Journalism

Sarah is a long-time Financial Times contributor and former FT staff journalist. She writes regularly for the FT, as well as for Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Economist Group and others.

Sarah has spent more than two decades exploring the role of business and finance in addressing complex global problems such as poverty and climate change. As part of this, she covers everything from impact investing and philanthropy to clean energy, global food systems, education, healthcare and the impact of technology on society.

Sarah began her career in Hong Kong at the South China Morning Post and Reuters. In 1993, based in Hanoi, she helped lead the launch of the Vietnam Economic Times, an English-language business magazine. In the 1990s, she worked as a freelance writer in South Africa. Before moving to New York City, she spent a decade on staff at the Financial Times in London.

Sarah’s work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Forbes, and the Economist. In 2014, she was awarded a Boehm Media Fellowship.