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John Ridding is the current CEO of the [Financial Times](/org/financial-times). Before taking up this post, they were the editor and publisher of the [Financial Times](/org/financial-times) in Asia, as well as chairman of Pearson in Asia. John led the launch of the FT’s Asia edition in 2003, steering it to a series of commercial and editorial successes. John also led the development of the FT’s Chinese language website, which now has more than 2m users and is the leading international source of business news in China.

John established several financial training courses and collaborative business publications during their time in the region, including the FT/Longman Chinese/English financial dictionary. John is a skilled leader with a proven track record in both the editorial and commercial aspects of publishing. John is committed to furthering the FT’s global reach and ensuring its continued success as a leading source of business news and analysis.

John Ridding attended the [University of Oxford](/org/university-of-oxford), where they studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Matt Fottrell - VP, FT US & Managing Director, FT Specialist, Karen Thompson - Director of Sales, ODX, and Dan Fink - Managing Director, Money-Media report to John Ridding.

John Ridding

Greg Crawford is the current Managing Editor at the [Financial Times](/org/financial-times). Prior to this, they were the Deputy Editor at InvestmentNews from September 2012 to December 2015. From August 2010 to August 2012, they were the Editor at TABB Group. Greg has also held the position of Director of Content Solutions at Pensions & Investments from December 2015 to March 2021, and Online Editor from January 2008 to July 2010. Prior to working at Pensions & Investments, Greg was the Managing Editor at Financial Week from July 2006 to January 2008. Greg started their career as a Reporter at Pensions & Investments from September 2003 to July 2006. Greg also has experience as an entrepreneur, having owned Precision Editorial Services from January 2000 to December 2003. Lastly, they worked as a Correspondent at [Reuters](/org/reuters) from January 1990 to December 1999.

Greg Crawford has a BA in English literature from Drew University. Greg has certification from LinkedIn in Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, as well as LinkedIn Video Marketing for Personal and Brand Pages.

Greg Crawford

Finola McDonnell is the current Chief Communications and Marketing Officer at [Financial Times](/org/financial-times). Prior to their current role, McDonnell served as the VP of International Communications & Marketing at CNBC International from January 2014 to December 2018. McDonnell has also held the position of Director of Communications at BUSINESSEUROPE from January 2013 to December 2014, and Head of Public Affairs at Irish Business & Employers Confederation, IBEC from January 2006 to December 2013. In their early career, McDonnell worked as a Policy Analyst at Aontas - Lifelong Learning Advocacy Group from January 2002 to December 2006, and as a Policy Officer at Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations from July 2001 to June 2002.

Finola McDonnell has a background in both politics and public relations, which they studied at Queen's University Belfast and the [University of Stirling](/org/the-university-of-stirling), respectively. Finola also has a degree from NYU Stern School of Business in leadership. McDonnell currently works as a leadership consultant and trainer, helping organisations navigate through disruptive times.

Their manager is John Ridding, CEO. Finola McDonnell works with John Kundert - Chief Product & Technology Officer, James Lund - Chief Financial Officer, and Sarah Hopkins - Global Human Resources Director.

Finola McDonnell

John Kundert is the Chief Product & Technology Officer at [Financial Times](/org/financial-times). John has over fifteen years of experience in product and technology management.

Prior to joining [Financial Times](/org/financial-times), John was the Head of Data Insight at [Financial Times](/org/financial-times) Ltd. John was responsible for establishing a global CRM database and deploying technologies to support marketing CRM activities.

John has a proven track record in product and technology management, and they are passionate about using technology to drive business growth. John is a strategic thinker who is able to see the big picture and identify opportunities for innovation. John is a strong leader who is able to motivate and inspire teams to achieve their best.

John Kundert reports to John Ridding, CEO. They are on a team with Karen Thompson - Director of Sales, ODX, Angela Mackay - Global Publisher of FT Live and Managing Director, FT Asia Pacific, and Sarah Hopkins - Global Human Resources Director.

