Format
As of April 2013, the programme is co-presented by Geoff Cutmore, Karen Tso and Stephen Sedgwick. Cutmore was briefly a reporter for CNBC Asia's Asia Squawk Box in 1998 before moving to CNBC Europe, and has been the show's main anchor since its revival (see History section). In addition to the in-studio team, live reports are regularly provided by Stéphane Pedrazzi (Paris) and Carolin Roth (Zurich). It covers the opening of the European markets at 8:00 a.m. WET where Sedgwick stands in front of the video wall and brings in correspondents from different cities for approximately the next half hour. Since the May 2011 reformatting the focus at the open is more on the pan-European picture and the Stoxx Europe 600 rather than the national indices.
A guest host also appears on the programme each day (during the second and third hour, like its US and Asian counterparts). Another important element of the show is its interviews with other analysts and CEOs of major companies. Viewers are usually welcomed to email their thoughts and questions to the show's guests.
Maria Bartiromo (who was part of the original US Squawk Box team) serves as a guest co-anchor on the show when in London to co-host the annual European Business Leaders Awards.
With the promotion of Bojesen and Sedgwick to co-anchors (see History section), Squawk Box Europe now follows a format similar to the US version.
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