The Financial Times today announces a series of editorial appointments, including a roster for the new FT Weekend team following Caroline Daniel’s appointment as FT Weekend editor.
Sue Matthias joins as editor of FT Magazine, published with FT Weekend. She is a former assistant editor of the Independent on Sunday and deputy editor of the New Statesman, and was acting editor of the Guardian Weekend Magazine for six months in 2009.
Jane Owen joins as editor of FT Weekend’s House and Home. She is an award-winning author and broadcaster specialising in gardening. She has contributed regularly to the Financial Times and was formerly editor of The Times’ Weekend.
Tom Robbins joins the Financial Times as travel editor in June. He was previously travel editor at the Observer and helped shape Escape into a multi-award winning section. Before joining the Observer, Robbins worked for the Sunday Times, where he launched the Driving section.
Further appointments include James Crabtree, who will be joining the FT as comment editor. Crabtree is currently deputy editor of Prospect magazine and is a prolific writer and contributor to publications in the UK and the US.
Leslie Hook joins the FT in June as Beijing Correspondent. She was a leader writer for the WSJ in Hong Kong and previously worked for the Far Eastern Economic Review as a Princeton in Asia Fellow
Edward Hadas will be joining the FT as assistant Lex editor, based in London. He will report into John Authers who was recently appointed editor of Lex. Hadas is currently assistant editor at Reuters Breakingviews, the financial commentary service. Stuart Kirk, based in New York, becomes deputy Lex editor.
Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, said: “I am delighted that Sue Matthias, Jane Owen and Tom Robbins are joining FT Weekend under Caroline Daniel’s leadership. They are all top-drawer talent and will strengthen our position as the erudite and eclectic weekend read in Britain and around the world. I am also pleased to welcome James Crabtree and Edward Hadas, both of whom will add to our intellectual firepower on Lex and the comment pages.”
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