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Roula Khalaf

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Roula Khalaf is Editor of the Financial Times. She was previously deputy editor from 2016 to 2020, overseeing a range of newsroom initiatives and award-winning editorial projects and leading a global network of over 100 foreign correspondents.

John Burn-Murdoch

CHIEF DATA REPORTER

John Burn-Murdoch is a columnist and the chief data reporter for the Financial Times. He writes the Data Points column, where he uses statistics and graphics to dig into the most pressing issues of the day, covering everything from the economy to climate change, social issues and healthcare.

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Elaine Moore

Tech Comment Editor

Elaine Moore is Tech comment editor at the Financial Times. Previously, she was deputy editor of the FT’s Lex column and wrote commentary on the technology industry from the San Francisco bureau. Prior to this she covered global government debt from London, with a particular focus on the debt crisis in Greece, Ukraine and Venezuela.

Stephen Bush

Columnist and Associate Editor

Stephen Bush is an associate editor and columnist at the Financial Times. He writes a daily newsletter, Inside Politics, charting the course of politics and policy in the United Kingdom, and a wide-ranging weekly column.

Rana Foroohar

Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor

Rana Foroohar is global business columnist and associate editor at the Financial Times, based in New York. She is also CNN’s global economic analyst and the author, along with colleague Edward Luce, of the Swamp Notes newsletter, which covers the intersection of money, power, and politics in America.

Edward Luce

US National Editor and Columnist

Edward Luce is the US national editor and a columnist at the Financial Times. Other roles have included South Asia bureau chief, Capital Markets editor, and Philippines Correspondent. He is also the author, along with colleague Rana Foroohar, of the Swamp Notes newsletter, which covers the intersection of money, power, and politics in America.

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Madhumita Murgia

Artificial Intelligence Editor

Madhumita Murgia leads coverage about artificial intelligence, and writes on data and emerging technologies for the FT. She was previously European technology correspondent. She features as a co-host on the podcast series Tech Tonic.

Martin Wolf

Chief Economics Commentator

Martin Wolf is chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 “for services to financial journalism”.

Enuma Okoro

Life & Arts columnist

Enuma Okoro is a weekly columnist for FT Weekend's Life & Arts. She writes on the intersection of arts, culture and life. Based in New York, she is a writer, speaker and cultural curator.

Robert Armstrong

US Financial Commentator

Robert Armstrong is the FT’s US financial commentator and writes the Unhedged newsletter. Previously, he was the US financial editor, chief editorial writer and has also edited the FT’s Lex Column. Before becoming a journalist, he worked in finance and studied philosophy.

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Pilita Clark

Business Columnist

Pilita Clark is an associate editor and business columnist at the FT where she writes on corporate life and climate change. Formerly the FT’s environment correspondent, her writing has won awards in the US and Asia and in 2019 she was named Environment Journalist of the Year for the third year in a row at the British Press Awards.

Janan Ganesh

International politics commentator

Janan Ganesh is a biweekly columnist and associate editor for the FT. He writes on international politics for the FT and culture for FT Weekend. He was previously political correspondent for The Economist for five years.

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Anjana Ahuja

International politics commentator

Anjana Ahuja is a contributing writer on science, offering weekly opinion on significant developments in global science, health and technology. She was previously a feature writer and columnist at The Times in London.

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Robert Shrimsley

UK Chief Political Commentator and Executive Editor

Robert Shrimsley is UK chief political commentator and executive editor of the Financial Times. He writes a weekly column on British politics and for the FT weekend magazine. Before this, he served as the FT’s chief political correspondent, news editor, managing editor of FT.com and editorial director.

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Helen Thomas

Companies Editor

Helen Thomas is companies editor of the FT. She was previously the head of Lex, the FT's flagship investment commentary service and wrote a column on British business and finance. Previous roles in her first stint at the FT included being a Lex writer in New York, working on FT Alphaville, covering M&A and the mining sector.

Christopher Grimes

Los Angeles Bureau Chief

Christopher Grimes is the Los Angeles bureau chief for the Financial Times. He has previously worked as a reporter and editor for the FT in New York and London. He also spent four years in Tokyo, where he served as executive editor for Nikkei Asia, the flagship English language publication of the FT's parent company.

Hannah Murphy

San Francisco Correspondent

Hannah Murphy is a multi-award-winning technology reporter at the Financial Times. Based in San Francisco since 2019, she leads the FT’s social media coverage, focused on Meta, X and the billionaires who run them. She also frequently chairs discussions at industry gatherings, and has featured on programmes and documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and others.

Henry Foy

Brussels Bureau Chief

Henry Foy is the FT's Brussels Bureau Chief, leading coverage of EU affairs and managing a team of correspondents reporting on European politics and policy. Henry is also the lead writer of Europe Express, the FT’s agenda-setting weekday newsletter on European affairs.

Lucy Fisher

Whitehall editor

Lucy Fisher is Whitehall editor at the Financial Times and host of the FT's Political Fix podcast. She focuses on UK politics, the civil service, and foreign and defence policy.

John Foley

Head of Lex

John Foley is head of Lex, our premier investment column, and writes about the technology and venture capital sectors. John joined Lex in 2024 after 18 years at Reuters Breakingviews where he worked in China, the UK and the US, covering deal-making, natural resources and financial services. He was most recently the finance editor in New York, analysing Wall Street, banking and fintech.

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