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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|website = Issuu|accessdate = 2015-11-14}}</ref><ref name="BBCPress">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/.shtml|title=New faces and look for BBC Three's 60seconds|work=BBC Press Office|publisher=BBC|date=8 February 2008|accessdate=14 May 2008}}</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|newspaper=]|date=19 January 2009}}</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 Primetime|date=8 February 2009|accessdate=5 July 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907160247/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|archivedate=7 September 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and fronting the morning news for ] show ''] known now as ].'' <ref name="mirror">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/04/tam-s-phew-job-115875-22462433/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan set to join new ITV breakfast show Daybreak|newspaper=]|date=4 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="itvdaybreak">{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/daybreak/presenters/tasminluciakhan/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan|work=]|publisher=]}}</ref> She was appointed CEO of Hollywood film company WR Entertainment<ref>{{Cite web '''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|website = Issuu|accessdate = 2015-11-14}}</ref><ref name="BBCPress">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/.shtml|title=New faces and look for BBC Three's 60seconds|work=BBC Press Office|publisher=BBC|date=8 February 2008|accessdate=14 May 2008}}</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|newspaper=]|date=19 January 2009}}</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 Primetime|date=8 February 2009|accessdate=5 July 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907160247/http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/tasmin-lucia-khan-and-andy-may-for-bbc-threes-60seconds/|archivedate=7 September 2008}}</ref> and fronting the morning news for ] show ''] known now as ].''<ref name="mirror">{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/08/04/tam-s-phew-job-115875-22462433/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan set to join new ITV breakfast show Daybreak|newspaper=]|date=4 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="itvdaybreak">{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/daybreak/presenters/tasminluciakhan/|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan|work=]|publisher=]}}</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|accessdate=9 May 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417114225/http://www.theasianwomanawards.com/winner.html|archivedate=17 April 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Khan graduated from the ] with an Honours degree in ].<ref name="tasmin">{{cite web |url=http://www.tasmin.tv|title=Tasmin Lucia Khan|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 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|accessdate=9 May 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417114225/http://www.theasianwomanawards.com/winner.html|archivedate=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 Lucia Khan|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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==Media career== ==Media career==
In 1999, Khan started her career at ] Network, as an entertainment presenter and news reporter. She then hosted her own talk show interviewing celebrities from music and film, sports and politics.<ref name="melauk">{{cite web|url=http://www.melauk.com/features/tasmin.php|title=Tasmin|publisher=Mela UK|accessdate=25 June 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005132756/http://www.melauk.com/features/tasmin.php|archivedate=5 October 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2001, she interviewed ], a few months after he completed his second term as ].<ref name="smaartmags">{{cite web|url=http://www.smaartmags.com/mags/smaarttalent/6.1/index.html|title=Smaart Talent 6.1|publisher=Smaart Mags|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092407/http://www.smaartmags.com/mags/smaarttalent/6.1/index.html|archivedate=16 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1999, Khan started her career at ] Network, as an entertainment presenter and news reporter. She then hosted her own talk show interviewing celebrities from music and film, sports and politics.<ref name="melauk">{{cite web|url=http://www.melauk.com/features/tasmin.php|title=Tasmin|publisher=Mela UK|accessdate=25 June 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005132756/http://www.melauk.com/features/tasmin.php|archivedate=5 October 2008}}</ref> In 2001, she interviewed ], a few months after he completed his second term as ].<ref name="smaartmags">{{cite web|url=http://www.smaartmags.com/mags/smaarttalent/6.1/index.html|title=Smaart Talent 6.1|publisher=Smaart Mags|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716092407/http://www.smaartmags.com/mags/smaarttalent/6.1/index.html|archivedate=16 July 2011}}</ref>


