Career: Peston worked for various publications, including Investors Chronicle, The Independent, Sunday Correspondent, Financial Times, The Spectator, the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times before, in 2005, joining the BBC as its business editor. He's also the founder of Speakers for Schools, which arranges talks for students from experts in various fields. Peston has published numerous books, including Brown's Britain, Who Runs Britain? and How Do We Fix This Mess? He's won various awards; perhaps the most impressive is the Royal Television Society's Television Journalism Award for Scoop of the Year in 2008 for breaking the news of Northern Rock seeking emergency financial help from the Bank of England.