Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Zanny Minton Beddoes is the editor-in-chief of The Economist. After joining the newspaper in 1994, her roles have included business affairs editor, responsible for the newspaper’s coverage of business, finance and science; economics editor, overseeing global economics coverage from her base in Washington DC; and emerging-markets correspondent. She is a renowned global economics expert, sought-after for her authoritative perspectives on the world economy.
She previously worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund, where she worked on macroeconomic adjustment programmes in Africa and the transition economies of Eastern Europe. She has also been an adviser to the Minister of Finance in Poland.
Minton Beddoes has written extensively about international financial issues including enlargement of the European Union, the future of the International Monetary Fund, and economic reform in emerging economies.
