Geoff Dyer

Geoff Dyer has worked for the Financial Times for two decades in China, Brazil, the US and now the UK, during which time he has won a string of journalism awards. From 2012 to 2017, he was based in Washington DC where he covered American foreign policy as well as the 2016 election. Before that, he was FT bureau chief in Beijing from 2008 to 2012, following three years working for the paper in Shanghai. He was the FT's Brazil bureau chief for five years and also covered the healthcare industry, where he wrote extensively about the Aids epidemic in Africa and Asia. He is now the FT's Latin America editor. Dyer is the author of ‘Contest of the Century: the New Era of Competition with China’. He appears regularly on television and radio to discuss international affairs. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University and at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Bologna and Washington DC, where he was supported by a Fulbright award.