CNBC anchor Cutmore departs

Geoff Cutmore

Geoff Cutmore, a presenter and co-anchor of CNBC’s flagship show ‘Squawk Box’ in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is leaving the company.

He has anchored programs for CNBC in both Europe and Asia, and has a particular interest in China, having spent nearly a decade working in Hong Kong. He has covered the biggest business gatherings for CNBC, including the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos and China, the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C. and the United Nations Climate Change Conferences.

He regularly hosts panels at these events with top newsmakers. Cutmore 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. His first book on financial markets, “New Market Mavericks,” was well received and is available around the world.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.