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Maria Petrakis

Journalist

Maria Petrakis

Maria Petrakis worked for global financial news agencies Bloomberg and Reuters for nearly two decades, covering topics ranging from the world's biggest sovereign debt restructuring to riots, earthquakes and the Olympics. She was Bloomberg's first bureau chief for Greece and Cyprus and steered coverage of the debt crisis. Her stories have appeared in publications such as Los Angeles Times, Politico, Businessweek, the Sydney Morning Herald, Die Welt and the Australian Financial Review.