Carolynne WHEELER

Carolynne Wheeler is head of communications at BBC Media Action, the BBC's international charity. She began her career in daily newspaper journalism in Canada and spent more than a decade as a foreign correspondent, working for major English language publications in Canada and the UK from bases in Russia, the Middle East and China before moving into global development. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Canada's Carleton University and a Masters in NGO Management from Bayes Business School, City-St Georges, University of London. She is also a trustee for Unlimit Health, a global health organisation working to eliminate parasitic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Carolynne is based in London.