Caro Kriel

Chief Executive - Thomson Foundation

Caro Kriel is Chief Executive of Thomson Foundation, a London/Berlin based not-for-profit supporting media that provide independent, trusted information to local communities. An award-winning journalist and media executive, she held leadership positions with CNN, Sky News and Associated Press (AP) for over two decades.

Caro is a non-executive director of Impress, the UK press regulator and a trustee of Rukhshana Media, a digital outlet telling the stories of women and girls living in Afghanistan.

Caro graduated from Stellenbosch University, South Africa and is a Fellow of the Punch Sulzberger Program at the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York.