Chrystia Freeland is now US managing editor for the Financial Times following a move from her role as deputy editor of the FT and editor of electronic services.Ms Freeland joined the FT in 1994 as UK news editor and later became Moscow bureau chief and correspondent for Eastern Europe.
She has also worked as editor of the weekend section and as editor of FT.com, leading the introduction of the site's paid subscription service in May 2001.
Ms Freeland studied at Harvard University and Oxford University, and she was awarded the business journalist of the year awards 2004 for her FT magazine profile of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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