Sally Bundock
At the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Summit 2021
Born
Sally Elizabeth Jackson

1972 (age 51–52)
Hertfordshire, England
Education
OccupationPresenter
Spouse
Paul Bundock
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(m. 1999; died 2017)​
Children3

Sally Elizabeth Bundock (née Jackson) (born 1972) is a British news presenter who presents The Briefing on BBC One, BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. She joined World Business Report in September 2002 and she presents its early morning edition, programming viewed mostly by audiences in European and international markets. Bundock has presented the 5am hour on BBC One, BBC World News and the BBC News channel since the early 2000s.[1]

Early life

Bundock was born in 1972 in Hertfordshire and grew up in Smeeton Westerby, Leicestershire.[2][3][4] She has three sisters.[5] She was educated at Robert Smyth School and completed an undergraduate degree in public administration at the Polytechnic of Wales, then moved to London to obtain a postgraduate diploma in journalism at City University London.[6][7]

Career

Bundock is a financial journalist and presenter who began covering business news in the mid-1990s when she worked for Bloomberg. Since then she has covered many momentous events including World Economic Forums, G7 conferences and historic EU Summits. During 2007 she became a BBC news business news anchor for the breakfast news slot, often presenting with Jonathan Charles or David Jessel. She works at the BBC as a world news presenter, and is known to occasionally speak at media and journalistic events.[8] Since 2017, she has been the solo anchor of the breakfast slot aimed at European, Middle Eastern and African audiences.

World Business Report

World Business Report was launched in September 2001 and offers a blend of news, business and sport to reflect the demands of the global business community. She joined the programme in September 2002, when it was part of The World Today. In the past she has also presented World News Today: Business Edition, which later became Business Live in 2015,[9] and Worklife in 2019, of which she is currently the lead presenter.

Personal life

She married Paul Bundock, from Durban, South Africa[10] in 1999 in Smeeton Westerby, Leicestershire; he died in June 2017 from a rare form of cancer called carcinoid tumors.[7][11] The couple had three sons.[12] She lives in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.[8][13] She is a Christian.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC World News - The Briefing". BBC.
  2. ↑ Bundock, Sally [@SallyBundockBBC] (12 May 2020). "I just listened to @BBCSteveR play this winning song from the Eurovision Song Contest ~ Luxembourg 1972 Winner - as he revealed on air the year I was born https://t.co/9C5hRe2T1U via @YouTube" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023 – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "https://twitter.com/sallybundockbbc/status/894791130260267011?s=46&t=fHvncVy4KqmaJFSOgyhlKg". Twitter. Retrieved 22 May 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "https://twitter.com/sallybundockbbc/status/1100642326559494145?s=46&t=fHvncVy4KqmaJFSOgyhlKg". Twitter. Retrieved 22 May 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ↑ Bundock, Sally [@SallyBundockBBC] (10 November 2017). "I've got 3 sisters and 3 sons....this is comforting to hear! https://t.co/GnoX9ujYWv" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022 – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Sally Bundock". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 30 December 2021. Studied at City University, London.
  7. 1 2 Bundock, Sally [@SallyBundockBBC] (17 April 2019). "This is my special place, the church in Smeeton Westerby where I grew up. Paul and I got married in that church nearly 20 years ago. Where is yours? Tell us your stories #BBCTheBriefing - see you soon. https://t.co/QVjtwQcC2F" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2023 – via Twitter.
  8. 1 2 "Sally Bundock Interview". Christians in Media.
  9. ↑ Conlan, Tara (19 January 2015). "Victoria Derbyshire's new show to be 'centrepiece' of BBC daytime TV news". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2022. BBC News' new daily 30-minute business programme will air at 8.30am and be fronted by business journalists Ben Thompson and Sally Bundock
  10. ↑ Bundock, Sally [@SallyBundockBBC] (6 June 2018). "@PatrickKweyi1 @MarcKMGH Great to hear Patrick. I've spent a lot of time in South Africa...but husband was from Durban. A stunning place. Have a good day" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 February 2023 – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ "Speaking to your children about death". The Art of Dying Well. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Speaking to your children about death". The Art of Dying Well. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Speaker - Sally Bundock - Talking Business at the BBC". Burnham Beeches. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "CIM Meets: BBC's Sally Bundock". Christians in Media. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

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