John Kundert

Nicole Jao is a reporter at [Financial Times](/org/financial-times). Prior to that, they were a journalist at Tech in Asia, where they pitched and wrote 3-4 feature stories per month, covering China and Southeast Asia's technology scene. Nicole has also worked as a reporter at TechNode.com, where they pitched and wrote 3-4 news articles per week, covering public companies and startups in China. In addition to their work in journalism, Nicole has also worked in digital communications and marketing, research, and as a summer intern.

Nicole Jao has a Master of Arts from [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university)'s Graduate School of Journalism with a concentration in science. Nicole also has a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Nicole has a certification from the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT in Using Social Media to Source and Spread Science Journalism.

Nicole Jao

Christine Girandola has been working in the insurance and financial industry for over 10 years. Christine started their career at A.M. Best in June 2007 as Senior Client Management and Business Development-Advertising. In this role, they worked with B2B marketing teams and client leaders to maximize AM Best's advertising engagement platforms and secure marketing and brand success for their clients.

In September 2022, Christine left A.M. Best to take on the role of Director of Sales, Money Media at [Financial Times](/org/financial-times). In this role, they are responsible for selling and consulting with global advertising agencies, marketing teams, and decision makers who need to specifically target and secure specific audience demographics. Christine travels 20% per year for face-to-face presentations as well as global insurance industry conferences across the US, Bermuda, and Cayman market.

Christine is constantly looking for new markets to grow revenue streams and keep up with client trends. Christine also works closely with inner-functions of AM Best news, marketing, audience development and sales support teams to communicate trends for development. As an employee of AM Best, Christine upholds and ensures the strict adherence of AM Best's values - making their a valuable asset to the company.

Christine Girandola has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from [Rider University](/org/rider-university), a Bachelor of Arts - BA from The College of New Jersey, and is a 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher and Registered Yoga Teacher from Birchwood Center, Inc. Christine also has certification from [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) in Becoming Head of Sales: Developing Your Playbook, Selling to Executives, and Unconscious Bias.

Their manager is Jon Slade, Chief Commercial Officer. Christine Girandola works with and Fred Thompson - Director of Sales, JobBlast.

Christine Girandola

Fred Thompson is the current Director of Sales for JobBlast at [Financial Times](/org/financial-times). Prior to this, they were a Senior Sales Executive at [SmartAsset](/org/smartasset) from January 2019 to February 2020. In this role, they were responsible for the full sales cycle to acquire new business, qualifying prospective candidates, onboarding new clients, and documenting all activities in [Salesforce](/org/salesforce).

Skills: Software as a Service (SaaS), Digital Media, New Business Development, Business-to-Business (B2B), Sales



Fred Thompson reports to Jon Slade, Chief Commercial Officer.

Fred Thompson

Dan oversees the Money-Media business unit, which was acquired by the [Financial Times](/org/financial-times) in January 2008. Money-Media is a native digital publisher with over 150 staff, nine products, and operations on three continents. Money-Media sits within FT Specialist, the [Financial Times](/org/financial-times)' specialist publishing division and publishes premium news across multiple industries. Dan is a member of the FT's senior management group, is the chairman of the FT's 401k investment committee, was elected to the board of directors for the Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA), and formerly served as Co-Chair of the East Coast Committee for the National Investment Company Service Association (Nicsa). Dan earned an MBA at [Indiana University](/org/indiana-university) and was a national champion gymnast.

Dan Fink

Christopher Grimes

James Fontanella

Dave Lee

Jean Locufier

Matthew Andrews

James is the FT’s Chief Financial Officer, responsible for global financial performance management across the FT Group. Previously he served as UK finance director, joining the FT in 2012.



James Lund

Jamie is the Marketing Manager for FundFire, Life Annuity Specialist, and P&C Specialist. In this role, she handles marketing efforts including lead generation and campaign development, branding, events and partnerships, and more. She is based in New York. She joined Money-Media in 2018 after working in the financial services industry for several years. She graduated with a BS in Marketing from [Siena College](/org/siena-college).

