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ABC announces new finance presenter and money correspondent
12 Oct
Summary
- David Chau will replace Alan Kohler as ABC's finance presenter.
- Jessica Irvine appointed as the new money correspondent.
- Alan Kohler retires after 31 years of service at ABC.
David Chau will be stepping into the role of finance presenter for the ABC's 7pm news bulletins, succeeding the retiring Alan Kohler. Kohler, a long-standing figure in finance journalism for over three decades at the national broadcaster, will present his final segment this Wednesday.
Chau, who began his ABC journey in 2017 as a digital producer, has been presenting finance reports since 2019. He expressed his honour in continuing Kohler's esteemed legacy. Concurrently, Jessica Irvine has been appointed as the broadcaster's money correspondent, a newly created position.
Irvine brings nearly two decades of experience from her previous role as an economics journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. News director Simon Robinson extended the ABC's gratitude to Alan Kohler for his significant contributions and wished him well for the future.
