After Dinner Speakers
International News Anchor | Global Moderator | Master of Ceremonies
As a TRT World news anchor who has reported across the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Latin America, Maria helps audiences make sense of a fast-shifting global landscape. She translates geopolitical complexity into clear, grounded insight, drawing on firsthand reporting and broadcast experience with the BBC, Bloomberg, and CNBC.
The Middle East
Maria spent years reporting from the Middle East and brings firsthand understanding of the region's politics, conflicts, and shifting alliances. She moves beyond the headlines to explain the forces shaping the region and what they mean for businesses and institutions operating there or watching from afar.
European Affairs
Maria offers an informed, on-the-ground perspective on European politics, from economic pressure to migration and security. Drawing on her reporting across the continent and fluency in several European languages, she helps audiences understand the dynamics driving Europe's direction.
Refugees
Maria has reported firsthand on refugee crises and brings a human, evidence-based perspective to one of the defining issues of our time. She explores the causes and consequences of forced displacement, cutting through politicised narratives to help audiences understand the realities on the ground.
Immigration
Maria examines immigration with the nuance of a journalist who has covered it across multiple regions. She unpacks the economic, political, and human dimensions of migration, helping audiences move past polarised debate toward a clearer, fact-based understanding.
Climate Change
Maria brings climate change down from abstraction to consequence, drawing on reporting from regions already living with its effects. She connects environmental shifts to politics, migration, and economics, helping audiences grasp why climate is now a business and security issue, not only an environmental one.
The Environment
Maria explores the environmental pressures reshaping economies and societies, from resource scarcity to biodiversity loss. With a reporter's eye for the real-world story, she helps audiences understand what is at stake and how environmental change intersects with the issues they care about.
Digital Disruption
Maria examines how digital disruption is reshaping media, information, and public trust. Drawing on her work inside major broadcast newsrooms, she explores how technology is changing the way stories are told and believed, and what that means for organisations navigating an age of misinformation and rapid change.