Jamie Marchica

She joined Money-Media in 2015 as a data reporter for Ignites and BoardIQ. She eventually became the data visualization editor for those publications. Before joining FT Specialist, Emily worked at Crain’s New York Business in a variety of roles including assistant data editor and news producer. She is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

Emily Laermer

John is respondsible for covering Hong Kong. He joined Ignites Asia in February 2012. He previously wrote for Eight Custom Media in Hong Kong, the Birmingham Post in the U.K. and Speedflex Media in Hong Kong. He received two highly commended awards in the “Journalist of the Year – Pensions Issues” and “Journalist of the Year – Investor Services and Technology” English categories at the State Street Institutional Press Awards in 2014. He has a BA in English Literature and Chinese Studies at the [University of Leeds](/org/university-of-leeds).

John Sedgwick

Deepti oversees all production and budgeting for the video department. Deepti has 14 years of experience in both web and broadcast video with TheStreet.com TV and Showtime Networks. She has a degree in Communications from [Adelphi University](/org/adelphi-university).

Deepti Agnew

Danielle is the Managing Editor of FundFire. She previously covered the asset management and wealth management beats for FundFire. Danielle has also previously written wealth management for GatekeeperIQ, emerging markets for Bloomberg News and business for the Phoenix Business Journal. Danielle has an MA in Mass Communication and a BA in English from [Arizona State University](/org/arizona-state-university).

Danielle Verbrigghe

Karen is the Director of Sales for ODX, Money-Media and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In her role, she is responsible for securing delegate attendees for The ODX . Karen joined Money-Media in 2022, after successfully jump-starting various tech and fintech startups in the US and internationally. Prior to that Karen worked for media Companies in San Francisco in advertising sales and events. Karen enjoys music, travel, aerobics and cooking. She graduated with a BA in Journalism from San Francisco State University.


Karen Thompson

Alex Cardno has been working in financial journalism for over 10 years. Alex started out as an intern at the [Financial Times](/org/financial-times) in 2009 and then became a senior reporter at Credit Today in 2010. Alex was promoted to deputy editor in 2012 and then to editor in 2013. Alex left Credit Today in 2014 to join HFM Week as their senior reporter for US news. Alex was promoted to associate editor at MandateWire in 2016 and is currently the managing editor at [Financial Times](/org/financial-times).

Alex Cardno has an NCTJ accreditation from News Associates, Wimbledon and a BA (hons) from The University of Birmingham.

Alex Cardno

Shayla Colon

Carl Winfield

Tetsuji Santazono is Nikkei’s General Manager for Global Business. He is responsible for growing and strengthening the Nikkei-FT partnership globally, working closely with the FT management board.

Tetsuji Santazono

As Chief of the FT Partnership Office at [Nikkei](/org/nikkei-inc), Daisuke Arakawa is responsible for joint projects between [Nikkei](/org/nikkei-inc) and the FT, with the mission of creating additional value for audiences and customers. Prior to his current role, he has served as [Nikkei](/org/nikkei-inc)’s market & corporate news editor, head of M&A, and president for [Nikkei](/org/nikkei-inc) Europe.

Daisuke Arakawa

Based in New York, Matt Fottrell works across the FT Group to build the FT’s presence and footprint in the US. He is also responsible for FT Specialist, a global portfolio of 17 business and finance titles with 250k subscribers.

Matt Fottrell

Tim is the Managing Editor of Health Payer Specialist. Tim has helped launch a clutch of startup business media products covering topics that include corporate finance and artificial intelligence. He started his career covering the China story and wider Asia-Pacific business issues out of Hong Kong. He has an MA in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong and a BA in International Relations from UCLA.

Tim LeeMaster

Hannah is a Group Managing Editor, overseeing several asset management and governance titles including Ignites, FundFire, BoardIQ, [Agenda](/org/agenda), Financial AdvisorIQ, Ignites Europe and Ignites Asia. She joined the FT Specialist unit as a reporter in 2007 and has worked as managing editor at Ignites and sister publication GatekeeperlQ. Prior to covering the world of asset management, she worked as a legislative investigator for the New York City Council and as a reporter at the Meriden, Conn. Record-Journal.

