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Mrs Moneypenny is a former investment banker and has an MBA from the London Business School and a PhD from the University of Hong Kong. She is a visiting 
professor at Cass, City University Business School, and a trustee of a major educational charity. She is married to a wine merchant who plays a lot of golf, and has three children who she refers to as the Cost Centres.
Mrs M began writing for the Financial Times in 1999 while still based in Tokyo. Subsequently, she returned to the UK and bought into a small but profitable business in the West End of London, where she was the youngest and worst-groomed of four owner-directors. She later led a management buyout and is now the majority owner. She is the author of Mrs Moneypenny: Survival in the City (2003), and Mrs Moneypenny: Email from Tokyo, (2006). Her column appears every week in the FT Weekend Magazine. - -
Lessons for life over a tricky cup of instant
A summer intern in Mrs M’s office boasts a CV that puts hers to shame, but nothing on it indicates the ability to operate a coffee plunger
Summer game shoots? Too dry for my liking
For Mrs M, the jarring unrealism of simulated shooting and its prohibition on alcohol make for an unsporting time
Consumed by guilt, fuelled by fried bread
For Mrs M, eating sensibly has been the biggest challenge. When presented with food, she usually eats it without second thought
Benign neglect of cars and cost centres
A son’s accident in the garden and a visit to a gated community reveal Mrs M’s incompetence as a mechanic and as a parent
Where networking blossoms
Mrs M checks out the Chelsea Flower Show where the hottest thing this year is not a garden but a gardener: serious eye candy Jamie Durie, who knows a thing or two about plants
Forever sipping bubbles
Mrs M indulges her love of champagne during a 24-hour tasting spree that starts at a party and ends in a box at England’s Test match against New Zealand
Why I need to be a party insider
Not being dressed to kill for the occasion and having random girlfriends at the house are the reasons why Mrs M never wants to get a surprise birthday
At last, I’m back in the ring
Mrs M’s return to aerobic exercise after months of recuperation coincides with the arrival of the largest cruise ship in the world – and its boxing ring
The domino theory of teenage nutrition
Parenting is a tough business for many, Mrs M included, so suppress the urge to judge pizza parents too quickly
Why I take a stern line on mortgages and men
Mrs M says the British, just like the Americans, have lent money irresponsibly to people who could never repay it
