Lyse Doucet

Following the events of September 11 2001, Lyse anchored special programmes from Pakistan and Afghanistan.

She was later nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for her exclusive coverage of the attempted assassination of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and won a silver radio Sony award for news broadcaster of the year.

She is also a regular presenter on Talking Point, as well as Hard Talk broadcast on BBC World TV and BBC News 24 in the UK.

Prior to joining the BBC's team of radio and television presenters in 1999, she spent five years reporting from the Middle East, living first in Jordan and then in Israel.

Between 1988 and 1993 Lyse reported from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran.

Lyse Doucet began her BBC career in Africa in 1983, where she spent four years reporting on events in west and north Africa.

Born in New Brunswick, eastern Canada, Lyse has a Master's Degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto and a BA Honours Degree from Queen's University at Kingston. She also holds an honorary doctorate in Civil Law from King's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.