Christine Tan
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Christine Tan (pronounced Than) (born 1970) is a Singaporean financial journalist with CNBC Asia and is the Singapore-based anchor for CNBC Asia's award-winning and longest-running feature programme, "Managing Asia," where she interviews key executives and leaders of Asian companies.
Biography
[edit]Tan was born in Singapore[1] and grew up in Serangoon Gardens with her parents and younger brother.[2]
After attending Catholic Junior College, she went to New Zealand for her post-secondary studies.
Tan joined CNBC Asia in 1999 and was supposed to become one of Channel NewsAsia's initial presenters. [3]
Tan has more than 16 years experience in journalism, more than half of which was with CNBC. During her career, she has covered the business and financial market impact from major news events like the Asian Economic Crisis, the Dot Com Bubble Crash, 9-11 attacks in the US and SARS Outbreak.
She received the Best News Program award at the 2004 Asian Television Awards on behalf of The Asian Wall Street Journal. The same program also won a finalist award at the 2004 New York Festivals for Coverage of a Breaking News Story.
Christine Tan also received Silver World Medal for Best Anchor at the 2009 New York Festivals Television Programming and Promotion Awards. She also won for Best Current Affairs Presenter award at the 2008 Asian Television Awards. She was a finalist for Best News Anchor in 2001 and 2002 at the New York Festivals Awards and also a Best Current Affairs Presenter finalist at the 1997 and 2006 Asian Television Awards.
Tan was also a finalist for Best News Anchor in 2001 and 2002 at the New York Festivals Awards. She was also a Best Current Affairs Presenter finalist at the 1997 Asian Television Awards and received High Commendations.
Tan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and English and a Master of Arts degree with Honors in Sociology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ "Profiles: Christine Tan". newzealandeducated.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- ^ Ho, Wong Kim (14 July 2008). "Knack for grilling honchos". Straits Times. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
- ^ "3 quit at last minute". The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB). 20 February 1999. Retrieved 3 October 2023.