Hannah Glover

Shera oversees the technology group, which includes both the IT Operations and Development teams. Prior to Money-Media, Shera was the chief technology officer of the Internet start-up Monitor110 and the VP of engineering for CapitalThinking. Shera is a graduate of [Brandeis University](/org/brandeis-university).

Shera Ahmad

Catlin oversees the marketing team responsible for driving marketing efforts across Money-Media’s suite of products. Catlin joined Money-Media in June 2013 as the Research Team Captain and managed the off-site marketing research team. Catlin worked as a Marketing Associate from 2014–2016, executing marketing campaigns for numerous Money-Media publications, including Ignites, Ignites Asia, Ignites Europe, and Ignites Research. Catlin graduated with a BS in Advertising and Marketing Communications from the [Fashion Institute of Technology](/org/fashion-institute-of-technology).

Catlin Sweeney

Egon manages the customer support team and, database marketing team, and is responsible for the fulfillment of and operations for all of Money-Media’s subscription products. Egon received his BA in psychology from [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university) in May of 2005 and joined the company shortly after graduating.

Egon Smullyan

Renee Tsintzas supports the managing director of Money-Media in an executive assistant capacity. She is primarily responsible for calendar management, travel itinerates, creating slide decks, filing expense reports, and leading special projects. In addition, her role includes ensuring the office is running effectively on a day to day basis. Previously, she worked for [LPL Financial](/org/lpl-financial) as an executive assistant. Renee has a BA in Merchandising from SUNY, FIT.

Renee Tsintzas

Baptiste joined the publication at its launch in 2008. Prior to that, he was a U.K. correspondent for French financial daily newspaper L'Agefi and also covered general news for several European publications, including Le Temps, L'Express and [Le Soir](/org/le-soir). Baptiste holds a master's in International Journalism from City University and a degree in History from La Sorbonne.

Baptiste Aboulian

Andrew Willmott is a Group Managing Editor, responsible for leading our new publications through launch and to success and profitability. He currently oversees Life Annuity Specialist and P&C Specialist, with more to come. He has worked at Money-Media since 2001, as a reporter and then managing editor on FundFire.

Andrew Willmott

Prior to BoardIQ, Greg wrote about institutional asset management firms for FundFire. He also worked as a business writer for The Star-Ledgerin New Jersey, where he wrote about securities fraud and regulation, bankruptcy and other topics. Earlier in his career, he worked at newspapers in Florida, covering legal affairs, criminal justice, social issues, government and, on occasion, celebrity divorces. He holds a BS in Journalism from the [University of Florida](/org/university-of-florida).

Greg Saitz

Angela Mackay is global publisher of FT Live, and managing director of FT Asia Pacific. Based in Hong Kong, Mackay focuses on developing the group’s significant potential across the region, and leads business and strategy developments for events globally, including membership and communities, such as FT Forums and the Non-Executive Directors (NED).

Angela Mackay

In his role as Chief Commercial Officer, Jon Slade oversees the FT’s subscriptions business, global advertising sales operations, print and digital consumer marketing, customer care and business development, as well as the FT Specialist division.

Jon Slade

Sarah was appointed Global Human Resources Director in January 2007. She is responsible for leading all HR-related activities across the FT globally.

Sarah Hopkins

Richard previously worked at Bloomberg as an editor on the finance and corporate finance teams, and as an editor on the newsletter team. He has worked in New York, Florida, Hong Kong, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. He is a graduate of [New York University](/org/nyu)'s journalism program and [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

Richard Bedard

Dennis is responsible for managing the financial advertising team as well as working with partners on integrated advertising solutions across both the [Financial Times](/org/financial-times) and FT Specialist. Dennis graduated from [Syracuse University](/org/syracuse-university) in 2005 with a degree in Policy Studies.

Dennis Asselta

James is responsible for identifying new partnership opportunities for the FT and leading existing initiatives. In his previous role as managing editor, James oversaw staffing and strategic planning of the FT's editorial department.



James Lamont

Roula Khalaf became editor in January 2020, having previously served as the FT's deputy editor, foreign editor and Middle East editor. She is responsible for leading the FT's award-winning editorial coverage, overseeing more than 600 editors and journalists worldwide.

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