Streatham’s Naga Munchetty presents BBC 2’s Working Lunch, the network’s daily business programme. Previously, she was senior presenter at the international Bloomberg channel, where she headed up economic coverage, guiding viewers through the first months of the global downturn. For the network, she grilled central bankers and chief executives. On Working Lunch she has also focused on consumer issues, highlighting financial dangers and investment opportunities for viewers.

Having grown up in Streatham, Naga studied English language and literature at Leeds University. After taking a postgraduate degree in journalism, she began her career writing for the City pages of the Evening Standard, going on to write for the Observer’s business section. Naga first moved into television news with Reuters Financial Television, before becoming Business Reporter for Channel 4 News. She has also presented the BBC Black and Asian Forum alongside Meera Syal.

Naga also occasionally presents BBC 1’s Breakfast programme and met Chuka in May of this year when she interviewed him on the show.

When she’s not reporting on business and finance, she has a passion for music and can play the jazz trumpet and classical piano.