Telegraph To BBC

Kamal joined the BBC from the Telegraph Media Group, which he joined in September 2009 as Business Editor of The Sunday Telegraph. Kamal also led the editorial team delivering The Telegraph’s annual Festival of Business, a celebration of medium and smaller sized business in the UK.

Equality And Human Rights

Between 2007 and 2009 Kamal Ahmed was Group Director of Communications, at the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The regulator charged with upholding and enforcing equality and human rights legislation in Britain. Before joining the Commission in 2007, Kamal was Executive Editor of News, at The Observer; with responsibility for the main news section of the paper. He was a member of the team that developed and re-launched The Observer; as a mid size full colour Sunday paper. A development that won Newspaper of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2005; the highest award for any newspaper.

Kamal Ahmed Political Editor

Between 2000 and 2004 Kamal Ahmed was Political Editor of The Observer. Covering Tony Blair’s government and the lead up to the Iraq war. Between 1996 and 2000, Kamal worked for The Guardian. Starting on the paper as Royal Correspondent; later becoming Media Correspondent and then Media Editor.

Kamal Ahmed is an industry mentor for the Media Trust, an organisation committed to increasing diversity in the media and he is a regular guest speaker at their events.