Dana Lewis

Boards and executive audiences no longer treat geopolitical risk as a standing agenda item. Wars in Europe and the Middle East, a more assertive China, and unstable energy and supply routes are reshaping operating assumptions quarter by quarter. Leaders need the substance on stage to match the seriousness of the questions being asked from the floor.

Dana Lewis is a veteran foreign correspondent and event host who moderates executive conversations on Russia, the Middle East, and global conflict with the authority of three decades on the ground.

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Why organisations work with Dana Lewis

  • Three decades of frontline reporting across more than 50 countries, including Moscow, Jerusalem, Iraq, and Afghanistan, bring first-hand authority to any panel on geopolitical risk.
  • Twelve years based in Russia and fluent Russian give him context on Moscow, the Kremlin, and the wider post-Soviet space that few moderators in the market can match.
  • Embedded assignments with the 101st Airborne, 82nd Airborne, 10th Mountain Division, and U.S. Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan make him credible on military and security subjects that often defeat generalist hosts.
  • Interviews with heads of state including Vladimir Putin, King Hussein of Jordan, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Shimon Peres translate directly into the composure and pace required to hold a senior panel.
  • Overseas Press Club awards for coverage of the Kursk submarine disaster and the Kosovo war, plus an Emmy nomination for his reporting on Russian orphans, back the billing with recognition from named bodies.

Biography highlights

  • Former Moscow correspondent for NBC News and Moscow Bureau Chief for Fox News, one of the longest-serving Western reporters based in Russia.
  • Jerusalem-based Middle East Bureau Chief for CTV, covering Israel, the Palestinian territories, and the wider region.
  • Correspondent credits with Fox News, NBC News, CBS News, CBC News, and CTV National News; contributor to Al Jazeera America.
  • Embedded with U.S. forces for the 2003 Iraq invasion with the 101st Airborne and on multiple Afghanistan rotations including Helmand Province.
  • Host of BACK STORY With DANA LEWIS, a world affairs podcast featuring interviews with former officials and subject experts.
  • Overseas Press Club awards for the Kursk submarine disaster and the Kosovo war; Emmy nomination for Russian orphans reporting.

Biography

Moscow, Jerusalem, Kabul, and Baghdad are not datelines Dana Lewis covered from a hotel balcony. He lived in Russia for 12 years as NBC News Moscow correspondent and later Fox News Moscow Bureau Chief, one of the longest continuously based Western reporters in the country. Before that he ran CTV’s Middle East bureau out of Jerusalem through the 1990s.

That grounding matters when a board is asked to think about Russia, Ukraine, Iran, or the Gulf. Lewis has interviewed Vladimir Putin, King Hussein of Jordan, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Shimon Peres. He was embedded with the 101st Airborne for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and with the 82nd Airborne, 10th Mountain Division, and U.S. Marines across multiple Afghanistan tours including Helmand Province. He reports in English and Russian.

The awards sit underneath the reporting, not in front of it. Overseas Press Club recognition for the Kursk submarine disaster and the Kosovo war, an Emmy nomination for a story on Russian orphans, and decades of assignments for Fox News, NBC News, CBS News, CBC News, CTV National News, and Al Jazeera America.

Today he is based in London, hosts the BACK STORY With DANA LEWIS podcast on world affairs, and appears regularly on TRT World, LBC Radio, and ABC News Australia. For event organisers he works as a moderator, conference host, and interviewer, putting the same instincts that governed a live two-way from a war zone to work on a corporate stage.

Key speaking topics

  • Russia and the Kremlin
  • Middle East conflict and security
  • Geopolitical risk and foreign policy
  • War reporting and frontline journalism
  • International media and world affairs
  • Event hosting, moderation, and executive interviews

Ideal for

  • Board and executive briefings on Russia, Ukraine, and the wider post-Soviet region
  • Conferences requiring a moderator or host with authority on geopolitics and security
  • Media panels and journalism programmes exploring war reporting and foreign correspondence
  • Awards ceremonies and corporate events seeking a broadcast-trained presenter

Audience outcomes

  • A clearer read on the Kremlin’s logic and the constraints shaping Russian foreign policy
  • A grounded sense of how Middle East conflicts connect to European and global risk
  • An on-stage conversation moderated at the pace and standard of live network television
  • First-hand colour from inside Moscow, Jerusalem, Kabul, and Baghdad that sharpens abstract risk discussions

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