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Jonathan Fenby, CBE (born 11 November 1942) is a founding partner and Managing Director of the China team at Trusted Sources, an emerging markets research and consultancy firm headquartered in London. His investment and strategy research is focused towards China's policy interpretation, politics and broader political economy. He is also an author and journalist.
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- 2014 roskill lecture jonathan fenby china s unfinished revolution
- Will china dominate the 21st century jonathan fenby
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Will china dominate the 21st century jonathan fenby
Education
Fenby was educated at King Edward VI School, Birmingham and at Westminster School, an independent school for boys in central London, followed by New College at the University of Oxford.
Life and career
Fenby joined Reuters in 1963, becoming editor in 1973 and remained there until 1977, becoming the Paris bureau chief for five years. He became chief correspondent for The Economist in both Paris and Bonn (1981–6) and wrote three books during that period. He then became home editor of The Independent (at launch 1986–8), and then deputy editor of The Guardian (1988–93), followed by the editorship of The Observer from 1993 to 1995 and then of the South China Morning Post from 1995 to 2000, during the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty.
Since returning to London from Hong Kong in 2000, Fenby has worked at various on-line services, and as associate editor of the newspaper Sunday Business. Between 1998 and 2008, he published ten books, five on China and others on the Second World War and France. He contributes to publications in the UK, US and Far East and broadcasts, as well as speaking at conferences and lecturing at universities and public forums on China.
Fenby was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours List for services to journalism, and was appointed a Knight of the French National Order of Merit in 1991, and then of the French Légion d'honneur. He is on the advisory board of OMFIF where he is regularly involved in meetings regarding the financial and monetary system. He is an Associate Fellow of the London School of Economics (LSE), the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and the Royal Institute of International Events (Chatham House).
His family was brought up in London mostly. He is married to Renee whom they have had two children together. They are now grandparents to five grandchildren.