Rico Hizon is the award-winning news anchor of BBC World News´ daily business and finance program Asia Business Report and general news based show Newsday live from Singapore and London, every weekday morning.
Produced out of Singapore, Asia Business Report offers viewers up to the minute economic and market news from the Asia-Pacific region, with in-depth analysis of the latest trends from the movers and shakers in the business world.
His reports have taken him all over the region from Hong Kong, to Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and the Philippines.
On Newsday, Rico reports on the latest political and social issues from the people who make the news, and also a thorough viewpoint from more than 200 BBC correspondents around the world, and its impact on the global scene.
In his 30 years as a broadcast journalist he is the only South East Asian male anchor to work for two of the world’s most prestigious global news networks CNBC Business News and BBC World News.
He has interviewed personalities in the financial, political and sporting world from Microsoft´s Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, World Trade Organization Chief Pascal Lamy, Air Asia’s Tony Fernandes, Virgin´s Sir Richard Branson, billionaire Warren Buffet, Hedge Fund gurus George Soros, and Mark Mobius, Loida Nicholas Lewis, Former US President Bill Clinton, Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso, ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan, Nobel Prize Laureate Mohammad Yunus, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yughoyohono, U-S President Bill Clinton to Philippine President´s Fidel Ramos, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Benigno Aquino III.
In Sports, he has interviewed Olympic Gold Medalists Sebastian Coe and Joseph Schooling, Football World Champion PELE, World Boxing Champion Manny Pacquiao, NBA Superstars Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Grant Hill, David Robinson, top women golfers Michelle Wie and Lorena Ochoa, Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson, David Beckham and Rio Ferdinand.
In Entertainment, Jamie Foxx, Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield, Michelle Yeoh, K-Pop phenomenon PSY, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Journey’s Arnel Pineda, Emma Stone, Musical stars Lea Salonga and Charice, pop music composer David Foster, celebrated photographers Steve Mccury and Annie Leibovitz, internet sensations Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza also known as Aldub. Best-selling author Amy Chua.
With keen interest in Asia’s booming economies and geo-political issues, Rico Hizon´s news programs on BBC World News are broadcast to more 400 million households worldwide.
His anchoring and reportorial responsibilities has also given him the honor to moderate and host several top global events — The UN Conference on Economic and Social Change in New York and Bangkok. The Clinton Global Initiative in Hong Kong and New York. The World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings. The Asian Development Bank Annual Meetings in Singapore and Manila. The World Economic Forum. British Chamber of Commerce Awards in Singapore. The ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Cambodia, Myanmar and the Philippines.
Rico is a multi-awarded news anchor/presenter. He was given a STAR in the Philippines Walk of Fame for his contributions in the field of News. In 1996, he was awarded the prestigious TOYM (The Outstanding Young Men) award for international broadcast journalism. He was conferred the Responsible Broadcast Journalist Award from the Rotary Club. His global news program Newsday won the 2017 Asian Television Award for Best News Program. In 2014, he won the Highly Commended Award in the Best News Anchor category at the Asian Television Awards. He garnered in 2012, the prestigious Rotary Club of Manila, Broadcast Journalist of the Year Award and was accorded a Doctorate Honoris Causa in Humanities by the University of Northeastern Philippines. In 2011, he was chosen one of Asia’s top news anchor’s at the Asian Television Awards. In 2010, People of the Year Awardee from People Asia Magazine. In 2009, a La Sallian Achievement Awardee for Global Journalism. In 2008, Presidential Awardee for excellence in International Journalism. In 2008, Bank of the Philippine Islands recognized Hizon for bringing honor and recognition to the Philippines with the BPinoy Award, and for advocating important Filipino values and principles.
Hizon, who finished his studies at De La Salle University, started his broadcast career at Manila-based GMA Network, from 1988 to 1995, where he was responsible for covering capital markets, banking and finance, real estate, investment and corporate developments. He anchored the daily business program, Business Today, GMA News Live and Stock Market Live from the trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Hizon then joined CNBC Asia in April 1995, based in Hong Kong and later in Singapore, where he was the main anchor of the morning edition of CNBC Today, Squawk Box, Market Watch and Power Lunch.
