Her resume must be a source of envy for journalists. How many others can claim to have come face to face with some of the world’s most accomplished figures, from Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to Bollywood’s Shah Rukh Khan to LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault to author Robert Kiyosaki? All these prominent personalities have sat across from Lorraine Hahn who, as anchor for CNN’s Talk Asia, has become the Asian face of the broadcasting industry. 

In person, Hahn is as immaculate and articulate as she is when she fronts her weekly show from Hong Kong but without the airs you would expect from someone who has rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous.