Graduate, Columbia University's Journalism School and University of Vermont. Has worked as a financial journalist in London, Milan, New York, Washington, Chicago and Tokyo. Co-founder and currently Global Editor-in-Chief, Breakingviews, the leading financial commentary publication acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2009; from 2004, spearheaded the firm's expansion in the US and edited its American edition, including daily columns in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Regular contributor to CNBC. Recipient of numerous journalism and philanthropy awards.