Luis Carlos Vélez
| Luis Carlos Vélez Marroquín | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
October 6, 1977 Bogotá |
| Nationality | Colombia / USA |
| Occupation | Anchor and reporter for CNN International based in New York |
Luis Carlos Vélez Marroquín (October 6, 1977 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a bilingual and multimedia, Journalist and News Executive.
Broad experience in Network News, Cable News, US Hispanic, Radio, Latin America and Digital.
At Telemundo / NBCUni served as Executive Vice President of News at Telemundo Network . As EVP, Velez was responsible of all editorial and production of the network's news division including multiple time Emmy Award winner productions: Un Nuevo Dia, Al Rojo Vivo and Noticiero Telemundo.
Since 2013 Velez is also Op/Ed writer for El Espectador and currently serves as News Director at La FM Radio.
Previously, Luis Carlos was Anchor and News Director in Caracol TV Colombia. In that role he supervised all editorial content for Caracol News across its multimedia platforms and anchored Ultima Edición. Under his leadership Noticias Caracol became Colombia´s TV news leader reaching its highest ratings since its launch in 1998.
Before Caracol, Vélez was anchor / reporter for CNN International based in New York. Vélez joined CNN International from sister network CNN en Español where he was Anchor and Supervisor of the network's business programming.
He was part of special assignments for the CNN News Group. In 2010, he was sent to Haiti to cover the massive earthquake and to Colombia, where he accompanied the Colombian military forces in their operations against the terrorist group Farc.
Vélez has interviewed most Latin American Presidents in recent years, and the US President Barack Obama.
Vélez started his professional career in finance and he worked for Enron Corporation in Texas. In 2007, Vélez was named one of the 10 “Leaders of the Future” in Colombia.
Born in Bogotá, Vélez earned a degree in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes. He also earned undergraduate credits at the London School of Economics and a Certificate in Administration and Management from Harvard University in Massachusetts. Vélez speaks Spanish and English.
In 2015 Vélez received an Emmy for best Breaking News Coverage in Spanish TV as Executive Producer.
Luis Carlos, his wife Siad and baby Hannah, live in Miami.
References