CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Roula Khalaf enters her office dressed for a war zone and an invitation to Chequers, all on the same day. In January this year, she took the helm at the Financial Times, the first female editor in its 131-year history.

Detailed explanation-2: -ROULA KHALAF, EDITOR She is responsible for leading the FT’s award-winning editorial coverage, overseeing more than 700 editors and journalists worldwide.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Financial Times was founded in 1888 by James Sheridan and his brother, and it competed for many years with four other finance-oriented papers, finally in 1945 absorbing the last of these, the Financial News (founded in 1884). The company Pearson purchased a controlling stake in the Financial Times in 1957.

Detailed explanation-4: -Patrick Jenkins is Deputy Editor of the Financial Times. Before his appointment, Patrick served as financial editor for over five years, shaping FT’s overall financial coverage and managing several teams, including banking, markets and Lex.