Riz Lateef is a Journalist, Newsreader and Deputy News Manager. at the BBC. She is the chief anchor for the regional television news service for London, BBC London.

Riz Studied a (BA) in Journalism at the University of Westminster and then attended Cranfield School of Management, in Bedfordshire, from which she obtained an MBA in Business.

Riz presents the flagship BBC London News 6:30pm bulletin from Monday to Thursday and some editions of the 10:30 programme . She also presents the Friday edition of the National 8pm Summary on BBC One.

She joined BBC London in 2004 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. Following the departure of Emily Maitlis in March 2006 to present on BBC News 24, Riz has been promoted to present the flagship 6.30pm BBC London News programme on BBC One. She was also the main anchor for the BBC London News Podcast, presented by BBC as a trial.

Previously, she has reported for BBC Breakfast and presented regional news for the BBC in the North East & Cumbria. Riz was also a guest presenter on BBC One's Holiday programme in 2003 and 2004. She also presented relief shifts on BBC News 24 in 2006. She is one of the main relief presenters for the BBC Weekend News on BBC One and the BBC News Channel.