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01-27-2006, 01:17 AM
http://www.bbcworld.com/insite/images/backoffice/2544.jpgRico Hizon (http://www.choices.com.sg/magazine/0512/mag_careermove.html)
Presenter and Producer, Asia Business Report
Rico Hizon produces, reports and presents the live daily business and finance programme Asia Business Report on BBC World.
Produced close to Singapore's financial district, Asia Business Report offers viewers the latest company, economic, share and market news from the Asia-Pacific region, with a mixture of studio and filmed reports. Following every edition of Asia Business Report, there is a one-minute update on the market indices in Asia.
Rico joined BBC World after eight years with the financial and business news network CNBC, also based in Singapore, where he was the resident anchor of the morning edition of Market Watch and Power Lunch.
Before working at CNBC, Rico was an anchor and business reporter at the Manila-based GMA-7 network, responsible for covering capital markets, banking and finance, real estate, investment and corporate development news. Rico was also a regular contributor to CNN's World Report. For five years, Rico anchored a one-hour daily business programme, Business Today, and GMA-7's hourly bulletin service GMA News Live. He was a relief anchor for GMA-7's evening newscast GMA Network News, as well as supervising producer and writer of the multi-award winning television public affairs programmes Viewpoint and Issues and Answers. Rico also anchored a daily market-driven show, Stock Market Live from the trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Before entering the broadcast industry, Rico was a lecturer in the Communication Arts Department of De La Salle University in his home country, the Philippines. Rico has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcast Journalism from De La Salle University.
Presenter and Producer, Asia Business Report
Rico Hizon produces, reports and presents the live daily business and finance programme Asia Business Report on BBC World.
Produced close to Singapore's financial district, Asia Business Report offers viewers the latest company, economic, share and market news from the Asia-Pacific region, with a mixture of studio and filmed reports. Following every edition of Asia Business Report, there is a one-minute update on the market indices in Asia.
Rico joined BBC World after eight years with the financial and business news network CNBC, also based in Singapore, where he was the resident anchor of the morning edition of Market Watch and Power Lunch.
Before working at CNBC, Rico was an anchor and business reporter at the Manila-based GMA-7 network, responsible for covering capital markets, banking and finance, real estate, investment and corporate development news. Rico was also a regular contributor to CNN's World Report. For five years, Rico anchored a one-hour daily business programme, Business Today, and GMA-7's hourly bulletin service GMA News Live. He was a relief anchor for GMA-7's evening newscast GMA Network News, as well as supervising producer and writer of the multi-award winning television public affairs programmes Viewpoint and Issues and Answers. Rico also anchored a daily market-driven show, Stock Market Live from the trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Before entering the broadcast industry, Rico was a lecturer in the Communication Arts Department of De La Salle University in his home country, the Philippines. Rico has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcast Journalism from De La Salle University.