Bloomberg TV’s Eisen moving to CNBC

Sara Eisen, the co-anchor of “Bloomberg Surveillance,” Bloomberg’s morning program that begins the day’s conversation on business, economics, finance and investment, has resigned to accept a similar position at CNBC.

Eisen, who announced the news on Twitter, will start in her new position on Dec. 16.

Eisen is a correspondent for Bloomberg Television, specializing in global macroeconomics, policy and business. Her background is in the foreign exchange and fixed income markets.

Eisen has extensively covered the European debt crisis, interviewing top political leaders and finance ministers from Germany to Greece. She also covered the tsunami aftermath and Fukushima nuclear crisis on the ground in Japan. Eisen has reported from G20 and IMF meetings around the world where she has interviewed global policymakers and central bankers.

Eisen previously hosted the program “On the Economy” on Bloomberg Radio. She is the editor of “Currencies After the Crash: The Uncertain Future of the Global Paper-Based Currency System” published by McGraw-Hill in January 2013.

She holds a master’s degree in broadcast journalism with a concentration in business reporting from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.