Liliane Landor (born 1956) is a Lebanese-born British journalist and broadcasting executive who worked as the Director of the BBC World Service from 2021 until 2024.
She went on to become one of the first non-British broadcasters in the news department of the BBC World Service, where she presented Europe Today and, two years later, the flagship Newshour.
[9] In late 2009, she moved to the Middle East department of the World Service, with editorial and management responsibilities for all Arabic television and radio broadcasts.
It was Landor who was instrumental in launching the BBC's 100 Women in 2014, in which was included Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban.
[2][10] Landor appreciates the importance of combining radio and television broadcasting with online services including social media.