She worked as a radio presenter for the ], covering programmes like the ''Breakfast Show'', ''Drive Time'' and ''The Album Chart''. She was on air when news of the ] broke on Boxing Day in December 2004. She worked as a radio presenter for the ], covering programmes like the ''Breakfast Show'', ''Drive Time'' and ''The Album Chart''. She was on air when news of the ] broke on Boxing Day in December 2004.
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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>http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/norske-milliardrer-satser-pa-morgan-kane/3423204698.html/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040233/https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/norske-milliardrer-satser-pa-morgan-kane/3423204698.html# |date=1 December 2017 }} Norwegian Billionaires Bet on Morgan Kane</ref><ref>http://e24.no/boers-og-finans/kjendisinvestorer-inn-i-morgan-kane-selskap/23641314/ Celebrity Investors Into Morgan Kane Company</ref><ref>https://www.dn.no/nyheter/finans/2016/03/18/0854/Investeringer/kjos-inn-i-morgan-kaneselskap/ Kjos inn i Morgan Kane-selskap</ref>The first movie from the ] film franchise was planned to start filming in 2016, but no news of any production dates has reached the public yet. 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>http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/norske-milliardrer-satser-pa-morgan-kane/3423204698.html/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040233/https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/norske-milliardrer-satser-pa-morgan-kane/3423204698.html# |date=1 December 2017 }} Norwegian Billionaires Bet on Morgan Kane</ref><ref>http://e24.no/boers-og-finans/kjendisinvestorer-inn-i-morgan-kane-selskap/23641314/ Celebrity Investors into Morgan Kane Company</ref><ref>https://www.dn.no/nyheter/finans/2016/03/18/0854/Investeringer/kjos-inn-i-morgan-kaneselskap/ Kjos inn i Morgan Kane-selskap</ref>The first movie from the ] film franchise was planned to start filming in 2016, but no news of any production dates has reached the public 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|accessdate=29 October 2009}}</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|accessdate=29 October 2009}}</ref>


She has hosted the annual ''BCA Gala Awards'' ceremony every year from 2007 to 2015.<ref name="menmedia">{{cite news |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/business/s/1028789_plight_of_restaurant_industryhighlighted_at__bangladesh_caterers_association_annual_dinner_|title=Plight of restaurant industry highlighted at Bangladesh Caterers’ Association annual dinner|newspaper=]|date=18 December 2007|accessdate=7 February 2009}}</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|newspaper=]|date=23 October 2009|accessdate=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}}</ref> She has hosted the annual ''BCA Gala Awards'' ceremony every year from 2007 to 2015.<ref name="menmedia">{{cite news |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/news/business/s/1028789_plight_of_restaurant_industryhighlighted_at__bangladesh_caterers_association_annual_dinner_|title=Plight of restaurant industry highlighted at Bangladesh Caterers' Association annual dinner|newspaper=]|date=18 December 2007|accessdate=7 February 2009}}</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|newspaper=]|date=23 October 2009|accessdate=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}}</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|publisher=OK In Bangladesh|date=9 June 2009|accessdate=14 June 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315134445/http://ukinbangladesh.fco.gov.uk/content/en/article/british-bangladeshi-delegates|archivedate=15 March 2010|df=dmy-all}} UK in Bangladesh (Foreign Office)</ref><ref name="cityoflondon">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=90206|title=Success of Bangladeshis in UK encouraging|newspaper=]|date=28 May 2009|accessdate=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|publisher=OK in Bangladesh|date=9 June 2009|accessdate=14 June 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315134445/http://ukinbangladesh.fco.gov.uk/content/en/article/british-bangladeshi-delegates|archivedate=15 March 2010}} UK in Bangladesh (Foreign Office)</ref><ref name="cityoflondon">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=90206|title=Success of Bangladeshis in UK encouraging|newspaper=]|date=28 May 2009|accessdate=25 June 2009}}</ref>


Khan is a keynote speaker on topics covering technology, media and advertising, and she spoke at the inaugural Periscope Summit in New York <ref name=PeriSummit>{{cite web|last1=Periscope Summit|url=http://www.periscopesummit.com/team/tasmin-lucia-khan/|accessdate=23 September 2015|ref=PeriSummit|title=Periscope Summit|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908124047/http://www.periscopesummit.com/team/tasmin-lucia-khan/|archivedate=8 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> on 23 September 2015 on issues ranging from the impact of Periscope <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.periscope.tv|title=Periscope}}</ref> on both news organisations and user communities to highlighting the many positive uses of Periscope for charitable causes. Khan is a keynote speaker on topics covering technology, media and advertising, and she spoke at the inaugural Periscope Summit in New York<ref name=PeriSummit>{{cite web|last1=Periscope Summit|url=http://www.periscopesummit.com/team/tasmin-lucia-khan/|accessdate=23 September 2015|ref=PeriSummit|title=Periscope Summit|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908124047/http://www.periscopesummit.com/team/tasmin-lucia-khan/|archivedate=8 September 2015}}</ref> on 23 September 2015 on issues ranging from the impact of Periscope<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.periscope.tv|title=Periscope}}</ref> on both news organisations and user communities to highlighting the many positive uses of Periscope for charitable causes.


