David Gardner
Journalist and International Affairs Editor for the Financial Times

David Gardner is International Affairs Editor at the Financial Times. He was born in Brussels and educated at Stonyhurst College and St John’s College, Oxford. He joined the Financial Times in 1978 and has worked mainly as a foreign correspondent, a regional specialist, or writer on international affairs.

1978-80 Spain correspondent
1980-83 International desk (launching first FT international edition)
1984-89 Mexico & Central America correspondent
1989-90 Deputy Features Editor
1990-94 Brussels correspondent
1995-99 Middle East Editor
1999-2001 South Asia bureau chief (New Delhi)
2002-06 International Affairs Writer
2006-10 Chief Leader Writer & Associate Editor
2010 – International Affairs Editor

In 2003 he won the David Watt international political journalism prize for his writing on the Arab world. He is the author of the recent “Last Chance: the Middle East in the Balance” (I.B. Tauris), which in March was long-listed for the 2010 George Orwell book prize. He was made a Senior Associate Member of St Antony’s College Oxford in 2008.

David Gardner has lectured or given papers at think-tanks, foundations and universities in the UK, in Europe, the Middle East and the US. These include: Oxford University; London University; John Hopkins University; Georgetown University; University of California (La Jolla); Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; United Nations University (Tokyo); Bosphorus (Bogazici) University (Istanbul); American University of Beirut;
Chatham House; Ditchley Park; Wilton Park; the House of Commons, and House of Lords; the World Bank; the European Policy Centre (Brussels); and several fora of the European Union (in Brussels, Dublin, Vienna, Amman, Madrid, Rome, Barcelona and London). He has acted as a moderator on numerous panels, including: the Foreign Policy Centre (London); the Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels); the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (Istanbul).

His speaking, like his writing, is lively, fact-rich and polemical. His speaking engagements in the last six months include: “Living with Islamists” (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs); “Obama and the Middle East” (Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo); prize-giving ceremony for Anna Lindh Mediterranean journalist awards (Monaco); “The future of the Arab World” (Debate, Chicago Council on Global Affairs); “The financial crisis and the recession, one year after Lehman’s (moderator: EDAM round-table, Istanbul); “Why is Abu Dhabi going into manufacturing?” (private fund managers’ dinner, London).

Testimonials

"We wanted to give you our unofficial but heartfelt thankyou for speaking and moderating the opening and closing keynote sessions of the MENASA Forum. We have received considerable positive feedback on the forum – and we know that good meetings depend on moderators who can create discussions of genuine interest!"
Susan Ehtesham, Director Conferences & Events, Dubai International Financial Centre

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