Thomas Evans, vice president and London bureau chief for CNN, oversees all news-gathering for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), running 14 bureaus across the two and a half continents.
Evans has led CNN’s coverage of several major news events of the recent years, including Brexit, the numerous terror attacks across Europe, the conflict in Ukraine, the ongoing refugee crisis and the Syrian civil war.
He started at CNN as a producer for AC360 with Anderson Cooper and later headed the network’s Baghdad bureau. Prior to becoming the London bureau chief, Evans was CNN International’s senior director of coverage for EMEA.
Evans has received numerous Emmy awards, Edward R. Murrow awards, Peabody awards, and a Prix Bayeux. He has a master’s degree in international politics from SOAS University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies) along with bachelors’ degrees in political science and fine art from the University of Rochester.
