Spriha Srivastava takes on expanded editorial leadership role at CNBC

Spriha Srivastava has taken on an expanded role at CNBC as Vice President and Executive Editor of News & Editorial Strategy, leading editorial strategy across the network’s international newsrooms.

In her new role, Srivastava will oversee editorial priorities across television, digital and social teams, bringing together the network’s international news operations to deliver original journalism and strengthen coverage for global audiences.

Srivastava has been with CNBC since May 2025, when she joined as Vice President, Digital. In that role, she led the network’s international digital editorial strategy, focusing on audience and subscriber growth, editorial innovation and cross-platform storytelling. Her responsibilities included overseeing teams of journalists covering markets, technology, geopolitics and major global events, while driving data-led decision-making and audience engagement.

Before returning to CNBC, Srivastava spent more than five years at Business Insider, where she served as International Executive Editor and UK Bureau Chief from February 2022 to March 2025. She oversaw the UK and Singapore bureaus, led international newsroom strategy and managed cross-border teams covering business, markets and global news.

Earlier, she was Executive Editor at Business Insider from January 2020 to February 2022, leading its Business, Markets, Investing, Technology, Advertising, Careers and Contributors desks.

Srivastava previously worked with CNBC International from April 2016 to January 2020, holding roles including Deputy News Editor and Lead Financial Blogger and Online Reporter. During this period, she covered global financial markets and macroeconomic developments, edited international news content and led coverage for the network’s World Markets Live blog.

Her earlier career includes a stint as Senior Staff Writer at the Financial Times-owned Money Management from February 2015 to March 2016, where she covered personal finance, investments, pensions and the UK housing market.

She began her journalism career at Thomson Reuters in 2011, working as a Reporter and Online Editor covering project finance across Africa and Central and Eastern Europe. She later served as EMEA Producer for the Global Markets Forum, contributing to financial markets coverage and social media strategy.