The Banker

Silvia Pavoni is the the economics editor of The Banker. In addition to overseeing the Americas coverage, she has developed the magazine's reporting on sustainable finance and has created and writes its Better Banking column. Silvia is also the editor of Sustainable Views, a newsletter about environmental, social and governance principles that serv... es readers of The Banker and of two other specialist titles at the Financial Times. Silvia is also an advisory board member of the European Risk Management Council, a member of the London council of not-for-profit WILL, Women in Leadership in Latin America, and an honorary fellow at City University of London. As part of her current role, Silvia regularly interviews government officials, policy makers and finance and business leaders. One of her highest-profile interviews was with Queen Mxima of the Netherlands, who serves as UN General-Secretarys Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance. Since joining the Financial Times in 2005, Silvia has been on assignment to over two dozen countries, reporting with both written and filmed pieces. Previously, she was in charge of Centaur Medias specialist database on public private partnerships, which was tasked with providing data to the UK Government. Silvia holds the equivalent of an MSc and a BSc in Economics and Finance from Ca' Foscari University of Venice and speaks Italian her mother-tongue and Spanish. David Robinson is the online editor at The Banker. He previously worked on the FTs investment research arm focused on SE Asia and covered European funds at Last Word Media. He has lived in Asia and the Middle East and has a BA in English Literature from Lancaster University. It is fundamental to the integrity and success of the Financial Times (FT) that we uphold the highest possible standards of ethical and professional journalism, and that we are seen to do so. The benchmark for the FTs journalistic practices is set by our FT Editorial Code . Compliance with the code is an obligation for all FT editorial staff. In ...Read More