Keynote SpeakersStephanie Flanders is an economist, journalist, broadcaster, host, speaker and former senior advisor to the US Treasury Secretary.
Stephanie is the Senior Executive Editor for Economics at Bloomberg.
In 2017, Flanders chaired the Royal Society of Arts Inclusive Growth Commission.
Stephanie began her career as an economist at the London Business School and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. She later moved into journalism, joining the Financial Times in 1994 as a leader writer and columnist.
In 1997, she was appointed speechwriter and advisor to US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers before joining the New York Times in 2001.
On returning to the UK, Stephanie joined the BBC in 2002 as Economics Editor of Newsnight. She also presented economic-focused editions of Newsnight and did some relief shifts for BBC News Channel.
In 2008, Stephanie Flanders became BBC Economics Editor, appearing across the range of BBC news output. She has also presented Masters of Money on BBC Two, Stephanomics on Radio 4, and The Andrew Marr Show.
In 2013, Stephanie joined J.P. Asset Management as Chief Market Strategist for Europe; four years later, she joined Bloomberg as Senior Executive Editor for Economics and head of Bloomberg Economics.
She was made an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, University of Oxford, in 2019 and a Fellow of the Society of Professional Economists.
For Stephanomics, Stephanie won the 2010 Harold Wincott Foundation’s Award. She also won the Foundation’s ‘Broadcaster of the Year‘ in 2011 and the Political Studies Association’s ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ in 2012.
