Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett is a Provost of King’s College at Cambridge University and a Columnist and Member of the editorial Board for the Financial Times, where she covers a range of economic, financial, political and social issues. Before her role at Cambridge, she chaired the FT editorial board, ran Moral Money, and has written two weekly columns during the last decade. Tett is one of the world’s preeminent authorities on capital markets. Her thoughts on the financial crisis were influential, both during the crisis, and in the post-era of regulatory reform. She also speaks regularly at conferences around the world on finance and global markets.
Gillian Tett Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Chairman of the US Editorial Board & America Editor-at-Large
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Provost
Academic History
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Ph.D., Social Anthropology
Prior to her current role, she was Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large at Financial Times United States.
She also co-founded FT Moral Money, a thrice weekly newsletter that tracks the ESG revolution in business which has grown to be a staple FT product.
She has also served as assistant editor for the FT’s markets coverage, capital markets editor, deputy editor of the Lex column, Tokyo bureau chief, Tokyo correspondent, London-based economics reporter and a reporter in Russia and Brussels.
MORE ABOUT GILLIAN TETT
Gillian is renowned for her leading edge views and her ability to succinctly cover the most complex financial market developments.
She has also written about the financial instruments that were part of the cause of the financial crisis that started in the fourth quarter of 2007, such as CDOs, credit default swaps, SIVs, conduits, and SPVs. She also speaks regularly at conferences around the world on finance and global markets.
While pursuing her Ph.D., she freelanced for the FT and the BBC.
RECOGNITIONS
2022 American Anthropological Association President’s Medal
2017 Commentator of the Year, Editorial Intelligence
2014 Mash Award, Royal Anthropological Society
2012 UK Speechwriters’ Guild Business Communicator of the Year
2011 British Academy President's Medal
2009 Journalist of the Year, British Press Awards
2008 Business Journalist of the Year, British Press Awards
2007 Senior Financial Journalist of the Year, Wincott Awards
3x America's Society of Business and Economic Writers
Honorary Degree, University of Exeter
Honorary Degree, St. Andrew's
Honorary Degree, Carnegie Mellon
Honorary Doctorate, Lancaster University UK
BOOKS
Saving the Sun: A Wall Street Gamble to Rescue Japan from its Trillion Dollar Meltdown (2004)
Fool’s Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets, and Unleashed a Catastrophe (2010)
The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers (2015)
Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See Life and Business (2021)