Jonathan Charles (born 9 July 1964 in

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) is a former

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for

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and Director of the Communications department at the

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(EBRD).

Education and personal life

Charles has an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oriel College, Oxford University, and is fluent in French and German. He is a self-confessed supporter of

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Career

Journalism

Charles is a former

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programmes,

. His specialist areas include economics, the EU and international diplomacy; he has a keen interest in issues surrounding the single currency. Whilst working at BBC World News, he was perhaps most infamous for an apparent lack of punctuation during a rehearsal before the hourly news bulletin, leading to him transitioning immediately and without pause from the introduction to the first story, resulting in an accidental suggestion that he had been “kept hidden for almost two decades and forced to bear children”.

Communications

Between 2011 and 2022 Charles was the Director of the Communications department at the

(EBRD) and a member of the Bank's weekly Executive Committee (EXCOM).

Consultancy

Since July 2022, Charles has been advising some Central Asian governments on media development within their nations as well as recording and producing the Vinyl Countdown Podcast with his son, Max.

References

External links

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