FT names Hook its natural resources editor
The Financial Times has appointed Leslie Hook as natural resources editor, responsible for commodities and energy coverage. Her previous roles at the FT include environment and clean energy correspondent, San Francisco correspondent, Lex writer and Beijing correspondent. “Leslie is an outstanding journalist who becomes natural resources editor at a time of geopolitical crisis and soaring energy costs,” […]
FT’s Financial Advisor IQ seeks a managing editor
Money-Media, a Financial Times unit, is looking for a managing editor to lead its daily online publication covering the financial advisor industry. Financial Advisor IQ covers broker-dealers, registered investment advisors (RIAs), other firms and professionals who work with investors to build financial plans. We reach more than 100,000 industry practitioners and executives each day, and are […]
Abboud named Paris bureau chief for the FT
Leila Abboud has been named the Paris bureau chief for the Financial Times. She replaces Victor Mallet. Abboud has written about business in Europe for more than a decade. She has been covering luxury, consumer technology, and pharmaceutical companies from the Paris bureau. She joined the Financial Times in 2018 as the consumer industries correspondent, after […]
FT’s Dempsey moves to commodities beat
Financial Times reporter Harry Dempsey is now covering the commodities beat, including all things batteries, metals and mining. He previously was an industrials reporter. Dempsey was also a breaking news reporter and a natural resources reporter at the FT. Before the FT, he was a research associate for the Asia Pacific Initiative. He holds a bachelor’s degree […]
Financial Times names three for US markets and finance desk
The Financial Times is expanding its markets and finance coverage in the United States with three senior appointments. Jennifer Hughes will be rejoining the FT as U.S. markets editor in New York to lead the team covering the world’s largest capital markets. In this role, Hughes will direct coverage of daily fluctuations in equities and […]
Bloomberg taps Fernyhough as metal and mining reporter
Bloomberg News as hired James Fernyhough as a metal and mining reporter, based in Melbourne. Recently, Fernyhough served as Australia correspondent at the Financial Times. Before that, he was an energy and climate reporter for RenewEconomy in Australia. He worked as a companies and markets reporter at the Australian Financial Review and as a money […]
CNBC Make It hires Kiderlin
Sophie Kiderlin has joined CNBC Make It as a digital news assistant. Recently, Kiderlin was a business education intern at the Financial Times. She was a markets fellow at Insider, where she covered financial markets, investing and macro economics. There, she also focused on millennial investing, young money, social media investing, commodities, crypto and central […]
CNBC Make It hires Kiderlin
Sophie Kiderlin has joined CNBC Make It as a digital news assistant. Recently, Kiderlin was a business education intern at the Financial Times. She was a markets fellow at Insider, where she covered financial markets, investing and macro economics. There, she also focused on millennial investing, young money, social media investing, commodities, crypto and central […]
FT’s Money-Media seeks reporter for P&C Specialist
Money-Media, a fast-growing, entrepreneurial subsidiary of The Financial Times, is an online media firm focused on being the premier source of news and intelligence for specialized businesses. Through our extensive suite of products, Money-Media delivers must-have content that helps people do their jobs better and supports the business IQ of hundreds of thousands of readers across […]
FT names Jopson a Madrid correspondent
The Financial Times has tapped Barney Jopson as Madrid correspondent. Recently, Jopson held the post of executive news editor. Jopson joined the FT in 2005 as Tokyo correspondent. Later on, he was named financial correspondent and then East Africa correspondent. He was then promoted to assistant emerging markets editor and then to U.S. retail correspondent. […]
