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Tanya Louise Beckett (born July 1966) is an English television and radio journalist.
Beckett was educated at the independent Redland High School for Girls in the city of Bristol, England, followed by Pembroke College at the University of Oxford, where she gained a degree in Metallurgy and Colors in fencing.
Beckett undertook research on the properties of carbon and glass fibers for Courtaulds. Sometime after her work as a chemist, she spent the next four years working as an investment banker for Citibank in London and Commerzbank in Frankfurt, Germany - she resultantly speaks fluent German and French.
After training as a journalist, Beckett joined CNBC Europe in 1993 as a business and political reporter. She spent her career presenting business news for broadcasters including NBC Europe and CNBC Europe, News Direct Radio 97.3 in London, Sky News and CNN International. Beckett joined the BBC in June 1998. Since then, she has been a presenter for programmes such as BBC Two's Working Lunch in 1998, BBC Breakfast, The World Today on BBC One and, from 2001, the BBC News Channel.