Jonathan Fenby

Jonathan Fenby, CBE (born 11 November 1942) is a founding partner and Managing Director of the China team at Trusted Sources,[1] the emerging markets research and consultancy firm headquartered in London. His investment and strategy research is focused towards China's policy interpretation, politics and broader political economy.[2] He is also an author[3] and journalist.[4]

Education

Fenby was educated at King Edward VI School, Birmingham and at Westminster School, an independent school for boys in central London, followed by New College at the University of Oxford.[5]

Life and career

Fenby joined Reuters in 1963, becoming editor in 1973 and remained there until 1977, becoming the Paris bureau chief for five years. He became chief correspondent for The Economist in both Paris and Bonn (1981–6) and wrote three books during that period. He then became home editor of The Independent (at launch 1986–8), and then deputy editor of The Guardian (1988–93), followed by the editorship of The Observer from 1993 to 1995[5] and then of the South China Morning Post from 1995 to 2000, during the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty.

Since returning to London from Hong Kong in 2000, Fenby has worked at various on-line services and as associate editor of the newspaper, Sunday Business. Between 1998 and 2008, he published ten books, five on China and others on the Second World War and France. He contributes to a wide range of publications in the UK, US and Far East and broadcasts often,[6] as well as speaking at conferences and lecturing at universities and public forums on China.

Fenby was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours List for services to journalism and was appointed a Knight of the French National Order of Merit in 1991 and then of the French Légion d'honneur. Also, he is on the advisory board of OMFIF where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system. He is an Associate Fellow of the London School of Economics (LSE), the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and the Royal Institute of International Events (Chatham House).

Publications

"Will China Dominate the 21st Century?", Polity, 2014

"France on the Brink", Arcade, 2014

Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China today, how it got there and where it is heading, Simon & Schuster, 2012. ISBN 9781847373939

External links

References

  1. "Jonathan Fenby Profile". Trusted Sources (London). 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  2. "Bo Xilai Sideshow". New York Times. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. "China today_How it got there_And where it is heading". Tiger Head, Snake Tails. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  4. "America's apprehensive China diplomacy". The Guardian (London). 3 June 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  5. 1 2 Press Gang: How Newspapers Make Profits from Propaganda Author: Roy Greenslade. Publisher: Pan Books (2004: Revised edition of 2003 Macmillan original). ISBN 0-330-39376-6 Retrieved: 17 November 2012.
  6. "Jonathan Fenby on worsening Chinese data". Bloomberg via Washington Post (London). 23 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
Media offices
Preceded by
Peter Cole
Deputy Editor of The Guardian
1988 - 1993
Succeeded by
Alan Rusbridger
Preceded by
Donald Trelford
Editor of The Observer
1993 - 1995
Succeeded by
Andrew Jaspan
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