Allister Heath
Allister Heath (born 1978) is a British business journalist and commentator. He was announced as the new editor of The Sunday Telegraph in April 2017.[1]
Heath was born in Mulhouse in Alsace, France to a part-British family.[2][3] He lived there until the age of 17 when he moved to the UK to study economics at the London School of Economics (1995-1998), followed by a post-graduate MPhil in the subject at Hertford College, Oxford.[4]
Formerly editor of City AM and The Business, the latter closing shortly after Heath's departure in 2008. Since then he was deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph, responsible for business content, and an associate editor at The Spectator.
His first book, A Flat Tax: Towards a British Model, was published in 2006.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Mayhew, Freddy (13 April 2017). "Allister Heath appointed new Sunday Telegraph editor as Ian MacGregor takes on 'emeritus' role". Press Gazette. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ Heath, Allister. "France's grim estates are the perfect breeding grounds for terrorism". Telegraph. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ↑ Allister Heath: 'Youth is just what the founders of 'City AM' were looking for' profile The Independent 21 April 2008
- ↑ Profile in The Independent 1 January 2007
- ↑ Allister Heath (2006). "Flat Tax: Towards a British Model" (PDF). workforall.org.
- ↑ Profile, MIPPR
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Deputy Editor of the Daily Telegraph 2014-present |
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