Kafui Okpattah

Kaf Okpattah is an investigative reporter at ITV News. He began his career with BBC News’ specialist investigations unit, while in his first year of university. While studying for his journalism degree, he broke major stories for BBC News, leading local and national bulletins with stories about illegal COVID raves, the Tate Modern pusher tapes and teenage money mules.

He is the recipient of an NCTJ Award for Excellence 2020 (for ‘Top Scoop’), and was chosen as one of thirty-under-thirty in the British Journalism Awards, 2019. He was also highly commended in the Wincott Awards for Financial Journalism, 2020.

In August, 2021, he was the youngest ever writer and presenter of BBC’s ‘Panorama’, fronting a 30-minute documentary about social media fraudsters which was viewed by more than 3 million people when it aired. He was born in Accra, Ghana in 2000, and has lived in London since 2010.