Economist Conferences – Greece

John Peet

Associate editor, special reports

Europe editor, The Economist, since September 2003 and currently political editor. Responsible for coverage of all of Europe, including the European Union, Russia, Turkey, the Caucasus and the Balkans.
Previously business affairs editor for The Economist (1998-2003). Earlier positions include Brussels (EU) correspondent, executive editor, surveys editor, Washington DC correspondent and Britain correspondent.
He has written for The Economist surveys of management consulting, health care, the American South, Spain, the European Union, European Monetary Union, Equity Markets, E-Commerce, the Netherlands, Water, Ireland, Italy, the Future of Europe, Turkey, France and Brexit. In 2014 he co-authored a book, Unhappy Union: how the euro crisis - and Europe - can be fixed.
He has an MA in economics from Cambridge University.