Bill Emmott is an independent writer and consultant. He spent 26 years at The Economist, which he joined in 1980, working as a correspondent and editor in Brussels, Tokyo and London, on subjects ranging from politics to finance, economics and business. In 1993 he was appointed Editor in Chief, a post he held for 13 years before stepping down in March 2006.
He has written twelve books, including “20:21 Vision—20th century lessons for the 21st century” (2003). Seven of his books have been on Japan, including “The Sun Also Sets” (1989) and, in Japanese translation only, “The Sun Also Rises” (2006). His latest English book, published in 2008, is entitled “Rivals—How the Power Struggle between China, India and Japan will Shape our Next Decade”. In 2010 he published a book in Italian translation about contemporary Italian politics and economics, called “Forza, Italia: Come ripartire dopo Berlusconi” (Courage, Italy: How to start again after Berlusconi). He is now working on a version for English and Japanese readers, as well as on a documentary film about Italy, to be released in early 2012.
Bill has honorary degrees from Warwick, City and NorthWestern Universities and is an honorary fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He is chairman of the London Library, is Group Economic Adviser for Fleming Family & Partners, is a member of Tokyo University’s “President’s Council” and the Swiss Re Chairman’s Advisory Panel, and is chairman of PeerIndex, an online database company. He writes columns for La Stampa in Italy and The Times in London.
