Speaker Biography
Courtney Fingar
Editor-in-chief, FDI, at New Statesman Media Group
Courtney Fingar is editor-in-chief, FDI, at New Statesman Media Group, a UK-based publisher of New Statesman magazine and industry-leading business-to-business titles powered by innovative data and technology platforms. She heads the group’s coverage of cross-border investment and will soon launch Investment Monitor, a digital publication. Before joining in 2020, Ms Fingar spent 15 years with the Financial Times where she was editor-in-chief of fDi Magazine and the head of content for its associated data division, fDi Intelligence, as well as a contributing writer for the FT newspaper. As a trained journalist, Ms Fingar interviews political and business leaders at the highest levels about economic and investment issues. She has covered business stories in all major regions of the world and has been on assignment to more than 80 countries in her career. She is a popular panellist and moderator at international economic gatherings and has appeared on television and radio in dozens of countries as a commentator on international investment. She previously served as the editor of Trade & Forfaiting Review, a London-based magazine focusing on trade finance and worked as a journalist in Washington, DC. Ms Fingar has a BA in journalism from the University of Alabama in the United States and an MSc in International and European Politics, with a special focus on political economy and trade issues, from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
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