PERSON: Keir Simmons

Chief International Correspondent

Keir Hardie Brennan-Simmons (born 22 February 1972) is an English journalist. He has been the senior international correspondent for the NBC morning show Today since December 2018. He also appears regularly on the evening broadcast NBC Nightly News, and fills in as an anchor on MSNBC.<br> <br> From August 2012 until December 2018, Simmons was a foreign correspondent for NBC News. Previously, he was the U.K. editor for ITN’s ITV News.<br> <br> Early life and education<br> Simmons was born in London, England and grew up in Bristol. He was educated at Wellsway School, a state comprehensive school in the town of Keynsham in Somerset and St Brendans College, a state Catholic school, followed by Goldsmiths College, a constituent college of the University of London, where he earned a bachelor’s degree. His sister is actress and health campaigner Mika Simmons.