Ricardo Gonçalves

Ricardo Jorge Gonçalves (born 24 January 1981) is a Portuguese Australian television journalist and presenter, best known for his work at SBS.

, Gonçalves is the network's finance editor where he presents a nightly finance report on SBS World News and also fronts the SBS On the Money Podcast.

Career Gonçalves commenced his television career at WIN Television in Wollongong, where unpaid work experience led to him becoming a casual WIN News reporter in 1998 while he was studying commerce at the University of Wollongong.

In 1999, Gonçalves set up a website to offer advice to high school students about study techniques leading to his assistance with the Seven Network current affairs program Today Tonight with a number of education-related reports.

Gonçalves commenced working as a business journalist for finance expert David Koch's production company Palamedia in 2001.

In April 2020, Gonçalves unusually had to take over from Janice Petersen halfway through an SBS World News bulletin due to Petersen's vision deteriorating caused by an object in her eye.

Personal life Gonçalves was born in Wollongong, New South Wales. His parents had migrated to Australia from Portugal in the late 1970s. Gonçalves continued to use the name Richard while also anglicising his surname to enhance his career prospects due to the lack of cultural diversity on Australian television. However, he was let go from the group after approximately six months after being told his vocal abilities weren't developing enough.

He is an Australia Day ambassador.