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Geoff Cutmore anchors CNBC’s flagship Squawk Box programme in EMEA. The three hour show, which broadcasts worldwide five days a week, bookends the opening of European equity markets and is a must see for financial professionals, C-suite executives and investors. Cutmore is one of CNBC’s most experienced presenters, with more than 15 years dedicated to financial broadcasting. He has anchored programmes for CNBC in both Europe and Asia, having spent a number of years working in Hong Kong. Cutmore covers the most important senior business gatherings for CNBC including the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos and China and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, where he has interviewed the world’s top CEOs, economists and political leaders. He has reported on the most important issues facing the global economy today and has also led special programming on Central and Eastern Europe, climate change and the global energy challenge. Cutmore is a contributor to business and finance magazines including the Economist, Investors Chronicle and Money Market. His first book on the markets, New Market Mavericks, was well received.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati is responsible for all of the World Bank's operations. She joined the World Bank in June 2010. Previously she was Indonesia’s Minister of Finance, in addition to being the coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs. In these roles she guided economic policy, navigating successfully the global economic crisis, implementing key reforms, and fighting corruption. She is credited with helping Indonesia through the challenging transition from autocracy to democracy. Ms. Indrawati led the Indonesian National Development Planning Agency prior to her position as Finance Minister. She also coordinated the government's and international reconstruction efforts following the 2004 tsunami. Her earlier positions include ED at the IMF, faculty member at the University of Indonesia and Visiting Professor at Georgia State University. Ms. Indrawati holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Indonesia. She is regularly in the Forbes List of 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. Ms. Indrawati is married with three children.

Jim is chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). As chairman, he is involved in helping guide all aspects of GSAM’s business around the world. Prior to assuming this role in September 2010, Jim was head of Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research. Jim is the creator of the acronym BRICs. Together with his colleagues, he has published much research about BRICs, which has become synonymous with the emergence of Brazil, Russia, India and China as the growth opportunities of the future. Jim earned a degree in economics from Sheffield University in 1978 and a PhD from the University of Surrey in 1982. He received an honorary doctorate from the Institute of Education, University of London, in 2009 for his educational philanthropy.

Mr. Pandit is CEO of Citigroup, the world’s global bank, with approximately 200 million customer accounts & activities in over 160 countries. Mr. Pandit earned a B.S. & M.S. in engineering & Ph.D. in finance from Columbia University. He joined Morgan Stanley in 1983 and was ultimately President & COO of securities & banking. Pandit was a founding member of Old Lane, LP, which Citi acquired. Pandit led the Alternative Investment & Institutional Client Groups & became CEO of Citigroup in December 2007.

Tharman is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in Singapore. He currently serves also as Minister for Manpower. He was appointed Chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the policy steering committee of the IMF, in March 2011. He was also admitted to the Group of Thirty, also known as "The Consultative Group on International Economic and Monetary Affairs", in June 2008. He is also Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial regulator, where he was chief executive before his entry to politics in 2001, and had spent much of his earlier professional life. Since 2001, he has served in various appointments, including five years as Minister for Education. Tharman did his undergraduate and masters education in Economics at the London School of Economics and Cambridge University. He later obtained a masters in Public Administration at Harvard University, where he received the Lucius N Littauer Fellow award for outstanding performance and leadership potential.