Zanny Minton Beddoes

At-a-Glance

Editor-in-chief of The Economist since February 2015, the first woman to hold the position.
Provided expert testimony on the introduction of the euro to the United States House Financial Services Subcommittee.
Edited 'Emerging Asia' (1997), a book on the future of emerging-markets in Asia.
Member of the board of directors of The Economist Group.
Served as an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for two years.
Advised the Minister of Finance in Poland in 1992.
Holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oxford and a Master's degree from Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar.

Biography

Zanny Minton Beddoes is a prominent British journalist and the editor-in-chief of The Economist. Appointed on February 2, 2015, she made history as the first woman to hold this esteemed position. She is also a member of the board of directors of The Economist Group.

Her career at The Economist began in 1994 as the newspaper's emerging markets correspondent, based in London. She later became the economics editor in 1996, overseeing global economics coverage from Washington, DC.