Janan Ganesh Keynote Speaker

Leading commentator on US and UK politics
Political Columnist, Associate Editor - Financial Times
Author of “George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor”

Janan Ganesh's Biography

Janan Ganesh is a columnist and associate editor at the Financial Times. He writes about international affairs, as well as the domestic politics of the US and the UK.

Regular themes include: the US-China rivalry, Brexit and its aftermath, Donald Trump’s presidency, the impact of Keir Starmer, the West’s reaction to the Ukraine war, the challenge to the European Union from within and without, the rising importance of Southeast Asia, the “axis” of autocratic nations and the decline of the global free-trade consensus.

He was US political columnist between 2018 and 2022, based in Washington DC for three years and Los Angeles for one. There, he covered the 2020 US Presidential election, as well as the global pandemic, the worsening of US-China relations and the Capitol siege.

As well as politics, he writes a weekend column on culture and ideas, which ranges across such subjects as travel, cities, football, art, food, technology and social trends. The running theme of the column is a defence of globalism against its enemies.

Before the FT, Janan was the political correspondent at the Economist between 2007 and 2012, where he covered the financial crash, the 2010 general election and the UK coalition government.

US domestic politics and foreign policy

UK domestic politics and foreign policy

Relations within the west

External threats to the EU

The rise of populism

Free trade and its enemies

He sits at the forefront of international political analysis at the Financial Times, interpreting the shifting balance of power between the US, China and Europe for a global readership of policymakers and business leaders.
He translates complex geopolitical and domestic political developments, from Brexit and Trump’s presidency to the war in Ukraine and the fracturing of free trade, into clear strategic insight for executives and boards./p>
Drawing on his experience as the FT’s US political columnist during the 2020 election, the pandemic and the Capitol siege, he offers first-hand perspective on political risk and institutional resilience.
His briefings equip organisations to understand the direction of Western politics, assess the implications of rising autocratic influence and navigate an era of economic nationalism and strategic rivalry with confidence.