Jonathan Guthrie

Jonathan Guthrie is an award-winning journalist, writer and consultant. He worked at the Financial Times newspaper (1996-2024), latterly as associate editor and head of Lex, the daily investment column. He previously held the posts of City Editor, Enterprise Editor and UK Companies Editor.

Jonathan now writes regular columns for the FT on a freelance basis: Financial Thinking, for private investors, savers and consumers; and Nature Therapy, which is about wildlife in gardens and parks. FT Publishing is due to publish his first book, The Truth About Investing, in late 2025.

He is a member of  the Oversight Group of the Church Commissioners’ reparatory fund. He also provides financial training and strategic analysis to corporate clients

At the FT, Jonathan led three important investigations into financial irregularities, two of which were followed by the delisting of the FTSE100 businesses involved. He was awarded the titles Campaigning Journalist of the Year 2023 (WTW Awards) for columns on Ukraine and Outstanding Contribution to Journalism 2023 (State Street Awards) for critiques of short selling and carried interest taxation. He created the FT’s award-winning Carbon Counter series quantifying household CO2 output and the FT’s daily City newsletter.

Earlier in his career Jonathan edited the magazines Pensions Management and Professional Investor, wrote for International Financing Review and The Economist, and worked for a year as a development volunteer in rural India. He has a degree in English Literature from Nottingham University.