Gillian Tett

Gillian Romaine Tett is a British author and journalist. She is the chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US of the Financial Times. She writes weekly columns, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues and co-founded Moral Money, the FT sustainability newsletter. She has written about the financial instruments that were part of the cause of the financial crisis that started in the fourth quarter of 2007, such as CDOs, credit default swaps, SIVs, conduits, and SPVs. She became renowned for her early warning that a financial crisis was looming. In February 2023, her election was announced as the next Provost of King's College, Cambridge. She is to take up the post in October 2023 in succession to Professor Michael Proctor. She will continue writing for the Financial Times.