breakingviews.com appoints new senior editor

15 Sep 2008

Breakingviews, the leading source of independent financial insight, has appointed Chris Hughes as a senior editor in its London office. Chris, who was previously with Breakingviews from 2003 to mid-2006, returns from the Financial Times, where he was Senior Corporate Reporter and subsequently Investment Banking Correspondent, as well as being a regular comment writer. His previous experience includes The Independent newspaper, where he was Financial Editor. Chris began his career in journalism as a researcher at BBC Television.

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