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'''Tasmin Lucia-Khan''' (born 18 July 1980) is a British ], ], ] and entrepreneur.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Asian Wealth Magazine Spring 2014 issue|url = http://issuu.com/media-36/docs/asianwealthmagazinespring2014_small/18|work=Asian Wealth Magazine|via=Issuu|access-date =14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="BBCPress">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/60seconds.shtml|title=New faces and look for BBC Three's 60seconds|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=8 February 2008|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> In the UK, she is most known for being the face of ] '']'',<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4289785/BBC-Three-newsreader-Tasmin-Lucia-Khan-in-breathless-broadcast-mystery.html|title=BBC Three newsreader Tasmin Lucia Khan in breathless broadcast mystery|work=The Telegraph|date=19 January 2009|first=Anita|last=Singh|publisher=Telegraph Media Group}}{{subscription}}</ref> hosting ''E24'' on ],<ref name="unrealitytv">{{cite web|url=http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan and Andy May for BBC Three’s 60 Seconds|publisher=Unreality TV|work=Unreality Primetime|date=8 February 2009|first=Lisa|last=McGarry|access-date=5 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907160247/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|archive-date=7 September 2008}}</ref> and fronting the morning news for ] show '']''.<ref name="mirror">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tasmin-lucia-khan-set-to-join-239646|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan set to join new ITV breakfast show Daybreak|work= Mirror Online|date=4 August 2010|publisher=Reach|accessdate=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="itvdaybreak">{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/daybreak/presenters/tasminluciakhan/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan|work=Daybreak|publisher=ITV |
'''Tasmin Lucia-Khan''' (born 18 July 1980) is a British ], ], ] and entrepreneur.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Asian Wealth Magazine Spring 2014 issue|url = http://issuu.com/media-36/docs/asianwealthmagazinespring2014_small/18|work=Asian Wealth Magazine|via=Issuu|access-date =14 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="BBCPress">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/60seconds.shtml|title=New faces and look for BBC Three's 60seconds|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=8 February 2008|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> In the UK, she is most known for being the face of ] '']'',<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4289785/BBC-Three-newsreader-Tasmin-Lucia-Khan-in-breathless-broadcast-mystery.html|title=BBC Three newsreader Tasmin Lucia Khan in breathless broadcast mystery|work=The Telegraph|date=19 January 2009|first=Anita|last=Singh|publisher=Telegraph Media Group}}{{subscription}}</ref> hosting ''E24'' on ],<ref name="unrealitytv">{{cite web|url=http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan and Andy May for BBC Three’s 60 Seconds|publisher=Unreality TV|work=Unreality Primetime|date=8 February 2009|first=Lisa|last=McGarry|access-date=5 July 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907160247/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|archive-date=7 September 2008}}</ref> and fronting the morning news for ] show '']''.<ref name="mirror">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tasmin-lucia-khan-set-to-join-239646|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan set to join new ITV breakfast show Daybreak|work= Mirror Online|date=4 August 2010|publisher=Reach|accessdate=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="itvdaybreak">{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/daybreak/presenters/tasminluciakhan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909143256/http://www.itv.com/daybreak/presenters/tasminluciakhan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 September 2010|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan|work=Daybreak|publisher=ITV}}</ref> She was appointed CEO of Hollywood film company WR Entertainment<ref>{{Cite web | ||
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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Born Farhana Tasmin Lucia-Khan in ], she is of Bengali descent.<ref name="theasianwomanawards">{{cite web|url=http://www.theasianwomanawards.com/winner.html|title=Finalists 2008|publisher=Asian Woman Awards|access-date=9 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417114225/http://www.theasianwomanawards.com/winner.html|archive-date=17 April 2009}}</ref> Khan graduated from the ] with an Honours degree in ].<ref name="tasmin">{{cite web |url=http://www.tasmin.tv|title=Tasmin.TV|publisher=Tasmin Lucia Khan |date=21 January 2009 |
