Bernard Lo
Bernard Lo | |
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| Other names | Bernie Lo |
| Occupation(s) | Television news anchor, talk show presenter, conference host, emcee, panel moderator, media coach, fiction author |
| Years active | 1990s–2019 |
| Known for | Anchoring prime time news shows on CNBC Asia and Bloomberg Television; hosting Asia Confidential with Bernie Lo, Squawk Box, and Straight Talk with Bernie Lo |
Bernard (Bernie) Lo is a seasoned former television news anchor and talk show presenter, recognized for his extensive background in Asian financial media.
Biography
Bernard Lo is an experienced conference host, emcee, panel moderator, media coach, and fiction author.
His career commenced in local television before he played a key role in the 1994 launch of CNBC Asia during the American broadcaster's expansion into the region. After nearly ten years, he transitioned to Bloomberg Television in 2004, where he anchored prime time news shows and hosted his own program, Asia Confidential with Bernie Lo.
In 2010, Lo returned to CNBC as a cohost of Squawk Box and led Straight Talk with Bernie Lo, a combined talk show and newsmagazine. In 2019, he experienced a failed spinal surgery that resulted in disability and the inability to continue working. With support from his audience, he underwent advanced spinal surgery at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles in 2022. Despite facing several postoperative complications, he was declared recovered by November 2024; however, he still deals with limited mobility due to spinal fusion.
Lo earned an Associate of Arts and Sciences degree from Tacoma Community College in 1985, a Bachelor of Arts from The Evergreen State College in 1987, and a Master of Science from the University of Idaho in 1990.
Residing in Hong Kong alongside his wife and their cat Mia, he now applies over thirty years of television hosting expertise toward conference facilitation, panel moderation, executive media coaching, and fiction writing. Additionally, he is developing content for podcasts and YouTube channels.