Asad Ahmed

Ahmad was due to run the 2008 London Marathon in aid of WaterAid, but had to pull out due to sustaining a knee injury. Ahmad suffered a motorcycle accident in 2008, sustaining a serious head and brain injury. He was almost paralysed and must now use a walking stick to help his overall balance.

In 2007 Ahmad faced an allegation of harassment which he strongly denied stating that the allegation was "false". He refused offers of a caution by the Metropolitan Police opting to take the case to court. The Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence and forensic evidence cleared Ahmad of any wrongdoing. He was told he could leave the court "without a stain on his character". The CPS was ordered to pay Ahmad's legal costs.

Ahmad was invited by the US State Department to take part in their International Visitor Leadership Programme in 2006, where he delivered lectures. He is also a Patron of the charity Working With Words.

Ahmad was the 2006 Royal Television Society Reporter of the Year for London. He was shortlisted for an Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards (EMMA) for Best Radio News Journalist.

Ahmad began his media career at the BBC on the News Trainee Scheme in 1996 before working at BBC Birmingham as a Political Reporter and TV Presenter on BBC Midlands Today. Before joining BBC London, Ahmad presented editions of BBC Scotland's flagship news programme Reporting Scotland as well as news bulletins on BBC Breakfast. He was one of the launch presenters and correspondents for Newsnight Scotland. He became the BBC's Scotland Correspondent, during which time he covered the Foot and Mouth outbreak, and riots in the North of England.