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Victor Mallet is Asia editor of the Financial Times, based in Hong Kong. He writes editorials, columns and feature articles on a range of subjects concerning the Asia-Pacific, including security, politics, economics and business. He won the Society of Publishers in Asia award for opinion writing in both 2005 and 2006.
In 20 years at the FT, he has worked in Africa, Europe and the Middle East as well as in Asia. In 1990 he escaped from Kuwait after being one of the few foreign correspondents there when Iraq invaded. His book on the south-east Asian industrial revolution and the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, The Trouble with Tigers (HarperCollins), was published in 1999.
Born on May 14, 1960, he went to school in England and earned a degree in English language and literature from Oxford University. He is married, with two children.
Victor Mallet also writes a regular column on sailing and yachting in the Weekend FT.
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Unexpected pleasures
Victor Mallet finds the Spanish capital wonderfully walkable and says the reward for tackling the city on foot is the promise of breathtaking images – human or architectural – around the next corner
Head for the hills
The snow-capped sierras and green valleys of Madrid’s northern suburbs prove to be some of Europe’s most rewarding country walks, writes Victor Mallet
What makes a successful competitive sailor
Two of Britain’s best dinghy sailors talk to Victor Mallet about the importance of practice and the mental toughness needed to win in an unpredictable sport
Spain and France call for summit on Somalia
The two European countries step up their joint struggle against terrorism, piracy and drug smuggling by campaigning for an international conference on the African nation
Global Insight: Spanish brew has bitter taste
Spain is a fragile nation state with centrifugal communities on its fringes
Spain’s lenders see salvation in mergers
Spain’s weaker lenders are facing a difficult period of mergers and restructuring following the collapse of the property market
Eduardo Barreiros and the Recovery of Spain
A business biography shows how a Galician industrialist and innovator overcame obstacles with charm and hard work, writes Victor Mallet
Outside Edge: In Spain the gaffe is now an art form
From Queen Sofía’s outburst against abortion and gay marriage to Emilio Botín’s “hostage to fortune” lecture on how to be a better banker, the Spanish are vying with the White House and Buckingham Palace for world leadership in howlers, writes Victor Mallet
Outside Edge: Sex, drink and Benidorm’s heritage
An application by the mass-market Spanish seaside resort to get on to Unesco’s world heritage list is not as daft as it seems, writes Victor Mallet
