Paula Naoufal

Paula Naoufal is an award-winning journalist and Senior Reporter at CNN Business Arabic with more than a decade of experience in media and communication. She has interviewed heads of state, prime ministers, and global business leaders, including the President of Iraq, the Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Scotland, the CEO of Aramco, GCC ministers, and Royal Highnesses.

Paula has covered major international events such as the World Economic Forum in Davos, OPEC+ meetings in Vienna, and the IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C. Alongside her reporting and presenting, she moderates high-level panels featuring ministers, CEOs, and royalty, and serves on the Selection Committee of the International Energy Journalism Awards. Previously, she worked at Asharq News with Bloomberg and at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. She holds a master’s in Risk Analysis from King’s College London and is pursuing a PhD in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester.

At BRIDGE Summit, Paula will speak about covering energy, economics, and policy in a changing world, and how journalists can bring clarity and accountability to complex global discussions.