Riz Lateef Biography
Riz Lateef is a skilled British currently working at BBC as an anchor. She is the face of BBC London – presenting the flagship 6.30 nightly TV news program. Lateef attended and graduated with an MBA from Westminster Business School at the University of Westminster.
Riz Lateef Age
How old is Lateef? She is 43 years old as of 2024. Lateef was born Rizwana Lateef on 25 September 1979 in England, United Kingdom. She celebrates her birthday on 25 September every year.
Riz Lateef Education
Lateef attended and graduated with an MBA from Westminster Business School at the University of Westminster.
Riz Lateef Height|Weight
She stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 60kgs
Riz Lateef Family
She was born in England, British, UK, however, she has not revealed information regarding her family members. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Riz Lateef Husband
Lateef likes to keep her personal life private, hence she has not disclosed information about whether she is in a relationship or not. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Riz Lateef Children
She likes to keep her personal life private, hence she has not disclosed information about whether she has children or not. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Riz Lateef Career
The Evening Standard named her as one of London’s ‘1,000 most Influential People’ and received Media Professional of the Year 2009 at the prestigious Asian Women of Achievement Awards.
In addition, she has taken many major politicians to task including Tony Blair and David Cameron. She led the coverage of the 2008 London mayoral elections separating spin from reality in interviews with Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson. Lateef presented the national 8 pm bulletin on BBC One and has appeared on the BBC News channel and the Andrew Marr Show. She hosted the BBC One show ‘The Olympic Torch Comes To London’ with Matthew Pinsent.
Prior to joining BBC London she presented and reported for the BBC in the northeast and Cumbria. She also appeared regularly on BBC Breakfast. Her TV appeal isn’t limited to news – she was a presenter on BBC One’s Holiday program, appeared with Dawn French in the comedy Wild Wild West and has even popped up on Eastenders. Lateef started her broadcasting career behind the camera – working as a management consultant in the media industry before journalism. In 1998 Broadcast magazine noted her as one of the television industry’s young hotshots. She also has an MBA from a leading business school.
A Royal Charter governs the BBC and operates by an agreement with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport. Its work is primarily supported by an annual television license fee levied on all British households, businesses, and organizations that use any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts and iPlayer catch-up.
Riz Lateef Salary|Net Worth
Lateef has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which she earned from her broadcasting career.
Riz Lateef’s Social Media Platforms
Lateef is very active on social media platforms and has over 16.5k followers on Twitter, 500 followers on Instagram, and over 4k followers on Facebook.