Faisal Islam

Faisal is the BBC's economics editor. He was political editor of Sky News for five years and economics editor at Channel 4 News and The Observer. He has covered every leg of the financial, Eurozone and rolling UK political crises. Faisal is the winner of multiple awards including three Royal Television Society awards and authored The Default Line, on the financial crisis. He was born and brought up in Manchester, and is a football fan.