Born Farhana Tasmin Lucia-Khan in ], she is of Bengali descent.<ref name="theasianwomanawards">{{cite web|url=http://www.theasianwomanawards.com/winner.html|title=Finalists 2008|publisher=Asian Woman Awards|access-date=9 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417114225/http://www.theasianwomanawards.com/winner.html|archive-date=17 April 2009}}</ref> Khan graduated from the ] with an Honours degree in ].<ref name="tasmin">{{cite web |url=http://www.tasmin.tv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040926055435/http://www.tasmin.tv/|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2004|title=Tasmin.TV|publisher=Tasmin Lucia Khan |date=21 January 2009}}</ref> At Oxford, she took up debating and nurtured her passion for international relations and current affairs. She studied Latin, Economics and Mathematics at A Level.<ref>{{Cite web | ||
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She then worked for PTV Prime as London correspondent where she reported the UK's big news stories to a worldwide audience including the ] and the ] in 2006.<ref name="BBCPress"/> | She then worked for PTV Prime as London correspondent where she reported the UK's big news stories to a worldwide audience including the ] and the ] in 2006.<ref name="BBCPress"/> | ||
Having produced and hosted her own sports show on ] for three years, she then landed the opportunity to present on ] and ].<ref name=BBCPress/><ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="unrealitytv"/><ref name="sugarmedia">{{cite news |url=http://www.sugarmedia.co.uk/downloads/mela_2008.pdf|title=Mela UK 2008|work=Mela Magazine|page=8|access-date=25 June 2009 |
Having produced and hosted her own sports show on ] for three years, she then landed the opportunity to present on ] and ].<ref name=BBCPress/><ref name="telegraph"/><ref name="unrealitytv"/><ref name="sugarmedia">{{cite news |url=http://www.sugarmedia.co.uk/downloads/mela_2008.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032624/http://www.sugarmedia.co.uk/downloads/mela_2008.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Mela UK 2008|work=Mela Magazine|page=8|access-date=25 June 2009}}</ref> One of her mentors was ] who was the Editor of the ] on BBC, and moved on to be the Controller of BBC News.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Morris|first=Sophie|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/my-mentor-tasmin-lucia-khan-on-kevin-bakhurst-830555.html|title=My Mentor: Tasmin Lucia Khan on Kevin Bakhurst|work=The Independent|date=19 May 2008|publisher=ESI Media|access-date=25 June 2009}} {{registration}}</ref> Bakhurst and ], then controller of BBC Three, offered her the job to be the face of the news bulletins on '']'' on ], and be lead anchor of '']'' on ]. | ||
In her years at the BBC, she covered the biggest showbiz news stories, including the deaths of ], ], and ].<ref name="youtube1">{{cite AV media |people=Tasmin Lucia Khan anchoring, Sophie Hutchinson reporting |date=12 February 2010 |title=Breaking News: Alexander McQueen Dies |medium=Television production |time= |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> She also covered the ] and ] divorce and the ] ceremony three years in a row.<ref name="youtube2">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T_Fo2YbFNw|title=BBC showbiz presenter Tasmin Lucia Khan does an Oscars special - on the winning FILMS and FASHION|date=12 February 2010|access-date=12 February 2010|via=YouTube}}</ref> | In her years at the BBC, she covered the biggest showbiz news stories, including the deaths of ], ], and ].<ref name="youtube1">{{cite AV media |people=Tasmin Lucia Khan anchoring, Sophie Hutchinson reporting |date=12 February 2010 |title=Breaking News: Alexander McQueen Dies |medium=Television production |time= |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> She also covered the ] and ] divorce and the ] ceremony three years in a row.<ref name="youtube2">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T_Fo2YbFNw|title=BBC showbiz presenter Tasmin Lucia Khan does an Oscars special - on the winning FILMS and FASHION|date=12 February 2010|access-date=12 February 2010|via=YouTube}}</ref> | ||
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}}</ref> and news stories ranging from the birth of the royal babies in the UK to red carpet coverage of major film premieres. | }}</ref> and news stories ranging from the birth of the royal babies in the UK to red carpet coverage of major film premieres. | ||
In January 2016, she was appointed CEO of Film company WR Entertainment, a publicly-traded company that had acquired the motion-picture rights to all 83 books in the '']'' best selling book series which had sold over 20 million copies worldwide. In April 2016, she raised $3.5 million in working capital for the film company from the likes of Norwegian billionaires ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/norske-milliardrer-satser-pa-morgan-kane/3423204698.html/|title=Norske milliardærer satser på Morgan Kane|lang=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040233/https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/norske-milliardrer-satser-pa-morgan-kane/3423204698.html |
