Anjali Kapoor holds a newly created post at BBC News, running its AI adoption and audience growth from Singapore, with a brief to win over readers under 25.
Worth knowing
She has spent two decades getting newsrooms to change how they work, building Bloomberg's Asia-Pacific digital team in Hong Kong and then partnering with media companies across Asia on audience and revenue as Meta's Director for Media Partnerships. She advises leaders on adopting AI without wrecking trust. Publishers, media founders and anyone weighing an Asia-Pacific audience strategy should write.
Story
Anjali began in journalism at The Gazette, the student newspaper at Western University in London, Ontario, and built a Canadian media and technology career through Transcontinental Media, Rogers Communications, Microsoft Canada and Yahoo Canada before becoming News Strategy Director, Digital at The Globe and Mail. Asia took her next: Bloomberg Media in Hong Kong from 2015, then Facebook, where she led news partnerships across the region. After leaving Meta she stayed in Singapore, running a fractional consulting and executive coaching practice, Hot Laundry Digital, for businesses and media leaders on responsible AI adoption. In September 2025 she joined BBC News, where she sits on the News Board and oversees digital development, social media, off-platform growth and weather.
Highlights
- Director, AI, Innovation and Growth, BBC News; member, BBC News Board (2025)
- Director of Digital, Bloomberg Media Asia-Pacific (2015-2018)
- Named to The Innovator 25 Asia Pacific, 2017
- BA in Journalism, University of King's College
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