Channel 4 News appoints Helia Ebrahimi as the new Busine Correspondent

Channel 4 News appoints Helia Ebrahimi as the new Business Correspondent Channel 4 News has appointed Helia Ebrahimi as the new Business Correspondent. Helia is joining Channel 4 News from CNBC in her role as UK Business Editor covering economics, politics and corporate news for the networks flagship show Squawk Box. In this role Helia will work with Siobhan Kennedy who was recently appointed the programmes Business Editor. Her remit will include everything from high street retail to boardroom movers and shakers. Ben de Pear, Editor of Channel 4 News said: Im delighted with this appointment. Helia is a passionate, talented journalist and brings a wealth of experience in broadcast and print. Helia said: Im very excited about joining such a distinguished and agenda-setting team, both for the quality and incisiveness of its reporting. There is no better news organisation to be joining. Prior to joining CNBC, Helia was Senior City Correspondent at The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph for five years. She broke a number of major exclusives, including the £12.6bn attempted takeover of BSkyB by News Corp, the controversial £30m bonus pot for RBSs top five investment bankers, and the stake building of Xstratas second largest shareholder Qatar for its £51bn mining mega-merger with Glencore. She started her career in journalism at the Mail on Sunday covering the leisure sector, private equity and women in business. ends Hayley Barlow Head of Communications, Channel 4 News Tel: 0207 430 4220 or 07766 367 110 Twitter: @hayley_barlow

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