Amanda Drury

Drury was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She attended Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne, and graduated in 1990. She received a bachelor's degree in fine arts, Japanese and French from the University of Melbourne[3] and attended the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.[4]

Drury started working in Japan in international relations. She began her broadcast career in radio before making the switch to TV working for Bloomberg in Tokyo[2] from 1999 to 2000. She joined CNBC in January 2001[2] and spent eight years based at its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore. She was stationed in CNBC Sydney in 2009 before being transferred to CNBC's global headquarters in New Jersey in May 2010.[3] Drury’s first position at CNBC USA was as the co-anchor of "The Call".[5] Drury has appeared on other various CNBC shows and segments. She became the co-presenter of The Call (US version) in March 2011.[6] Drury was a finalist in the 2007 and 2008 Asian Television Awards in the category of Best News Presenter.[3]

Drury left CNBC US after her final appearance as co-presenter of Power Lunch on January 15, 2016, to relocate back to Sydney, Australia. She rejoined CNBC Asia in July 2016.