Owen Thomas

Owen Thomas is a news and business presenter on BBC World News.

Previously he was a familiar face around the world as an anchor on CNN International. Combining calm professionalism with great warmth, Owen is just as much at home covering breaking news events in the studio, anchoring live on-location, hosting conferences for blue-chip companies or chairing debates with business or political leaders.

Owen Thomas has an enviable background in broadcasting. Before joining CNN in 2007, he was a newscaster for ITN, anchoring the ITV News Channel and the ITV Morning News. He was well known in the capital for many years as a presenter of London Tonight. In the 1990s, he helped wake up the nation as a newsreader on Radio One's Newsbeat. He's also presented on BBC World and BBC News-24.

Owen has covered some of the biggest news stories of the past two decades. He was on air when details started emerging of the Asian Tsunami . He covered the death of Pope John Paul II. More recently he's been chairing studio debates and conducting interviews with CEOs regarding the American "sub-prime" crisis and the subsequent fall-out. He's also talked to Hollywood's finest, from Joan Collins to Susan Sarandon.