1979, Journalist, The Herald, Melbourne; with Sydney Morning Herald; with Financial Times incl.: Beijing Bureau; Tokyo Correspondent; Foreign News Editor; Weekend Editor; Assistant Editor; 1998, resp. for successful drive into US market. 2002-07, Editor, The Times. 2007-12, Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones & Co.; Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal. Directs news operations of the Journal, WSJ.com, MarketWatch.com and Dow Jones Newswires. Author, The Judges: A Portrait of the Australian Judiciary. Co-Author, The Chinese Army. Edited True Fiction, a collection of humorous writing. US Business Journalist of the Year, for building FT operations, TJFR trade journal (2001).