Beccy Meehan
Beccy Meehan
Beccy Meehan is a British journalist based in Lancaster, Lancashire. She is a presenter at BBC North West Tonight. [1]
Education
Meehan attended Lancaster Girls Grammar School before moving to London where she earned a degree in government and Economics from the London School of Economics and a post-graduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University.
Career
She initially trained as a writer, before moving to TV, her articles and columns have appeared in the Daily Telegraph, CityAM, CNBC.com, the New York Times, Boston Globe and Jakarta Post.
Before joining the BBC, Beccy spent 5 years as a presenter at international financial news broadcaster CNBC in London where she fronted the morning programme Capital Connection.
She also anchored Squawk Box Europe, Worldwide Exchange and European Closing Bell.
Personal Life
In 2015 she competed in IronmanUK (3.8k swim, 180k bike, marathon) and finished in a time of 14 hours and 39 minutes.
She has cycled a lap of Ireland, as well as Land’s End-John O’Groats. Beccy also volunteers as Girl Guide leader and is an ambassador for Girl Guiding North West.
She is a single parent.