BA (Hons) in English, Merton College, Oxford University. 1982, Correspondent, Reuters, Paris; 1983-86, Correspondent, Reuters, Johannesburg and Cape Town; 1986-88, Africa Correspondent, Financial Times, Zambia; 1989-91, Middle East Correspondent, London; 1992-94, South-East Asia Correspondent, Financial Times, Bangkok; 1995-96, Deputy Features Editor, Financial Times, London; 1997, book writing and research; 1998-2001, Southern Africa Correspondent, Financial Times, Johannesburg; 2001-03, Paris Correspondent, Financial Times; 2003-08, Chief Asia Commentator, Asia Editor, Financial Times, Hong Kong; 2008-12, Madrid Bureau Chief, Financial Times; since August 2012, current position. Author, The Trouble with Tigers: The Rise and Fall of South-East Asia (2000). Twice winner of Sopa (Society of Publishers in Asia) award for opinion writing.