Daniela “Danie” Laurel is an award-winning News Anchor and Markets Reporter at Cignal TV's One News (formerly Bloomberg TV Philippines) in Manila, Philippines. She anchors the main business broadcasts of the network One News Markets and One News Business. She writes and produces her reports, conducts interviews with high profile figureheads, and goes on field coverage. She has amassed more than 2,000 live broadcasts. Daniela was awarded Best News Presenter/Anchor at the 25th Asian TV awards in 2020. 

Beyond the newsroom, Daniela is considered the top host and moderator for economic and corporate events and conferences in the Philippines and Asia and has hosted more than 100 events for more than 50 clients across all industries. 

Daniela also maintains a weekly column entitled “Rethinking Finance” at BusinessWorld, a leading broadsheet in Asia and hosts and produce “Bank on It”, a weekly financial literacy TV show. 

With a Doctorate in Management Engineering from Politecnico di Milano with 2 years spent at HEC Paris, she was formerly Assistant Professor of Finance at IÉSEG School of Management. She holds an MBA from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and has two years’ investment banking experience at ABN AMRO's Amsterdam Headquarters, then the top 1 M&A team in the Benelux region and in Credit Suisse Manila.
A mother of two, Daniela is also a model and social media influencer with over 16k followers. She speaks 5 languages and divides her time between Paris and Manila.