Bill Emmott

Bill Emmott (born August 6, 1956) is an English journalist and consultant best known for his period (1993-2006) as Editor-in-Chief of The Economist. In April 2016 the Government of Japan awarded him the "Order of the Rising Sun Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon". He has also written 12 books and worked on two documentary feature films, on Italy and the European Union, and co-founded an educational charity, The Wake Up Foundation, dedicated to raising awareness of the dangers facing Western societies and their values through film, debates and school courses, which launched a Wake Up Europe! initiative in October 2015. His next book, "The Fate of the West", will be published in April 2017 by Profile Books in the UK, in May 2017 by Public Affairs in the US, and June 2017 by Nikkei Publishing in Japan.

Emmott was educated at Latymer Upper School in London and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he attained a First Class Degree in PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics). After graduation, he worked for The Economist newspaper in Brussels, Tokyo and London, becoming editor in March 1993. He resigned on 20 February 2006. During his tenure, The Economist editorialised in favour of the Iraq war, of legalising gay marriage, and of abolishing the British monarchy; and in opposition to Silvio Berlusconi as prime minister of Italy.

He was chairman of the London Library in 2009-15, a trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in 2009-15, group economic adviser for Fleming Family & Partners in 2011-15. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Shujitsu University in Okayama, Japan, a Visiting Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford, and a member of Tokyo University's President's Council. He is also an adviser to Swiss Re. He is especially known for several well-received books about Japan.

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