Olivia Kinghorst
Olivia Kinghorst is an international moderator, MC and keynote speaker. She has been invited to host some of the world’s leading business and tech events from the World Economic Forum, Web Summit, Mobile World Congress, GITEX Global to Forbes Women’s Summit in Zurich.
Her expertise lies in presenting summits, conferences, galas and corporate events. She has worked with a large portfolio of clients and Fortune 500 companies including UBS, Zurich Insurance, Roche, PwC, Deloitte, LEGO, Roche and L’Oréal.
Olivia began her career in Sydney and has over a decade of experience in the news and media industry. She was formerly a TV anchor for CNN Money Switzerland presenting their evening business program and a senior editor at Forbes where she profiled leading CEOs and hosted the Forbes Women’s Summit in Switzerland.
She has written for business and leadership magazines and hosts a podcast on the future of work. She is also a keynote speaker, nominated for the Global Woman Awards and co-founded the organisation Millennials4Boards to build bridges between generations in the boardroom.
Olivia was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and currently resides in Zurich, Switzerland. She completed her Masters in Journalism at Columbia University in New York.
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