FT Appoints Gillian Tett US Managing Editor

RELEASE -- The Financial Times today announces the appointment of Gillian Tett as US managing editor, overseeing the FT's print and online editions in the region.
Tett, currently assistant editor responsible for the FT's markets coverage, will take up her new role with immediate effect. She will move to New York full-time from 1st September 2010. FT Editor Lionel Barber commented: "Gillian's award-winning coverage of the global financial crisis has been recognized around the world. Having led the markets team from London, and with a wealth of global experience, she is ideally placed to lead the next phase of the FT's editorial development in the US. She will play an important ambassadorial role in the region and strengthen our growing influence in the North American market