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- Zanny Minton BeddoesEditor-in-chiefZanny Minton Beddoes is the editor-in-chief of The Economist. Prior to this role, she was the economics editor, overseeing the global economics coverage. Ms Minton Beddoes has written extensively about international financial issues, including the enlargement of the European Union, the future of the International Monetary Fund and economic reform in emerging economies. She has published in Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy, contributed chapters to several conference volumes and, in 1997, edited “Emerging Asia”, a book on the future of emerging markets in Asia. In May 1998, she testified before Congress on the introduction of the euro.
- Edward CarrDeputy editorEdward Carr is the deputy editor responsible for editorial. He works alongside the Editor-in-Chief to oversee The Economist‘s journalism. He joined the newspaper as a science correspondent in 1987. After a series of jobs covering electronics, trade, energy and the environment, he moved to Paris to write about European business. In 2000, after a period as business editor, Mr. Carr left for the Financial Times, where he worked latterly as news editor. He returned to The Economist 2005 as Britain editor, then became business affairs editor for a number of years. He was foreign editor (2009-15) before taking up his current role.
- Rachana ShanbhogueBusiness affairs editorRachana is business affairs editor for The Economist, responsible for the paper’s business, finance and science coverage. She has previously been finance editor, and before that wrote about European economies. She joined the staff in 2017 as business correspondent. Previously she worked at the Bank of England, where she covered the UK labour market, Asian economies, and policy communication. She holds an MPhil and a BA in Economics from King’s College, Cambridge.
- Ann WroeObituaries editorAnn Wroe is the obituaries editor, writing the weekly column since 2003. She has held a variety of posts at the paper since joining in 1976, including Books and Arts editor (1988-92) and US editor (1992-2000). Earlier, she worked at the BBC World Service, covering French and Italian politics. Ann has written nine books on subjects as diverse as the Iran-Contra Affair, life in a medieval French town, biographies of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Pontius Pilate, and works on St Francis and Orpheus. Her latest book is “Lifescapes: A biographer's search for the soul" (Jonathan Cape, 2023). Ann holds a doctorate in medieval history from Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Society of Literature and the English Association. She is married with three sons and lives in London.
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