of the university, the second Chancellor in almost 20 years, and the first Asian Chancellor of a British university in the United Kingdom.[https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/about-us/leadership/chancellor Chancellor - Bath Spa University]. retrieved 25 May 2024
Personal life
Leyl lives with her English husband and their son and divides her time between Singapore and Bath, Somerset.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-30 |title=Sharanjit Leyl, BBC, & Jason Humphries, Good Pharmaceutical |url=https://www.moneyfm893.sg/guest/sharanjit-leyl-bbc-jason-humphries-good-pharmaceutical/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=MONEY FM 89.3}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-08 |title=Sharanjit Leyl reveals what makes a good story, the secret to feeling good & more |url=https://www.esquiresg.com/muse-sharanjit-leyl/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Esquire SG |language=en-GB}} Her hobbies include running, politics, art and theatre.[http://www.expatliving.sg/homes/readers_homes/Showcase-Sharanjit-Leyls-Holland-Grove-View-house-796.ece Showcase: Sharanjit Leyl's Holland Grove View house]. expatliving.sg. Published 14 January 2013 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330113110/http://www.expatliving.sg/homes/readers_homes/Showcase-Sharanjit-Leyls-Holland-Grove-View-house-796.ece |date=30 March 2015}}{{Cite web |last=Beate |date=2019-08-19 |title=That Mama: BBC Presenter Sharanjit Leyl on 3:15am Wake-ups, Not Being a Tiger Mom and Parenting a Teen |url=https://www.sassymamasg.com/family-life-that-mama-sharanjit-leyl-bbc/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Sassy Mama |language=en-GB}}
References
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External links
- https://sharanjitleyl.com/
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2QvDDZgT6nsLQmQfs5xBzRK/sharanjit-leyl BBC Biography: Sharanjit Leyl]
- {{IMDb name|4549943}}
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Category:University of Maryland, College Park alumni
Category:University of British Columbia alumni
Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists
Category:BBC World Service people