What was your first job as a journalist?
Features writer at Investment Adviser - part of the FT in London
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Clark Kent
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To be at the center of events that shape the lives and expectations of people in emerging economies
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
A computer, a mobile phone and a note book
What's your favorite social network?
Linked-in
Why did you become a journalist?
It was something I wanted to do when I was young, but I took something of a circuitous route to get there.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
no
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
The Nasdaq-Dubai deal which was the cover of one of the magazines I launched in Dubai
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Don't give up.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Before lunchtime
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Financial Times
