John Ridding

John Ridding is the chief executive officer of The Financial Times and FT.com. Having overseen the FT’s acquisition by Nikkei in 2015, he serves as a special executive director on the Nikkei board. John was formerly editor and publisher of The Financial Times, Asia, as well as chairman of Pearson in Asia. John led the launch of the Asia edition of the FT in 2003. It won the award for the best newspaper from the Society of Publishers in Asia in its launch year and received top awards for business reporting, scoops and newspaper design in 2006. He graduated from Oxford University with a first-class honours degree in philosophy, politics and economics.