Richard Donkin writes two columns for the FT: a weekly column on recruitment and employment that he has written since 1994 and the monthly FT fishing column that appears in the Weekend section.

Richard joined the FT in 1987 after he was named Provincial Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards. He was a member of the FT team named Reporter of the Year in the 1991 British Press Awards for its work on the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. He has also undertaken travel writing assignments for the newspaper, including a voyage around Cape Horn in 1997 and a climb of Aconcagua in Argentina in 2002.

His history of work, Blood, Sweat and Tears, The Evolution of Work, was published by Texere in the UK and US in 2001 and featured in a recent BBC Radio Four Series, This Workaday World.

Richard left the newspaper in 2001 and now works as an independent writer and commentator, speaking and lecturing regularly on employment and management issues. He is married with three children and lives in Woking. He can be contacted through his web site: richarddonkin.com. - -

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