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Jo Johnson is the Financial Times’ South Asia bureau chief. Based in New Delhi since January 2005, he leads the team of FT journalists that covers India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. In addition to his coverage for the print edition, he writes a regular online column, Engaging India.
A graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, from which he received a first class degree in Modern History, he has worked for the FT since 1997. His first job on the newspaper was on the Lex Column, which he joined after a a stint as a corporate financier in the investment banking division of Deutsche Bank.
He completed an MBA at INSEAD in 2000 and served as an FT Paris correspondent from 2001-2004. He is co-author, with Martine Orange, of The Man who Tried to Buy the World: Jean-Marie Messier and the Rise and Fall of Vivendi Universal (Penguin, 2003). - -
How fractured politics harm India’s finances
Sharp stock market falls since the budget show investors are punishing poor policymaking by a weak coalition government, writes Jo Johnson
Delhi’s tentative step into the 21st century
India‘s new expressway between New Delhi and its airport gives hope that the country’s infrastructure will not always be dysfunctional, writes Jo Johnson
Lunch with the FT: Viswanathan Anand
Considered a hero in India, the reigning world chess champion is surprised by how good his 37th year has been, writes Jo Johnson
Democracy for Pakistan should not be delayed
The biggest risk to the credibility of the poll comes from the president’s likely efforts to rig the result, writes Jo Johnson
Musharraf must quit both politics and the army
Pervez Musharraf’s doffing of his uniform may look consistent with his promise of ‘real democracy’ but it is not, writes Jo Johnson
