Emma Graham is a journalist based in the United Arab Emirates.

Currently running CNBC in the Middle East, she is the company’s Supervising Producer overseeing CNBC’s work across the region, based out of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.  

MORE ABOUT EMMA

Emma covers markets across the Middle East and North Africa and follows regional business, financial and geopolitical stories for CNBC’s global audience. Emma also covers the energy markets, which has taken her to Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan.  At the start of Emma’s career at CNBC, she fronted coverage out of Saudi Arabia days after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. She led production and research for CNBC’s exclusive interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin in October 2021 as Europe entered into a gas crisis, and has since covered the war in Ukraine from Kyiv and Moscow. Emma has led the network’s coverage of all major stories in the region during her time at CNBC, and follows OPEC+ policy closely, conducting and securing interviews with energy ministers across the globe. Emma covered the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in 2021, breaking first on NBC news that President Ashraf Ghani had left Kabul and was seeking asylum in the UAE. Emma has covered elections across the region, from Turkey to Israel and most recently, has led CNBC's regional coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.    

BEFORE CNBC

Before helping to launch CNBC’s Middle East operation, Emma worked at Bloomberg in London covering Brexit and European markets. Prior to that, Emma worked at Al Jazeera America in New York City.  She has an MA from UCL in Human Rights and an Undergraduate Degree from George Mason University in Government and International Policy.