Dharshini David

British author, economist and broadcaster

Dharshini David is an English author, economist and broadcaster. She is currently the BBC's Chief Economics Correspondent, having previously been an economist at HSBC Investment Bank and a presenter for Sky News. She also presents programmes for Radio 4.

David was born and brought up in London. David was privately educated at the James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, South London, and read Economics at Downing College, Cambridge. She has also worked for independent think tank Oxford Economic Forecasting, for the UK's Government Economic Service, and for HSBC Investment Bank as its UK Economist in London. She worked on national BBC1 bulletins, BBC News 24, and on its international counterpart BBC World. She also presented for the BBC's current affairs series Panorama, and presented World Business Report from New York. She latterly presented business news bulletins and programmes for Sky, including the flagship business programmes "Jeff Randall Live" and "Business Live", and also presented "Sky News Tonight" In January 2020, she was appointed BBC News' first Global Trade Correspondent. She also presents the business news for the Today programme and other shows for Radio 4. She was awarded the Wincott Prize for Audio Journalism in 2023 for her programme "Is the UK really the sick man of Europe?"

David's first book, The Almighty Dollar: Follow the Incredible Journey of a Single Dollar to See How the Global Economy Really Works, was published by Elliott & Thompson in February 2018.