Education
Skapinker graduated with a Bachelor in Law from the, Johannesburg and a Masters degree from Queens’ College, Cambridge. He speaks French, modern Greek and Afrikaans.
Skapinker graduated with a Bachelor in Law from the, Johannesburg and a Masters degree from Queens’ College, Cambridge. He speaks French, modern Greek and Afrikaans.
Education Print Journalism Skapinker began his career as a Foreign Correspondent in Athens for Columbia Broadcasting System Radio News and Independent radio News, moving to the London Bureau of McGraw-Hill World News, then on the International Management Magazine as senior editor before joining the Financial Times in 1986 as a management writer He held several positions at the Financial Times, including aerospace correspondent, leisure industry correspondent and electronics writer In July 2005 Skapinker was appointed editor of the FT’s weekend edition
He was also a consultant on the British Broadcasting Corporation series The Secrets of Leadership, which was broadcast in 2003.
In 2005 Skapinker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Skapinker was a member of the United Kingdom department for culture, media and sport ministerial working party on business tourism to Britain.