Nisha Pillai could until recently be seen presenting ‘Asia Today’ for ‘BBC World News’. This fast paced Programme focuses on the Asia/Pacific region with lots of live interviews and breaking news. It requires quick thinking and a cool head, qualities she is blessed with in abundance. After leaving the London School of Economics with a degree in Economics she went straight into the City and joined one of the City’s leading merchant Banks’ Schroders’. While immersing herself into the financial world of the City she felt the pull of journalism so she eventually moved to begin working for The Investors Chronicle as a Financial Reporter covering economics and City news for them. Eventually Television beckoned and in 1986 she joined the BBC as a journalist working for the ‘Money Programme’ for BBC2, reporting stories from ‘Big Bang’ and The Stock Exchange. She started by reporting short inserts to the programme eventually hosting forty minute ‘special reports.’ In 1990 she started working on the BBC’s flagship Programme ‘Panorama’. This was to be her television home for the next five years. She researched and presented in depth investigative documentaries. For one of these in 1992 she won a converted RTS Award for a programme exposing the financial peculiarities of Robert Maxwell. Eventually she felt the need to move on and try fresh fields. BBC World welcomed her into their fold in 1995 and where she can be found today. Nisha also has an extensive Corporate portfolio facilitating many Conferences and Economic Forums. She also lends her considerable experience to Media Training Days for Executives that might be a little shy of standing up in front of crowds. Lively panel discussions, snappy questions – and humour – are her trademark . Nisha has a roving walk-about style, with audience participation guaranteed.Nisha has recently worked with:Kofi Annan – moderating at the annual conference of Global Humanitarian Forum.MIT – as master of ceremonies at the launch of a new academic institution, the Legatum Centre for Development and Entrepreneurship. Ernst & Young - hosting a massive event for over 3,000 partners.The World Bank - chairing a ministerial round table on African agriculture in Mozambique.She’s great at taking a wide range of inputs/opinions and creating a cogent overview. And she’s fun to work with.Testimonial“You were largely responsible for the successful tempo and tone of our annual conference and I wish to thank you warmly for your work. When the meeting flagged, you brought it to life with humor, wit or a pointed remark. When the meeting threatened to get out of hand, you calmed things down and pushed the discussion along in the right direction.” - Kofi Annan, former UN secretary general, and head of The Global Humanitarian Forum'"Thank you for carrying out such a smooth event - managing the glitches, the time issues, and the diverse opinions - with such good cheer and dynamic participation. More importantly, your very quick mind ensured perfect digestion of the material and ensured that the many-layered content of the report got a good airing." - Anuradha Rajivan, UN Development Programme, at the launch of the UNDP's report on Gender Inequalities“Nisha has a unique understanding of the essentials of communication and more importantly how to adapt those principles to different executive situations. We asked Nisha to work with more than 200 senior executives who requested help to improve their communications and in a single half hour Nisha energized the room to help them see their strengths and their opportunities for improvement. The results were immediate and dramatic. Something I have seen few people do with such an audience." - Mark McDonald, Head of Research, Gartner Executive Programmes"Complex topics need simple, easy to follow and convincing communications. Your expertise and professionalism helped us to sharpen our messages and bring them across successfully. Thanks for being our coach." - Tassilo Galitz, BASF Crop Protection‘Nisha recently spoke at our 3rd Annual Analyst and Advisory event, about the TATA group. She did her own research and presentation which was creative, thought provoking, colourful and relayed subtle messages. She spoke eloquently, articulated important messages simply and effectively and made it very interactive and interesting.’ - Ross Roy, Tata Consultancy Services