Sebastian Mallaby

Sebastian Mallaby
Alma mater	Oxford University Eton College
Occupation	Author, Journalist

Sebastian Mallaby (born 1964) is an English-born journalist and author, Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and contributing columnist at the Washington Post. Formerly, he was a contributing editor for the Financial Times and a columnist and editorial board member at the Washington Post.

His recent writing has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic Monthly. In 2012, he published a Foreign Affairs essay on the future of China's currency. His books include The Man Who Knew (2016), More Money Than God (2010), and The World’s Banker (2004).

Sebastian Mallaby is the son of Sir Christopher Mallaby, who was Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Germany (1988-1993) and Ambassador of the United Kingdom to France (1993-1996), and Lady Pascale Mallaby. Sebastian was educated at Eton College, won an academic scholarship to Oxford University, and graduated in 1986 with a First Class degree in modern history. His interests include financial markets, the implications of the rise of newly emerging powers, and the intersection of economics and international relations.

Mallaby worked at the Washington Post from 1999 to 2007 as a columnist and member of the editorial board. Prior to that he spent thirteen years with The Economist, in London, where he wrote about foreign policy and international finance. He also spent time in Africa, where he covered Nelson Mandela’s release and the collapse of apartheid; and in Japan, where he covered the breakdown of the country’s political and economic consensus during the 90s.

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