Robert James Kenneth Peston is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the Political Editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show Peston alongside Guardian Newspaper Political Editor Pippa Crerar. From 2006 until 2014, he was the Business Editor of BBC News and its Economics Editor from 2014 to 2015. He became known to the wider public with his reporting on the 2008 financial crisis, especially with his exclusive information on the Northern Rock crisis. He is the founder of the education charity Futures for All, and the presenter, with Stephanie McGovern, of the Goalhanger podcast, The Rest is Money.
Biography
Robert James Kenneth Peston is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the Political Editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show Peston alongside Guardian Newspaper Political Editor Pippa Crerar. From 2006 until 2014, he was the Business Editor of BBC News and its Economics Editor from 2014 to 2015. He became known to the wider public with his reporting on the 2008 financial crisis, especially with his exclusive information on the Northern Rock crisis. He is the founder of the education charity Futures for All, and the presenter, with Stephanie McGovern, of the Goalhanger podcast, The Rest is Money.
