Philip Coggan

Philip Coggan is an economic columnist and author. He wrote for the Financial Times for two decades, and now writes for The Economist. Coggan was named Senior Financial Journalist of the Year by the Wincott Foundation in 2008. The following year he was voted Best Communicator at the Business Journalist of the Year Awards. He has written multiple books: The Money Machine: How the City Works, The Economist Guide to Hedge Funds, The Last Vote: The Threats to Western Democracy and the award-winning Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order. Coggan currently writes the Bartleby column, which discussed topics on management and wrote the Buttonwood column until its end in 2018.

As a writer with decades of financial writing experience, Coggan can eloquently speak to audiences on topics of economics and management. He knows the ins and outs of the financial word and knows how to put complex ideas into easily understood concepts. In his years of writing, he has seen the ups and down of the economy and can reveal much that may have been overlooked to the average observer. His insight on British economy is unique because his insight is from the columnist’s perspective. Coggan is unafraid to dish out his opinion when it comes to the rights or wrong to financial matters, and he always has the facts to back it up. He has been recognized for his communication skills, and his peers recognize him as a distinguished voice in financial journalism. Audiences can read Coggan’s work online and in print, but his speeches will leave them with a new level of financial understanding.