Kristiane Verena Backer[1] (born 13 December 1965[1]) is a German art dealer with a previous career as a television presenter, journalist and author residing in London.

[4][5] In 1989 she moved to London to work at the then Europe-wide, exclusively English-language TV channel, MTV Europe.

[9] In 1992, Backer began dating former Pakistani cricketer and now former prime minister Imran Khan.

[12][13][14] She does not wear a headscarf at all times but insists that "women who cover themselves are not discriminated against but respected."

On 14 April 2006, she married the Moroccan television journalist Rachid Jaafar.