John Defterios

John Defterios is host of CNN International’s Marketplace Middle East and President of FBC Media, a European multi-media production and distribution group.  He has over two decades of broadcast journalism experience as an award-winning anchor, correspondent and special series producer, covering landmark events such as the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the World Trade Center bombing, the Final GATT Treaty, the Asian Economic Crisis and Korean Elections, the Gulf War and the Los Angeles Riots.

John has been a media leader of the World Economic Forum since 1995, is chairman of BusinessWeek Events in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and writes a weekly column on global economic affairs which is published in both English and Arabic.