On Thursday 5th November Martin Lukes, iconic leader, trendsetter, multiple award winner and former CEO of Atlanta-based a-b glöbâl, returns to the Financial Times with a new weekly print and online column.

Lukes, co-author of Martin Lukes: Who Moved my BlackBerry?, has spent the last two years in jail after being sentenced for insider trading in December 2007, and will correspond through his wife, Sherril, until his release which is expected in January 2010.

Martin Lukes commented: “I am humbled to have this opportunity to continue my career in the ‘literary world’ by sharing with fans my deeply private philosophies and a profound journey of personal development in the last couple of years. Being ‘on the inside’ allows plenty of time for blue-sky thinking, and I am certain I will have more Creovation than ever to offer the FT.”

Lukes has won countless awards, including ‘BT Outstanding Individual Contribution to Work Life Balance 2004’ (runner up), and ‘Best Change of DNA in Outsourced Space 2003’ (Sponsored by Hyatt Regency).

A video with Lucy Kellaway talking about her correspondence with Martin Lukes will be available on FT.com in the next couple of days. A preview can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eys2Gy1h5rM

For further information, please contact:

Tom Glover, Financial Times, +44 20 7775 6840 or tom.glover@ft.com

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