Geoffrey Owen
Nickname: Geoff
Alias: Sir Geoffrey Owen
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| Bio | Sir Geoffrey Owen is an English academic and journalist. He was formerly editor of the Financial Times and is currently Head of Industrial Policy at the think tank Policy Exchange. He is a Visiting Professor in Practice in the Department of Management, London School of Economics, where he conducts teaching and research in the field of corporate strategy, corporate governance and international competition. Geoffrey Owen is the son of L. G. Owen and the tennis player Violet Owen. He was also a tennis player and competed at Wimbledon in singles between 1955 and 1959. Geoffrey Owen was educated at the Dragon School, Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford University. He served in the Royal Air Force for two years as part of the national service. He is married to literary editor Miriam Gross. He joined the Financial Times as a feature writer in 1958. He held several posts on that paper, including those of Industrial Correspondent, Industrial Editor, and US Correspondent based in New York. Between 1968 and 1973, he left journalism, serving first as an executive in the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation and then as personnel director in the overseas division of British Leyland Motor Corporation. He was deputy editor of the Financial Times from 1973 to 1980 and editor from 1981 to 1990. He was knighted in 1989. He was a non-executive director of Laird Group plc from 2001 to the end of 2006. He is currently chairman of the Wincott Foundation. Former President of Wiltshire LTA. |
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