Charles Leadbeater

As a consultant, he collaborated with the BBC, Vodafone, Microsoft, Ericsson, Channel Four Television, Shanghai City Hall, the UK government, the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the European Union. For a while he was an adviser to Tony Blair. As an assistant editor at the British daily Independent, he took part in the creation of the famous Bridget Jones diary.

Having started his journalistic career in the 80s at Marxism Today, he moved to the Financial Times, where he worked for 10 years as an editor of various sections, and also served as the chief of the Tokyo bureau of the newspaper. For his journalistic activity, he was awarded a number of awards.