Laila Harrak is a well-known international journalist and presenter having spent more than 15 years on TV screens across Europe. She has vast experience interviewing world leaders as well as working in some of the world’s hot spots. Available to hire for personal appearances Laila Harrak is a great choice for a number of different events. Anchor for CNN, she is a fantastic presenter and host given her experience in the role and if booked as a speaker she has plenty of stories to tell that will engage any audience.
Highly educated Laila was a global graduate scholar at New York University’s Journalism Institute and also studied in The Netherlands and Venice. She also speaks Dutch, Arabic, English, Italian, German, and French. She started her career as a producer at the Associated Press Paris bureau and also worked at CNN Financial News. She has worked as a broadcast journalist covering events including European Union and NATO summits, the ICC’s indictment of Sudan President Omar al Bashir and Lebanon’s political standoff between Hezbollah and the government. She has also worked for TF1, RAI and ITN.
More recently Laila has been the News Anchor for DW News, Germany’s leading international broadcaster. She is live every hour with news bulletins, on-air analysis of the biggest stories from around the world and rolling coverage of breaking news. Her hosting experience is not limited to the TV as she has fantastic experience working at events and conferences. She was the host of Berlin’s War or Peace Festival and the Deauville Partnership Conference and acted as a moderator for a CARE panel on food security.
Available to hire for a variety of occasions, Laila is a fantastic choice for several different roles. Her vast experience presenting and appearing live on the news makes her a great choice as an events host. Mistakes will be few and far between making for a stress-free evening and her professional and engaging approach will entertain any type of audience. If you’re looking for stories from around the world, her background as a journalist has given her plenty of them to tell, from working with world leaders to covering some of the world’s biggest flashpoints in recent memory.
How to hire Laila Harrak
Contact the Champions Speakers Agency to provisionally enquire about hiring Laila Harrak for your next event, today. To get in touch, simply call an official booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
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- 2022 – Anchor, CNN
- 2013 – News Anchor, Deutsche Welle
- 2003 – Broadcast Journalist, Associated Press
- 2002 – Producer, Associated Press
- 2001 – Production Assistant, CNN
