Eleni Giokos is a CNN anchor and correspondent, based in the United Arab Emirates. A regular anchor across CNN’s news and business programming, she also presents the network’s Connecting Africa and Marketplace Middle East feature shows.

Giokos has interviewed countless heads of state over the years, including Rwandan President Paul Kagame, former South African President Jacob Zuma, and former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, to name just a few. Her list of business and economic interviews includes the likes of International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, ECB president Christine Lagarde, and Virgin founder Richard Branson; as well as a ‘who’s who?’ of Africa’s most prominent business leaders, including Akinwumi Adesina, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, Patrice Motsepe, and the late Bob Collymore.

She is a regular moderator at key global events such as the World Economic Forum in Davos, the United Nations General Assembly, the World Government Summit, and the Africa CEO Forum, to name just a few.

Giokos has an Honors Degree in Journalism and Media Studies from the University of Witwatersrand, and was made an International Monetary Fund Fellow in 2014.