William Keegan

William James Gregory Keegan, CBE (born 3 July 1938) is a journalist and a fiction and non-fiction author. He was Economics Editor of The Observer from 1977 to 2003, and continues to contribute to the paper as a columnist.

Education and early life

Keegan was educated at Wimbledon College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He completed his national service in the Royal Tank Regiment from 1957 to 1959.[1]

Career

Keegan became a journalist at the Financial Times in 1963; he moved to the Daily Mail in 1964, then returned for a nine-year spell at the Financial Times in 1967. He then worked in the Bank of England Economics Intelligence Department, and as assistant to the Bank's Governor, from 1976 to 1977.[1][2]

From 1977 to 2003 he was Economics Editor of The Observer; after reaching the age of 65 he continued there as a Senior Economics Commentator.[1]

He has sat on a number of committees and advisory boards, beginning in 1981 on the BBC Advisory Committee on Business and Industrial Affairs.[1] Keegan has authored two fiction books, in 1974 and 1976, and eight books on economics and politics, between 1978 and 2012.[1]

In 1989 he became a visiting professor of journalism at the University of Sheffield, and in 2012 a visiting professor of economics at Queen Mary University of London.[1] He is also a visiting professor at The Policy Institute, King's College London,[3] and is involved in The Strand Group seminar series there.[4]

In 2009 Keegan received a CBE for services to journalism.[5]

Personal life

Keegan is married to a barrister. They live in Islington, London. He has seven children, including four from a previous marriage.[5]

His brother Victor Keegan is a journalist at The Guardian.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "William James Gregory KEEGAN". People of Today. Debrett's. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Keegan, William (James Gregory)". Writers Directory 2005. Highbeam. 2004. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Keegan CBE, William". King's College London. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Strand Group". King's College London. 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Peter Gruner (6 March 2009). "'Your Majesty, I'm one of those writers'". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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