Steve Sedgwick is an English financial journalist for CNBC Europe in London. He presents CNBC Europe's breakfast news programme Squawk Box Europe. He is also CNBC's OPEC reporter.
Steve studied politics at the University of London. He also studied journalism at the National Council for Training Journalists.
Steve was a trader in the financial markets for many years before becoming a journalist, initially for the UK Press Association on the City desk and at Dow Jones on the European Markets desk. He was also a contributor to the Wall Street Journal Europe.
Before his career in journalism, Stephen spent 11 years trading in the financial markets, specialising in equity and bond market derivative products. In 1988, Stephen joined Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (formerly Kleinwort Benson Securities) and worked as an equity option marketmaker before moving on to Credit Lyonnais where he became Head of the London option market-making team on Liffe.
Steve then joined CNBC Europe, initially presenting early morning programming, most recently Capital Connection before he became a co-presenter of Squawk Box Europe.