Kamal Ahmed is one of Britain's most respected journalists. Until February 2021, he was the Editorial Director of BBC News, formerly Economics Editor of the BBC until November 2018. He joined the BBC in April 2014 as Business Editor after a twenty-year career in newspapers.
He previously worked at the Telegraph Media Group which he joined in September 2009 as Business Editor of the Sunday Telegraph. Kamal also led the editorial team delivering the Telegraph’s annual Festival of Business, a celebration of medium and smaller sized businesses in the UK.
Between 2007 and 2009 Kamal was Group Director, Communications, at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the regulator charged with upholding and enforcing equality and human rights legislation in Britain.
Before joining the Commission in 2007, Kamal was Executive Editor, News, at The Observer with responsibility for the news section of the paper. He was a member of the team that developed and re-launched The Observer as a mid-size full colour Sunday, a development that won Newspaper of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2005, the highest award for any newspaper.
Between 2000 and 2004 he was Political Editor of The Observer covering Tony Blair’s government and the lead up to the Iraq war. Between 1996 and 2000, Kamal worked for The Guardian, starting on the paper as Royal Correspondent, later becoming Media Correspondent and then Media Editor.
His book, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A VERY BRITISH MAN, was published in 2018 by Bloomsbury.
He previously worked at the Telegraph Media Group which he joined in September 2009 as Business Editor of the Sunday Telegraph. Kamal also led the editorial team delivering the Telegraph’s annual Festival of Business, a celebration of medium and smaller sized businesses in the UK.
Between 2007 and 2009 Kamal was Group Director, Communications, at the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the regulator charged with upholding and enforcing equality and human rights legislation in Britain.
Before joining the Commission in 2007, Kamal was Executive Editor, News, at The Observer with responsibility for the news section of the paper. He was a member of the team that developed and re-launched The Observer as a mid-size full colour Sunday, a development that won Newspaper of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2005, the highest award for any newspaper.
Between 2000 and 2004 he was Political Editor of The Observer covering Tony Blair’s government and the lead up to the Iraq war. Between 1996 and 2000, Kamal worked for The Guardian, starting on the paper as Royal Correspondent, later becoming Media Correspondent and then Media Editor.
His book, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A VERY BRITISH MAN, was published in 2018 by Bloomsbury.
