About Me

Olivia Kinghorst is an international event moderator and MC.

She has hosted at major international events including The World Economic Forum in Davos, Web Summit in Lisbon, European Women in Tech in Amsterdam, Watches and Wonders in Geneva and Hong Kong FinTech Week.

She was an anchor and multimedia journalist for CNN Money Switzerland, an English-speaking channel covering business, tech, finance, lifestyle. During this time, she hosted live evening programs and reported on major events such as the World Economic Forum in Davos. She was also a senior editor at Forbes Switzerland profiling the leading CEOs across the German-speaking region. She completed her Masters in Journalism at Columbia University in New York.

Olivia was formerly the weekend editor and newsroom producer at Business Insider Australia, and completed internships at CNN Business in New York, Seven Network, Sky News in Sydney and the German-Australian Chamber of Commerce.

She was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and currently resides in Zurich, Switzerland. Olivia speaks English, Cantonese, German, some Swedish, Danish, Mandarin and French.

She is also an advisory board member of the Australian Swiss Chamber of Commerce. In her free time, she is scouring for design inspiration, learning a language or eating sushi.

Get in touch.

For pitches, story ideas, moderation requests or to simply get in touch, please send me an email below. I will get back to you as soon as possible!

oliviakinghorst@gmail.com