In January 2016, she was appointed CEO of Film company WR Entertainment, a publicly-traded company that had acquired the motion-picture rights to all 83 books in the '']'' best selling book series which had sold over 20 million copies worldwide. In April 2016, she raised $3.5 million in working capital for the film company from the likes of Norwegian billionaires ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/norske-milliardrer-satser-pa-morgan-kane/3423204698.html/|title=Norske milliardærer satser på Morgan Kane|lang=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040233/https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/norske-milliardrer-satser-pa-morgan-kane/3423204698.html |archivedate=1 December 2017|trans-title=Norwegian billionaires are betting on Morgan Kane|date=18 May 2016|work=Nettavisen|first=Gunnar|last=Stavrum|accessdate=9 July 2021|publisher=Mediehuset}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://e24.no/boers-og-finans/kjendisinvestorer-inn-i-morgan-kane-selskap/23641314/|title=Kjendisinvestorer inn i Morgan Kane-selskap|work=E24|first=Anders|last=Park Framstad|lang=no|date=18 March 2016|trans-title=Celebrity Investors into Morgan Kane Company|accessdate=9 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.no/nyheter/finans/2016/03/18/0854/Investeringer/kjos-inn-i-morgan-kaneselskap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321074927/http://www.dn.no/nyheter/finans/2016/03/18/0854/Investeringer/kjos-inn-i-morgan-kaneselskap|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2016|title=Kjos inn i Morgan Kane-selskap|lang=no|work=DN.no|trans-title=Elected to Morgan Kane Company}}</ref> The first movie from the ] film franchise was planned to start filming in 2016,{{fact|date=July 2021}} but no news of any production dates has been announced yet. | ||
==Other activities== | ==Other activities== | ||
Khan hosted the ] 'Queens Baton Relay' at ], alongside ] and the ], to launch the baton on its journey to ] for the 2010 Games.<ref name="youtube3">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyfQDOGt5TU|title=Commonwealth baton starts journey to India|date=29 October 2009|access-date=29 October 2009|publisher=ABC News Australia|via=YouTube}}</ref> | Khan hosted the ] 'Queens Baton Relay' at ], alongside ] and the ], to launch the baton on its journey to ] for the 2010 Games.<ref name="youtube3">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyfQDOGt5TU|title=Commonwealth baton starts journey to India|date=29 October 2009|access-date=29 October 2009|publisher=ABC News Australia|via=YouTube}}</ref> | ||
She has hosted the annual ''BCA Gala Awards'' ceremony every year from 2007 to 2015.<ref name="menmedia">{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/plight-of-restaurant-industryhighlighted-at-bangladesh-caterers-1014492|title=Plight of restaurant industry highlighted at Bangladesh Caterers' Association annual dinner|work=Manchester Evening News|date=18 December 2007|publisher=Reach|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> the ''Scottish Asian Business Awards'' in ] in 2008 and 2009;<ref name="eveningtimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/prize-date-for-asian-business-successes-1.985587|title=Prize date for Asian business successes|work=Evening Times|date=23 October 2009|publisher=Herald & Times Group|first=Rebecca|last=Gray|access-date=8 January 2010}}</ref> and presented the ''Basis Soft Expo 2009'' and an HIV/AIDS Conference in 2009, both in ]. In 2010 and 2011, she hosted the Spice Times Restaurant Awards.<ref name="spicetimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.spicetimes.co.uk/news/press-release-spice-times-restaurant-awards-2010-hailed-success/|title=Spice Times Restaurant Awards 2010 Hailed as a Success|work=Spice Times|date=13 December 2010 |
She has hosted the annual ''BCA Gala Awards'' ceremony every year from 2007 to 2015.<ref name="menmedia">{{cite news |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/plight-of-restaurant-industryhighlighted-at-bangladesh-caterers-1014492|title=Plight of restaurant industry highlighted at Bangladesh Caterers' Association annual dinner|work=Manchester Evening News|date=18 December 2007|publisher=Reach|access-date=9 July 2021}}</ref> the ''Scottish Asian Business Awards'' in ] in 2008 and 2009;<ref name="eveningtimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/prize-date-for-asian-business-successes-1.985587|title=Prize date for Asian business successes|work=Evening Times|date=23 October 2009|publisher=Herald & Times Group|first=Rebecca|last=Gray|access-date=8 January 2010}}</ref> and presented the ''Basis Soft Expo 2009'' and an HIV/AIDS Conference in 2009, both in ]. In 2010 and 2011, she hosted the Spice Times Restaurant Awards.<ref name="spicetimes">{{cite news |url=http://www.spicetimes.co.uk/news/press-release-spice-times-restaurant-awards-2010-hailed-success/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505053935/http://www.spicetimes.co.uk/news/press-release-spice-times-restaurant-awards-2010-hailed-success/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=Spice Times Restaurant Awards 2010 Hailed as a Success|work=Spice Times|date=13 December 2010}}</ref> | ||
