Jo Johnson

Profile: Full name: Jo Johnson is currently the editor of the Lex column Area of interest: Business and Finance Journals/Organisation: Financial Times Email: jo.johnson@ft.com Personal website: http://www.jo-johnson.com/about-jo/biography Website: http://www.ft.com/lex Blog: Representation: Networks: http://twitter.com/#!/jojohnsonmp

Biography: About: Education: Balliol College, Oxford: Modern History (First Class Hon.); INSEAD: MBA Career: Deutsche Bank: corporate financier in the investment banking division; joined the Financial Times in 1997: Lex column reporter; South Asia bureau chief (New Delhi), led a team of FT journalists covering India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, also wrote for the online column Engaging India 2005/2008; Associate editor and Lex column editor, 2008/2010; elected as Conservative MP for Orpington in 2010 Current position/role: Contributing editor also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: MP for Orpington Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

Books & Debate: Latest work: The man who tried to buy the world OCLC 51655456, 2003 (about French businessman Jean-Marie Messier who was Chairman and Chief Executive of multinational media conglomerate Vivendi SA (formerly Vivendi Universal) - co-author Martine Orange) Speaking/Appearances: Debate:

Financial Times: Column name: Remit/Info: Section: Role: Pen-name: Email: jo.johnson@ft.com Website: FT.com / Jo Johnson Commissioning editor: Day published: Regularity: Column format: Average length:

Articles: Selected articles Foreign students are key to UK prosperity - Britain must not recede as a cultural reference point, write Nick Pearce and Jo Johnson - 14th May 2012 Britain must become more than a nation of sole traders - Small business owners need a simplified regulatory environment - 16th March 2012 Don’t drape the City in a Union flag: it’s an asset to all Europe - Competition between EU financial centres is fading - 6th December 2011 Regulate in haste, repent at leisure - Ringfencing is expensive but it is no panacea - 13th September 2011 As South Asia bureau chief... How fractured politics harm India’s finances - Sharp stock market falls since the budget show investors are punishing poor policymaking by a weak coalition government - 5th March 2008 Delhi’s tentative step into the 21st century - India‘s new expressway between New Delhi and its airport gives hope that the country’s infrastructure will not always be dysfunctional - 30th January 2008 Lunch with the FT: Viswanathan Anand - Considered a hero in India, the reigning world chess champion is surprised by how good his 37th year has been - 18th January 2008 Democracy for Pakistan should not be delayed - The biggest risk to the credibility of the poll comes from the president’s likely efforts to rig the result - 3rd January 2008

News & updates: Jo Johnson to edit FT's Lex column - The Guardian, 20th February 2008

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