Luis Carlos Vélez

Born in Bogotá, Vélez is an MPA Candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and an Economist from Universidad de los Andes. He also earned undergraduate credits at the London School of Economics and holds a Certificate in Administration and Management from Harvard University in Massachusetts. Vélez speaks Spanish and English.

Vélez started his professional career in finance working for Enron Corporation in Texas. After the company's debacle moved to journalism career as International Editor at Caracol Noticias. From 2005 to 2012, Vélez worked at CNN. First as CNN en Español´s Business Programing Supervisor, being responsible of Economia y Finanzas, En Efectivo and Agenda Ejecutiva, and later as Anchor/Reporter for CNN International based in New York.

From 2012 to 2015, Luis Carlos was Anchor and News Director in Caracol TV Colombia. In that role he supervised all editorial content for Noticias Caracol across its multimedia platforms and anchored Ultima Edición.

From 2015 to 2017, he worked at Telemundo Network as Executive Vice President of News at Telemundo Network and later as Anchor. As EVP, Velez was responsible of all editorial and production of the network's news division including multiple time Emmy Award winner productions: Un Nuevo Dia, Al Rojo Vivo and Noticiero Telemundo.

Since 2018 Vélez is Anchor/News Director at La FM in Colombia.

In 2015, Vélez received an Emmy for best Breaking News Coverage in Spanish TV as Executive Producer.

Luis Carlos is married with Siad Char. They live in Miami with daughter Hannah Vélez Char.