'Quest Means Business,' which airs weekdays at 11am AEST on CNN International, destroys the myth that business is boring, bridging the gap between hard economics and entertaining television. CEOs and global finance ministers make a point of appearing on QMB. Guests of the show have included world leaders such as David Cameron and Petr Necas of the Czech Republic; the biggest names in banking such as Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase and Robert Zoellick, the former President of the World Bank; European policy makers including IMF boss Christine Lagarde, EC President Jose Manuel Barroso, and former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn; and some of the most influential names in corporate America including DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and former Ford CEO Alan Mulally.

Quest’s dynamic and distinctive style has made him a unique figure in the field of business broadcasting. He has regularly reported from G20 meetings and attends the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland each year. Quest has covered every major stock market and financial crisis since Black Monday in 1987 and has reported from key financial centers globally including Wall Street, London, Sao Paolo, Tokyo and Hong Kong. In addition, Quest is the established airline and aviation correspondent at CNN. He currently presents the monthly CNN Business Traveller show, the definitive authority on making the most of doing business on the road - moving from A to B on company time. As a business travel specialist, Quest has become a voice of authority on subjects like the launch of the Airbus A380. In 2012 Quest covered the US Election campaign with his own series, American Quest, in which he travelled across the country interviewing a diverse range of voters.

Quest is also the face of CNN’s coverage of major UK events. In 2012 he guided an international audience through the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations live from the banks of the River Thames and used his expert knowledge of the British Royal Family to front the channel’s coverage of the 2011 marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. His coverage of breaking news, which has spanned two decades, has seen him report on a range of stories from, the death of Yasser Arafat, the Lockerbie Pan Am 103 crash to the death of Michael Jackson. Quest is more than just business; there are few journalists who have had guests as varied, from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama to actress Joan Collins to founder of Playboy Magazine, Hugh Hefner.

Prior to joining CNN he worked at the BBC, where he was the North America business correspondent, based on Wall Street for 12 years. Quest is British, holds an LLB (Hons) degree in Law from Leeds University, and was called to the Bar.

Skroo’s initial involvement with Top Deck ended in the mid 1980s, when he and his colleagues sold the business to management and devoted their full attention to Flight Centre, a business that had less than 30 shops at that time. As the long serving chief executive officer and managing director of the public company that grew from the small band of Flight Centre shops, Skroo has since presided over a golden era of growth and prosperity for the Flight Centre Travel Group. The company now has more than 2600 stores and 16000 employees in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Hong Kong, China, India, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. The company’s corporate travel network, FCm Travel Solutions, extends to more than 70 other countries through licensing arrangements with independent local operators. 

In addition to his involvement with Flight Centre, Skroo and his family own a string of prestigious resort properties in Queensland and New South Wales. The resorts operate under the Spicers brand. His hobbies include mountain biking and marathon running. Skroo ran his first marathon in London in 1981 and has completed the race six times, in addition to taking part in other events in Australia and overseas. He is also a keen supporter of the Australian Bush Heritage Fund.

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• Chief Executive Officer of Aviation Aerospace Australia a not for profit, membership based association whose prime aim is to contribute to the long term health of Australia’s aviation and aerospace industries 
• Chief Executive of Air Nauru / Our Airline 
• General Manager, Royal Tongan Airlines 

Geoff has also held senior Commercial and Planning roles with Air Pacific of Fiji and Air Namibia, in southern Africa. Prior to the appointments above Geoff enjoyed a career with Qantas Airways spanning some thirty years, covering positions such as 

• Route Development Director 
• Route Marketing Director – South West Pacific 
• Director Strategic Planning 
• Financial Adviser Marketing 
• Funds Manager 
• Treasury Planning Manager 
• Area Manager Indonesia 
• Manager New Zealand 

Geoff holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of NSW

With over 20 years of management experience, Damian possesses in-depth knowledge of the travel and transport industries in America, Europe and Asia, and is a well-respected thought leader and a recognised contributor to the industry’s future direction. Prior to joining Travelport, Damian held the position of Regional Vice President – South Asia & India for SITA where he was accountable for SITA’s airlines, airport, government and air transport industry customers. Amongst his many achievements during this time, Damian successfully grew annual revenues and secured SITA’s largest ever Passenger Services Systems (PSS) deal. Prior to SITA, Damian held senior-level management positions with Amadeus and Datalex.