Todd Benjamin Keynote Speaker

  • Distinguished CNN news anchor and correspondent
  • Dynamic and engaging moderator
  • Prolific commentator on business finance and leadership

Todd Benjamin's Biography

Todd Benjamin is well known to to television audiences across the globe. For 26 years he worked as anchor, correspondent, and financial commentator for CNN. During that time he was based in Washington DC, New York, Tokyo, and London.

An award winning journalist, Todd has interviewed everyone from Bill Clinton to Tony Blair, Mikhail Gorbachev to Alan Greenspan. Todd has also interviewed several of the world’s leading CEOs including Jack Welch and Lou Gerstner.

Todd devotes much of his time now to speaking and moderating conferences and events for businesses and organisations around the world. His wide-ranging international experience and informed opinions, combined with his engaging style, have made him a sought after speaker, moderator, and interviewer of key business and political leaders. He also continues to appear on CNN as a contributing editor.

Organisers he has worked with say they are impressed with how closely he works with them, how easy he is to work with and how well he connects with both the interviewees and audience. He is known for his insightful questions and pacing of events, and the ability to get the panelists to really probe the issues.

Todd is also a visiting lecturer in leadership at the London Business School.

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Videos of Todd Benjamin

At Nor Shipping (2013)
Interviewing Carlos Ghosn on CNN (2013)

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