Prior to commencing at SBS, Davis' background was as an investigative journalist with the ABC TV Foreign Correspondent and Four Corners programs.
[3] Whilst on assignment, in 2007 Davis was just metres away from the bombings that greeted Benazir Bhutto’s return to Pakistan and was in the thick of the action during Madagascar’s coup in 2009.
He has also won acclaim for reporting on the trial of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks.
His previous interviews have also included Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf.
Davis was nominated for the Most Outstanding Public Affairs category at the 2011 Logies Awards for The Condemned, an intimate portrayal of Bali Nine members Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, partially filmed inside Indonesia's Kerobokan death-row prison.