Millions have woken up to Chetan presenting the tv sports news on the BAFTA award-winning BBC Breakfast, as well as watching him deliver breaking news, bulletins and programmes internationally on the BBC News Channel and anchoring nightly sport bulletins on Britain’s most watched news programmes the News at Six and the News at Ten. With thousands of hours of live unscripted presenting under his belt, he’s anchored continuous tv coverage from some of the world’s biggest events, including from five Wimbledon Championships in a row as well as the Olympics and Commonwealth Games.
As a news correspondent Chetan’s delivered hundreds of original stories, he’s worked out of Westminster as a political reporter, been a court correspondent, business reporter, and presented a range of programmes across BBC radio where he started his career. Chetan has also worked as an actor on multiple television shows, narrated dozens of audiobooks as a voiceover artist for Amazon Audible, and continues to work as a facilitator and event host. Of British Indian background, he also speaks Hindi and Gujarati and successfully pitched and presented an international tv documentary series exploring his family’s migration to the UK and the Hindu festivals they celebrate.
Since 2018 Chetan’s brought his multi-faceted skillset to Body Talk, where as a lead trainer and coach he works with people to ensure they’re calm and confident when they communicate, whether they’re delivering their message in person, on camera or online. Creating a safe, inclusive and fun space, be it during one to ones or delivering masterclasses to thousands, he’s coached c-suite executives as well as business leaders and team members at a range of companies in the UK, US and around the world helping them make their bids, pitches and meetings as compelling as possible, and has also enabled leaders to create more collaborative environments where they can deliver their messages with clarity, empathy and authority.
A lot of Chetan’s work also includes empowering students and young people from under-privileged working-class backgrounds like his own, focusing on subjects close to his heart like resilience, mindset, emotional intelligence and overcoming imposter-syndrome. His approach to coaching, honed as a broadcaster, is deeply rooted in listening and being curious and he mentors people to develop a persuasive and versatile communication style that is authentic to them and their message. As he always says, whether it’s the newsroom or the boardroom, broadcasting or business, the goals of communication are the same, we all want to build trust, connect with others, and keep them engaged.
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