Jonathan Charles


Jonathan Charles or Jonty as he is colloquially known is a former news presenter for BBC World News and currently the Director of the Communications department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Education and personal life

Charles has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oriel College, Oxford University, and is fluent in French and German and speaks some Russian.
He is a self-confessed supporter of Nottingham Forest.

Career

Journalism

Charles is a former news anchor on BBC World News programmes, BBC World News. His specialist areas include economics, the EU and international diplomacy; he has a keen interest in issues surrounding the single currency.
Whilst working at BBC World News, he was perhaps most infamous for an apparent lack of punctuation during a news bulletin, leading viewers to mistakenly believe he had been “kept hidden...and forced to bear children”.

Communications

Since 2011 Charles has been Director of the Communications department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and is a member of the Bank's weekly Executive Committee.