Duncan Weldon (journalist)
Duncan Weldon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Duncan Weldon 1982 (age 41–42) Northumberland, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | The Economist (2019-present) |
| Political party | Labour Party |
Duncan Weldon (born 1982) is a journalist,[1] and former political advisor,[2] researcher,[3] and market strategist.[4]
Weldon studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Somerville College, Oxford. He joined the Labour Party at age 18.[5]
He is currently the Britain economics correspondent at The Economist,[6] and has been with the newspaper since 2019.[7] An economist by background he began his career at the Bank of England. Other early roles included asset management (including four years in fund management, becoming a partner at Senhouse Capital),[8] a researcher and economics advisor for the Labour Party, and senior economist at the Trades Union Congress.[9][2]
Weldon was appointed as BBC Newsnight's Economics and Business editor in 2014.[5] He announced his departure from the BBC in November 2015, following which he became head of research at the financial investment firm Resolution Group.[10][4] He was briefly at Legal & General Investment Management between February and October 2019, as a strategist on the asset allocation team, advising on investment research and allocation decisions.[11][12][7]
Weldon previously wrote blogs at the Left Foot Forward website[13] and LabourList.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ "Duncan Weldon".
- ^ a b "Duncan Weldon | Authors | CLASS".
- ^ "About – Duncan Weldon".
- ^ a b Rigby, Elizabeth. "Fresh blow for BBC as reporters quit Newsnight".
- ^ a b Rayner, Gordon (21 March 2014). "Newsnight economics editor Duncan Weldon's 'embarrassing' fascist past" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Duncan Weldon".
- ^ a b "Duncan Weldon exits LGIM after eight months". 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Letters: Remedies for a broken economy". TheGuardian.com. 16 October 2009.
- ^ "Duncan Weldon". 2 August 2019.
- ^ @DuncanWeldon (27 November 2015). "Both looking forward to the new job and sad to be leaving Newsnight. Thus concludes "personal announcement Twitter". 3/3" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Former BBC man boosts LGIM's multi-asset team". 13 February 2019.
- ^ @DuncanWeldon (11 February 2019). "Some personal news: started at LGIM as a strategist on the multi asset team today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Duncan Weldon - Left Foot Forward". leftfootforward.org. 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Duncan Weldon – LabourList". 22 September 2013.