Degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, St John's College, Oxford

Formerly:

- Investment Analyst in the City and on Wall Street
- Director, Kleinwort Benson Securities, now part of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
- Ran the Financial Times' year-long, award-winning, investigation into the publishing tycoon, Robert Maxwell
- US Editor and Washington Bureau Chief, The Times, supervising the paper's 10 correspondents in the US
- Chief Foreign Commentator and Foreign Editor, The Times
- November 2010, appointed Editor, Prospect Magazine, the UK's leading current affairs and culture monthly title
- Governor, Ditchley Foundation; Member of the Council, Chatham House; Trustee, Imperial War Museum

- Writes regular op-ed and business columns for, e.g. The Times, on world news and economics