In May and June 2009, she was part of a delegation to ], organised by the ] ] as part of their Counter Terrorism strategy.<ref name="ukinbangladesh">{{cite web|url=http://ukinbangladesh.fco.gov.uk/content/en/article/british-bangladeshi-delegates|title=British Bangladeshis: Bridging nations, connecting cultures|date=9 June 2009|access-date=14 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315134445/http://ukinbangladesh.fco.gov.uk/content/en/article/british-bangladeshi-delegates|archive-date=15 March 2010|department=UK in Bangladesh|publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office}}</ref><ref name="cityoflondon">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=90206|title=Success of Bangladeshis in UK encouraging|work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|date=28 May 2009|access-date=25 June 2009}}</ref> | In May and June 2009, she was part of a delegation to ], organised by the ] ] as part of their Counter Terrorism strategy.<ref name="ukinbangladesh">{{cite web|url=http://ukinbangladesh.fco.gov.uk/content/en/article/british-bangladeshi-delegates|title=British Bangladeshis: Bridging nations, connecting cultures|date=9 June 2009|access-date=14 June 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315134445/http://ukinbangladesh.fco.gov.uk/content/en/article/british-bangladeshi-delegates|archive-date=15 March 2010|department=UK in Bangladesh|publisher=Foreign & Commonwealth Office}}</ref><ref name="cityoflondon">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=90206|title=Success of Bangladeshis in UK encouraging|work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|date=28 May 2009|access-date=25 June 2009}}</ref> | ||
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Khan was nominated for the Young Achiever of the Year honour at the Asian Woman Awards for Excellence in 2008.<ref name="theasianwomanawards"/> | Khan was nominated for the Young Achiever of the Year honour at the Asian Woman Awards for Excellence in 2008.<ref name="theasianwomanawards"/> | ||
Khan is an ambassador for the Prince of Wales' charity, the British Asian Trust, which has touched the lives of more than one million people in the poorest communities in South Asia.<ref name="britishasiantrust">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishasiantrust.org/about/ambassadors/tasmin-lucia-khan/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan|publisher=The British Asian Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214091733/http://www.britishasiantrust.org/about/ambassadors/tasmin-lucia-khan/ |
Khan is an ambassador for the Prince of Wales' charity, the British Asian Trust, which has touched the lives of more than one million people in the poorest communities in South Asia.<ref name="britishasiantrust">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishasiantrust.org/about/ambassadors/tasmin-lucia-khan/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan|publisher=The British Asian Trust|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214091733/http://www.britishasiantrust.org/about/ambassadors/tasmin-lucia-khan/|archive-date=14 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
Khan was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Lloyds Banking Group in 2014 for her leadership of mobile advertising company AdMaxim<ref>{{Cite web | Khan was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Lloyds Banking Group in 2014 for her leadership of mobile advertising company AdMaxim<ref>{{Cite web | ||
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}}</ref>{{failedverification|date=July 2021}} and several other technology startups in the Silicon Valley.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The English Asian Business Awards|url = http://www.theasianbusinessawards.info/england/2014.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024547/http://www.theasianbusinessawards.info/england/2014.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 November 2015|work = Asian Business Awards|access-date = 14 November 2015|publisher=Oceanic Consulting}}</ref> | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Khan now lives in Los Angeles, United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://widerelease.com/people/ |title=Tasmin Lucia-Khan |work=WR Entertainment |
Khan now lives in Los Angeles, United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://widerelease.com/people/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616172526/http://widerelease.com/people/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2016 |title=Tasmin Lucia-Khan |work=WR Entertainment}}</ref> She is married to cardiologist Dr Junaid Zaman.<ref>{{cite news |title=UKBCCI honors Tasmin Lucia-Khan |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/english/business/article/80499/UKBCCI-honors-Tasmin-Lucia-Khan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013162637/https://www.banglanews24.com/english/business/article/80499/UKBCCI-honors-Tasmin-Lucia-Khan |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 October 2019 |work=BanglaNews24 |date=13 October 2019 |access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== |
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Born | Farhana Tasmin Lucia-Khan (1980-07-18) 18 July 1980 (age 44) London, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | Politics, Philosophy and Economics |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, television presenter, news presenter, producer |
Years active | 1999–present |
Notable credit(s) | Zee TV Channel 5 BBC News ITV Breakfast |
Website | www |
Tasmin Lucia-Khan (born 18 July 1980) is a British film producer, television personality, news anchor and entrepreneur. In the UK, she is most known for being the face of BBC Three News, hosting E24 on BBC News, and fronting the morning news for ITV Breakfast show Daybreak. She was appointed CEO of Hollywood film company WR Entertainment in 2016 and subsequently took the company public on the Oslo Stock Exchange Merkur Market.
