Amanda Drury (born 5 May 1973) is an Australian

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and

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for

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, hosting finance and business programming from

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. She was the co-host of the US version of '' Street Signs'' until its end on February 6, 2015 and has appeared on other various CNBC shows as an expert in finance and business.

Early life and education

Drury was born in

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. She received a bachelor's degree in fine arts, Japanese and French from the

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and attended the

Australian Film, Television and Radio School The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), formerly Australian Film and Television School, is Australia's national screen arts and broadcast school. Opened to students in 1973 as Film and Television School (FTS), after accredita ...

Career

Drury started working in Japan in

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. She began her broadcast career in radio before making the switch to TV working for

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from 1999 to 2000. She joined CNBC in January 2001 and spent eight years based at its Asia-Pacific headquarters in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. She hosted

Business Centre Australia ''Business Centre Australia'' is a business news television program that was broadcast on CNBC Asia. The program served as a round-up to the trading day in Australia. During its debut in late January 2001, it initially aired only to viewers on C ...

when it was introduced in 2001. She was stationed in CNBC Sydney in 2009 before being transferred to CNBC's global headquarters in

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in May 2010. Drury’s first position at CNBC USA was as the co-anchor of "The Call". Drury has appeared on other various CNBC shows and segments. She became the co-presenter of '' The Call'' (US version) in March 2011. Drury was a finalist in the 2007 and 2008

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in the category of Best News Presenter.

References

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