Robert Peston

Robert James Kenneth Peston is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the political editor of ITV News and presents the weekly political discussion programme Peston, alongside the political editor of The Guardian, Pippa Crerar. He was business editor of BBC News from 2006 to 2014 and its economics editor from 2014 to 2015. Peston became widely known for his reporting on the 2008 financial crisis, particularly his exclusive coverage of the Northern Rock crisis.