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Michael Skapinker is an Associate Editor of the FT and a columnist. He was born in South Africa in 1955 and was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and Queens’ College, Cambridge.
He began his journalistic career in Greece, where he worked as a correspondent for CBS Radio News and Independent Radio News. He joined the FT in London in 1986 and has reported on many industries, including aerospace, electronics and tourism. From 2000 to 2005, he was the FT’s Management Editor and wrote a weekly management column, for which he received the Work Foundation’s Members’ Award for his contribution to the understanding of working life. From 2005 to 2007, he was the weekend editor and led the successful relaunch of the Weekend FT.
He was a consultant on the BBC series The Secrets of Leadership, which was broadcast in 2003, and has addressed audiences on business topics in the US, Japan and Europe. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2005.
His column, on business and society, appears in the FT on Tuesdays. - -
The world needs a workable air travel tax
Separate proposals from the UK and the European Union are unlikely to rescue what is a chaotic and dysfunctional system, writes Michael Skapinker
How to do guilt-free business with Beijing
Staying away will not benefit the locals. More important is to decide what the company will and will not do, writes Michael Skapinker
The jury is out on family life and the law
For legal firms to be engaging in widespread rampant, or even subtle, discrimination would make no sense, writes Michael Skapinker
Perils of multi-client public relations agencies
No client likes to play second fiddle to another, particularly when the other opposes what you paid the agency to secure, writes Michael Skapinker
Lunch with the FT: Sir Ronald Cohen
The veteran venture capitalist tells Michael Skapinker how business can bring about a lasting peace in the Middle East
We are seeing a generational literacy shift
Teenagers’ abrupt and abbreviated text messages may not be literate in the traditional sense, but they serve their purpose, writes Michael Skapinker
The wrongs and rights of naming rights
How would you feel about catching the train from Coca-Cola station or travelling to work on the Google line, asks Michael Skapinker
The market no longer has all the answers
Even before the crisis, there were hints that a hands-off approach was not the only way to organise an economy, says Michael Skapinker
The battle for global business is not yet won
These are perilous times. If we are heading into an international downturn, protectionist pressures will only grow, writes Michael Skapinker
Lunch with the FT: Irene Khan
The first woman, first Asian and first Muslim to head Amnesty International tells Michael Skapinker why the group departed from the clarity of its original mission