Early life
Born Farhana Tasmin Lucia-Khan in London, she is of Bengali descent. Khan graduated from the University of Oxford with an Honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. At Oxford, she took up debating and nurtured her passion for international relations and current affairs. She studied Latin, Economics and Mathematics at A Level.
Media career
In 1999, Khan started her career at Zee TV Network as an entertainment presenter and news reporter. She then hosted her own talk show interviewing celebrities from music and film, sports and politics. In 2001, she interviewed Bill Clinton a few months after he completed his second term as President of the United States.
She worked as a radio presenter for the BBC Asian Network, covering programmes like the Breakfast Show, Drive Time and The Album Chart. She was on air when news of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami broke on Boxing Day in December 2004.
She then worked for PTV Prime as London correspondent where she reported the UK's big news stories to a worldwide audience including the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the Ipswich serial murders in 2006.
Having produced and hosted her own sports show on Channel 5 for three years, she then landed the opportunity to present on BBC News and BBC Three. One of her mentors was Kevin Bakhurst who was the Editor of the Ten O’Clock News on BBC, and moved on to be the Controller of BBC News. Bakhurst and Danny Cohen, then controller of BBC Three, offered her the job to be the face of the news bulletins on 60 Seconds on BBC Three, and be lead anchor of E24 on BBC News.
In her years at the BBC, she covered the biggest showbiz news stories, including the deaths of Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, and Alexander McQueen. She also covered the Paul McCartney and Heather Mills divorce and the Oscars ceremony three years in a row.
On 6 September 2010, she joined the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak after being headhunted from the BBC to be the sole news anchor covering all major world news stories as well as domestic, political and economic stories from the UK. She led the news teams through the 2011 London Riots, the uprisings in Egypt, Libya and Syria, and broke the news of the death of Osama bin Laden.
She left ITV News and morning TV in 2012 to pursue other opportunities in America after 15 years on UK television. From 2013 onwards, she was on US television as NBC Extra's 'Special Correspondent' conducting celebrity interviews, and both entertainment and news stories ranging from the birth of the royal babies in the UK to red carpet coverage of major film premieres.
In January 2016, she was appointed CEO of Film company WR Entertainment, a publicly-traded company that had acquired the motion-picture rights to all 83 books in the Morgan Kane best selling book series which had sold over 20 million copies worldwide. In April 2016, she raised $3.5 million in working capital for the film company from the likes of Norwegian billionaires Bjørn Kjos and Arne Blystad. The first movie from the Morgan Kane film franchise was planned to start filming in 2016, but no news of any production dates has been announced yet.
Other activities
Khan hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games 'Queens Baton Relay' at Buckingham Palace, alongside Queen Elizabeth II and the President of India, to launch the baton on its journey to Delhi for the 2010 Games.
She has hosted the annual BCA Gala Awards ceremony every year from 2007 to 2015. the Scottish Asian Business Awards in Glasgow in 2008 and 2009; and presented the Basis Soft Expo 2009 and an HIV/AIDS Conference in 2009, both in Dhaka. In 2010 and 2011, she hosted the Spice Times Restaurant Awards.
In May and June 2009, she was part of a delegation to Bangladesh, organised by the British Government's Foreign Office as part of their Counter Terrorism strategy.
Khan is a keynote speaker on topics covering technology, media and advertising, and she spoke at the inaugural Periscope Summit in New York on 23 September 2015 on issues ranging from the impact of Periscope on both news organisations and user communities to highlighting the many positive uses of Periscope for charitable causes.
Awards, nominations and honours
Khan was nominated for the Young Achiever of the Year honour at the Asian Woman Awards for Excellence in 2008.
Khan is an ambassador for the Prince of Wales' charity, the British Asian Trust, which has touched the lives of more than one million people in the poorest communities in South Asia.
Khan was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Lloyds Banking Group in 2014 for her leadership of mobile advertising company AdMaxim and several other technology startups in the Silicon Valley.
Personal life
Khan now lives in Los Angeles, United States. She is married to cardiologist Dr Junaid Zaman.
See also
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