Hadley Gamble
Career
Hadley Gamble is CNBC’s Anchor based in Abu Dhabi. Hadley anchors Capital Connection from CNBC’s Middle East Headquarters based within Abu Dhabi Global Markets. The show, broadcast daily, gives you a reading on Asia’s markets mid-day and sets you up for the Middle East and European trading day.
In addition, Hadley also fronts CNBC’s popular feature franchise Access: Middle East where she speaks to world leaders, international CEOs and philanthropists. Among the guests: King Abdullah II of Jordan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Blackrock CEO Larry Fink, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Facebook’s Sean Parker, HRH Princess Reema bin Bandar Al-Saud and Bill Gates, as well as U.S Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.
In October 2018, Gamble was the first international journalist to report live from Saudi Arabia following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Her interview with Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir was the first comment from a Saudi official following Khashoggi’s death. She was also the first international journalist to be live on the ground at Aramco oil facilities in September 2019 reporting the damage left by Iranian rockets and drones.
Hadley regularly anchors for CNBC from the World Economic Forum in Davos, moderating panels on topics ranging from geopolitics to economics. Her January 2020 panel with former Lebanese foreign minister Gibran Basil was one of the most-watched in Davos history.
Hadley is also a passionate advocate for women. She moderated the first ever women’s business forum in Saudi Arabia and provided exclusive content to CNBC as the Kingdom lifted its decades-old driving ban.
Early career
Gamble worked for ABC News and Fox News in Washington, DC. Gamble presented CNBC's Access: Middle East[1] and Access: Africa.[3] Gamble has reported several times from the World Economic Forum in Davos.[3]
Personal life
Hadley is from Knoxville, Tennessee in the United States. She is a cousin of famed interior designer Albert Hadley.
References
- "CNBC Profiles". Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- Born in Knoxville, Hadley attended Halls High School and graduated from the University of Miami."Victor Ashe: Blackburn-Bredesen contest is dividing families, Republicans". Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- "Speaker's Biography". Retrieved 29 April 2019.