Kristiane Backer is a Multi-Lingual Conference Presenter, Facilitator and Awards Host.
Kristiane has been active in the field of Arts, Culture and Music since she began her professional life in Germany and now works as a Fine Art consultant based in London.
Her focus is on Modern and Impressionist paintings as well as Post War and some Contemporary Art.
Kristiane enjoys discovering talents and help giving them a platform. She takes a personal interest in Islamic and Eastern art and has curated a major Art exhibition by the Egyptian Calligraphy Artist, Ahmed Moustafa, in Sarajevo in 1998.
With a background on international TV as a presenter and public speaker she regularly chairs conferences and interviews.
During her education as a Radio Journalist in Germany her first celebrity interview was with Pop Artist Keith Haring.
At the age of 24 Kristiane Backer became one of the leading presenters on MTV Europe where she interviewed many major artists and musicians of her time.
She created her own youth show in Germany and presented a daily guide to culture and entertainment, “The Ticket NBC” on NBC Europe. Kristiane won several awards for her TV work. She later studied natural medicine, qualified as a homeopath and presented a health program on RTL.
In 2007 she presented and produced the interfaith program “Nexus” for Press TV as well as the weekly news analyses program “WWW”.
In 2009 Kristiane published her acclaimed autobiography “From MTV to Mecca”
Kristiane Backer is a popular conference host and facilitator, who can speak English, Italian, French, German and basic Arabic.
Conferences hosted include:
- Islamophobia Conference, Islam Channel Copenhagen
- Sage software Awards, Wiesbaden
- European Business Awards, Barcelona
- European Electronic Awards, Munich
- Royal Mail Awards, Berlin
- Infineon Supplier Awards, Munich
- Pirelli Calendar launch “The making off” London
- PR Report Awards, Berlin
- VW Nick Nickel Gala and awards ceremony
- GE Capital IT Solutions for Compuserve European Kick- Off Meeting/ Awards
- World Architecture Awards
- Pension Fund Awards
- Auren Acountants Frankfurt
- QVC
- Doha International Conference for Interfaith Dialogue
- Sharjah International Forum for Muslim Women
- Dubai Book Fair
As a keynote speaker, Kristiane’s topics include:
- Diversity in the Workplace
- Journey to Islam
- Islam and Women
- Islamophobia
- Islam and the Media
- Ramadan- what does it mean?
- Eid
- Business Ethics in Islam
- Islam and Art
- Green Living and Islam