David Pilling is the Africa editor and a columnist at the Financial Times. He covers business, politics and development on the continent and writes a regular column on topics from Africa. Before that he was the Asia editor and assistant editor. Previous roles include Tokyo bureau chief, pharmaceuticals correspondent, deputy features editor and correspondent in Buenos Aires and Santiago.
He is the author of two books - "The Growth Delusion" (2018), shortlisted for the Orwell Prize, and the highly acclaimed "Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival" (2016).
He is a regular moderator and speaker both for the FT and for organisations including the World Bank, OECD and ADB. In 2023 he briefed a G7 meeting in Kamakura, Japan on the ideas behind his book "The Growth Delusion".
