Allister Heath is Editor of City A.M., the daily business newspaper distributed in and around London and digitally. Under his editorship, the paper, which has now grown to an audited print circulation of 100,000 copies per day, has become an influential voice in London's business community. Heath's trenchant daily column in the paper covers economics, finance, politics, geopolitics, business strategy and other subjects and has gathered an increasingly large following.
Heath has become an increasingly regular presence on the TV and radio. He is frequently interviewed on BBC Radio Four's Today Programme; BBC 2's Newsnight; BBC 2's Daily Politics; the BBC and ITV News Bulletins, including the Lunchtime News, Six O'Clock News and Ten O'Clock News; Sky News; and the BBC News Channel. Other recent appearances include BBC1's The Big Questions with Nicky Campbell; BBC1's Sunday Morning Live; BBC 1's Sunday Politics; Channel Four News; Channel Four's Dispatches; and Channel Four's Britain's Trillion Pound Horror Story, now out on DVD. He is a regular presenter's friend on CNBC's Strictly Money show. On the radio, he is often to be heard on Radio Four's PM Programme, BBC Radio Five Live, LBC and the BBC World Service. He has also contributed to a range of other outlets, including BBC London News and other regional channels; ITV's London Tonight; Al Jazeera English; Bloomberg TV; NBC; Fox News, and others.
Heath is a frequent public speaker, specialising in the UK and global economy, the outlook for the City, business trends and financial literacy. He often chairs and speaks at conferences and seminars organised by companies, think-tanks and trade associations.
In addition to City A.M., he has written for a wide range of publications, including the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Wall Street Journal, the JC, the Literary Review and the Spectator, where he also serves as an associate editor.
His first book A Flat Tax: Towards a British model, with a foreword by Steve Forbes, was published in 2006. Heath is now the Chairman of the 2020 Tax Commission which is investigating what the ideal tax system for the UK would be and will report later in 2012.
Prior to taking over at City A.M. in March 2008, he was Editor of The Business magazine, a publication he joined as economics correspondent and leader-writer when it was a Sunday newspaper in 2002. During those years, he was also a regular contributor to The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday. While at The Business, he also served a two year term as a Wincott visiting professor of financial journalism at the University of Buckingham.
Heath was born and schooled in France. He moved to the UK to attend university, graduating with a BSc in economics from the London School of Economics and an M.Phil in economics from Hertford College, Oxford University.
Heath is contactable by email and you can follow him on twitter:
allister.heath@cityam.com
