Amanda Drury

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Amanda Drury
Born
Amanda Drury

(1973-05-05) 5 May 1973 (age 50)
Street Signs co-anchor
Websitewww.cnbc.com/id/15839031

Amanda Drury (born 5 May 1973[

Street Signs until its end on February 6, 2015 and has appeared on other various CNBC shows as an expert in finance and business.[1][2]

Early life and education

Drury was born in

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[citation needed] She received a bachelor's degree in fine arts, Japanese and French from the University of Melbourne[3] and attended the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.[4]

Career

Drury started working in Japan in international relations. She began her broadcast career in radio before making the switch to TV working for Bloomberg in Tokyo[2] from 1999 to 2000. She joined CNBC in January 2001[2] and spent eight years based at its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore. She hosted Business Centre Australiawhen it was introduced in 2001.[5]

She was stationed in CNBC Sydney in 2009 before being transferred to CNBC's global headquarters in New Jersey in May 2010.[3] Drury’s first position at CNBC USA was as the co-anchor of "The Call".[6] Drury has appeared on other various CNBC shows and segments.

She became the co-presenter of

The Call (US version) in March 2011.[citation needed
]

Drury was a finalist in the 2007 and 2008 Asian Television Awards in the category of Best News Presenter.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ariens, Chris (30 November 2012). "Mandy Drury's Dream Job". Mediabistro. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Amanda Drury". CNBC. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Weisenthal, Joe (26 April 2012). "BREAKING: Amanda Drury Getting Permanent Anchor Job On CNBC". Business Insider. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  4. ^ "CNBC Africa Profile". CNBC Africa. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  5. ^ Weisenthal, Joe. "BREAKING: Amanda Drury Getting Permanent Anchor Job On CNBC". Business Insider. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  6. ^ "CNBC names Drury permanent U.S. anchor". Talkingbiznews.com. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2012.