Ellen Frauenknecht
is a leading business journalist and anchorwoman for top European media groups delivering news in both German and English for the last 19 years.
While regularly attending the World Economic Forum in Davos and over the course of her career she has interviewed thousands of decision makers in business, politics and society. She hosted a daily show with the annual meetings’ most influential speakers. The Show was broadcast on screens across the WEF’s conference halls, on Swiss national television, and CNBC. She also acted as CNBC’s chief ECB correspondent.
Since 2007
ARD, FRANKFURT
Stock Exchange Correspondent
- ARD is a joint organisation of Germany’s regional public-service broadcasters, therefore she regularly appears on a variety of news programmes in various channels, such as Tagesschau 24, Phoenix, Hessischer Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Since 2011
NDR FERNSEHEN, HANNOVER
Anchorwoman
- NDR’s leading prime time news show called NDR Aktuell 21.45
4 years
DEUTSCHE WELLE TV, BERLIN & FRANKFURT & DAVOS
Business Anchor and Correspondent
- Business Anchor for DW TV’s main news show “Das Journal”
- World Economic Forum Correspondent (English & German)
- Stock Exchange Correspondent
3 years
CNBC EUROPE, LONDON & FRANKFURT & DAVOS
Germany Correspondent
- Stock Exchange Reporting in English for CNBC Europe
- Stock Exchange Reporting German for joint venture partner N24
- EZB Chief Correspondent
4 years
BLOOMBERG LP, LONDON & NEW YORK
Anchorwoman and Senior Producer
- youngest anchor on the air, hosting various flagship shows
- developer and producer of numerous news shows
- Live Reporting from the New York Stock Exchange, as well as the German Stock Exchange
- financial markets reporting for JV partners FAZ Business radio and N24 TV
1 year
SPRINGER FOREIGN NEWS SERVICE, LONDON
Foreign Correspondent (Freelance) für Axel Springer Group
- Axel Springer is Europe’s largest newspaper publishing group
- Publications in various Springer news products, among them BILD, Die Welt, Welt am Sonntag and Hamburger Abendblatt.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, BIRKBECK COLLEGE, LONDON
First Class Honours Bachelor of Science (BsC) Economics and Social
Policy
SCHULE SCHLOSS SALEM, SALEM
Abitur (A-levels) at Germany’s leading private school