Member of Parliament for Orpington

Elected: 2010

Bio:
Prior to his election to Parliament Jo was as Associate Editor of the Financial Times and Head of Lex, the newspaper's agenda-setting daily business and financial column. He remains a Contributing Editor of the Financial Times. Prior to becoming Head of Lex, Jo was the FT's award-winning South Asia bureau chief. Based in New Delhi between 2005 and 2008, he led the team of FT journalists that covered India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. He was a Paris correspondent between 2001-2005. He is the Deputy-Chairman of the Indo-UK All Party Parliamentary Group and Deputy-Chairman of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council. He also currently sits on the Public Accounts select committee.



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