Opening Keynote Presentation

Sue Herera is an award-winning Journalist who has been covering the world of Wall Street, the global economy and leaders in the business world for 40-years. She is a founding member of CNBC, helping to launch the network in 1989 and is currently Anchor at Large, contributing to the network by filling in as an anchor, joining to report on special coverage and representing the brand in special events and other areas. After more than 30 years with CNBC, Herera stepped back from her day-to-day onair duties in February 2021.

Most recently, Herera served as Breaking News Anchor for CNBC, providing regular news updates throughout CNBC’s Business Day programming in addition to serving as the network’s lead anchor for breaking news stories. Prior to that, Herera was co-anchor of Nightly Business Report, an award-winning evening business news program that was produced by CNBC for U.S. public television.

She was also co-anchor of CNBC’s Power Lunch. In addition, Herera co-anchored Business Center, the first nightly newscast televised live from the floor of the NYSE.

Herera was one of the first women to break into the world of broadcast business news, earning her the nickname “The First Lady of Wall Street.” In her 40-plus years of covering Wall Street, she has provided viewers with a seasoned perspective on the major stories and issues moving the markets and groundbreaking interviews with leaders in politics and corporate America.

Having traveled the world extensively, Herera is well positioned to lend perspective on the current and ever-changing global relationships between the U.S. and its business partners.

Herera anchored and produced 4 award winning documentaries charting the economic and political emergence of Japan, China, Russia and India.

Well-versed in the world of global economics, Herera has also covered several of the major geopolitical G-7 summits overseas.