==Awards, nominations and honours== ==Awards, nominations and honours==
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"/>


In 2010, Khan was named as the 27th Sexiest Asian Woman in the world by ],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Top 50 Beautiful Asian Women in the World 2009|url = http://www.kollyinsider.com/2010/05/top-50-beautiful-asian-women-in-world.html|website = Tamil Cinema News {{!}} Movie Reviews {{!}} Gossips|accessdate = 2015-11-14}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} moving up one spot from 28th place in 2009.<ref name="bollywoodraj">{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodraj.com/2009/12/top-50-sexiest-asian-women-in-world.html|title=50 sexiest Asian women in world 2009 full list|publisher=Bollywood Raj|year=2009|accessdate=19 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715082426/http://www.bollywoodraj.com/2009/12/top-50-sexiest-asian-women-in-world.html|archivedate=15 July 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="ndtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com:80/news/photos/album-details.php?albumPage=23&id=1228&Album=PHOTO_GALLERY&AlbumTitle=50+sexiest+Asian+women+in+the+world|title=50 sexiest Asian women in the world|publisher=NDTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216054858/http://www.ndtv.com/news/photos/album-details.php?albumPage=23&id=1228&Album=PHOTO_GALLERY&AlbumTitle=50+sexiest+Asian+women+in+the+world|archive-date=16 December 2009|accessdate=19 May 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2010, Khan was named as the 27th Sexiest Asian Woman in the world by ],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Top 50 Beautiful Asian Women in the World 2009|url = http://www.kollyinsider.com/2010/05/top-50-beautiful-asian-women-in-world.html|website = Tamil Cinema News {{!}} Movie Reviews {{!}} Gossips|accessdate = 2015-11-14}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} moving up one spot from 28th place in 2009.<ref name="bollywoodraj">{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodraj.com/2009/12/top-50-sexiest-asian-women-in-world.html|title=50 sexiest Asian women in world 2009 full list|publisher=Bollywood Raj|year=2009|accessdate=19 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715082426/http://www.bollywoodraj.com/2009/12/top-50-sexiest-asian-women-in-world.html|archivedate=15 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="ndtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com:80/news/photos/album-details.php?albumPage=23&id=1228&Album=PHOTO_GALLERY&AlbumTitle=50+sexiest+Asian+women+in+the+world|title=50 sexiest Asian women in the world|publisher=NDTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216054858/http://www.ndtv.com/news/photos/album-details.php?albumPage=23&id=1228&Album=PHOTO_GALLERY&AlbumTitle=50+sexiest+Asian+women+in+the+world|archive-date=16 December 2009|accessdate=19 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Khan is an ambassador for the Prince of Wales' charity, the British Asian Trust, which has touched the lives of more than 1 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=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|df=dmy-all}} Tasmin Lucia Khan</ref> Khan is an ambassador for the Prince of Wales' charity, the British Asian Trust, which has touched the lives of more than 1 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=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}} Tasmin Lucia Khan</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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Tasmin Lucia-Khan
BornFarhana Tasmin Lucia-Khan
(1980-07-18) 18 July 1980 (age 44)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationPolitics, Philosophy and Economics
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Occupation(s)Journalist,
television presenter,
news presenter, producer
Years active1999–present
Notable credit(s)Zee TV
Channel 5
BBC News
ITV Breakfast
Websitewww.tasmin.tv

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 known now as Good Morning Britain. 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 2004 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" doing 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 reached the public 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.

In 2010, Khan was named as the 27th Sexiest Asian Woman in the world by Eastern Eye, moving up one spot from 28th place in 2009.

Khan is an ambassador for the Prince of Wales' charity, the British Asian Trust, which has touched the lives of more than 1 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 starts 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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