Josephine Cumbo

This is an honorary appointment sponsored by the European Institute at the LSE. In my capacity as Visiting Fellow, I have delivered workshops and lectures to Masters students.

• Edit and commission copy on various desks from Companies, Breaking News, Personal Finance, Markets and UK News
• Reporting assignments in the main newsroom.

• Established the FT’s global pension coverage through a series of agenda setting, high impact interviews with global pension leaders
• Secured global scoops on pension fund strategy changes at the world’s largest pension plans
• Broke key scoops relating to changes in UK government pension policy
• Contributed to shaping the FT’s Editorial view on pension policy, with leader and Lex writers
• Represented the FT as a speaker at international pension conferences

• Independently researched and broke more than 50 front-page scoops covering UK corporate and personal pensions
• Wrote award-winning investigative pieces on issues in the UK personal pension market
• Contributed to wider coverage through Podcast appearances, FT Live events and as an interviewee on external media

• Wrote news, analysis and features for FT Money, FT.com, UK news and Companies
• Contributed to weekly FT Money Podcast and write blogs for Money Matters.
• Hosted FT Money podcast and written “Serious Money” column.
• Experienced in writing about savings and investments; tax planning; property and other issues of interest to high-net individuals.

• Covering early-morning and breaking corporate and financial news

• Reporter covering breaking news and special reports for BBC radio programmes