Serena Chaudhry is a TV journalist with Reuters Video News in London. She has worked as a political and financial reporter in the field for eight years, breaking news from across the Middle East, southern and west Africa and south Asia.

Serena was one of the youngest foreign journalists to cover the recent Iraq war for Reuters. She has also worked as a reporter and producer for BBC World News. Serena was part of the first international BBC team in South Africa to cover the passing of Nelson Mandela as rolling breaking news for an international audience.

Serena was born in London, brought up in South Africa and has ties to Kenya and Pakistan too. She speaks French, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi and is currently working on adding Arabic to the list.

Serena is passionate about humanitarian stories, particularly the plight of women and children in conflict zones.