Topic: International Affairs

Ali Aslan

Ali Aslan's international career in broadcast journalism spans more than two decades and three continents and includes work for CNN in Washington DC, ABC News in New York, Channel News Asia in Istanbul and Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin.

Throughout his career, Aslan has hosted numerous international TV talk shows with a global audience, often reaching over 100 countries and more than 100 million viewers weekly worldwide.

Aslan is also one of the world’s most sought-after moderators and Masters of Ceremonies of high-level international conferences & summits, including for the UN, the G20, the EU, the World Bank, the IMF and the OECD.

Aslan has interviewed and shared the stage with numerous presidents, prime ministers, CEOs, Nobel Prize winners and leading personalities from all over the world, including US President Bill Clinton, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellors Olaf Scholz and Angela Merkel, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, King Felipe of Spain, US Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, Philanthropist Melinda Gates and Environmental pioneer Jane Goodall.

Aslan earned two masters degrees in International Relations and Journalism from Columbia University in New York and a bachelor's degree in International Politics from Georgetown University in Washington DC.

Stefan Grobe

With over 30 years of journalistic experience, Stefan Grobe is one of Euronews’ most familiar faces. Based in Brussels, he produces and presents State of the Union, a weekly roundup of European affairs.

From 2012 to 2017, he has worked as Euronews’ Washington correspondent, having covered two presidential election and primary campaigns. Grobe reported live from Barack Obama’s Chicago headquarters on Election Day. On his more recent assignments, he covered the Sandy Hooks shooting and the US government shutdown. Grobe has routinely covered the White House and Congress, as well as the Washington-based international institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank.

During his years at Euronews headquarters in Lyon, France, Stefan Grobe has served as Head of Business desk, Head of German-speaking Service, and host and producer of the Business Weekly show. He has covered numerous top international events, including the United Nations General Assembly, the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as G20 and G8 meetings.

Prior to Euronews, Grobe has worked for major news organisations, including Agence France-Presse, Germany’s dpa and Berlin-based newspaper Die Welt.

German-born, Stefan Grobe studied in Bonn, Hamburg and Paris and holds a PhD in American History on the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Tim Willcox

One of the most recognisable and trusted faces in UK and international news, after many years as a BBC Anchor - also, a Moderator, Event MC, Keynote Speaker.

Tim Willcox is best known as a professional TV presenter - versatile and relaxed in even the most challenging and sensitive situations. As a BBC News Anchor for more than 20 years, Tim brought clarity to international audiences during some of the biggest breaking stories in recent history. Now as an independent journalist and broadcaster, his ability to encapsulate and explain the essence of complicated and fast moving events is as relevant as ever.

Tim frequently chairs, moderates and is a keynote speaker at major corporate conferences and festivals in the UK and around the world. He is adept at handling key interviews and panel discussions, and brings organisational skill, fluency, personality and energy to his role .

Beginning his career on London’s Fleet Street in the 1980s, Tim has written for leading UK papers including the Times, Telegraph, Mirror Group, FT and Spectator.

Tim’s TV career started at ITN as a correspondent and presenter, followed by the BBC where he anchored BBC flagship news programmes from London and around the world. Working in the field and the studio he has covered some of the most tumultuous events in modern history.

A born storyteller and communicator, Tim has brought sensitivity and global attention to people’s darkest and also happiest moments. He is equally at home interviewing leaders from the business, cultural, military and political communities.

Tim has produced and presented several highly acclaimed documentaries on a wide range of subjects.

As a practising trumpeter, a published author and Spanish speaker, the fields of music and literature are of particular interest.