Adrian Finighan

Adrian Finighan is an international anchor and correspondent based at CNN’s European headquarters in London. He presents the two daytime editions of ‘Business International’, as well as ‘World News’ from London.

Finighan joined CNN at the start of 2006, a year which saw him anchoring on numerous major news stories, including the summer’s Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 'foiled terror plot' to detonate bombs onboard planes across the Atlantic. In addition to news anchoring, Finighan also works as a correspondent for CNN, which in his first year, saw him covering the huge disruption at Heathrow as the news of the foiled terror plot emerged.

Finighan brought two decades of news broadcasting experience to CNN. He has interviewed countless leaders, politicians and newsmakers, and covered almost every major news event of the last 20 years. He developed his journalistic skills working for the BBC where his ability as an international news anchor was highlighted through his coverage of the Asian tsunami at the end of 2004. He was presenting live as the news broke, and proceeded to stay on air, constantly, for the following six hours watching the developing events in South East Asia.

Finighan joined the BBC in 1988 as a radio producer and presenter. He progressed from local radio, where he started the first regional, weekday phone-in programme on BBC radio, to national radio, working as a news reader for Radio 1 and 2 and then onto television, joining the BBC’s business unit. He eventually became one of the regular anchors on BBC World.

His interest in broadcast news journalism began in his early teens. After leaving school, he was offered the chance to study 'on the job' for a recognised journalism qualification with the South Wales radio station where he had been working part time since the age of 16.