Lionel Barber

Lionel Barber is a British journalist who edited the Financial Times from 2005 to 2020, guiding the paper into the digital era and through its sale to Nikkei. He joined the FT in 1985 and held posts including Washington correspondent, after starting out at The Scotsman and The Sunday Times. He also wrote The Powerful and the Damned, about his years as editor, and now works as an author, broadcaster and lecturer.