Education
Westminster School; The Queen"s College.
Westminster School; The Queen"s College.
He is also an author, broadcaster, commentator and book reviewer. In September 2015, Kampfner was named one of the 1000 most influential Londoners in the Evening Standard Progress 1000 survey. He is also chair of the Clore Social Leadership Programme, a charity which nurtures leaders in the charity sectors.
In December 2015, Kampfner stepped down as chair of Turner Contemporary after seven and a half years.
He is an author, broadcaster, commentator and book reviewer. Kampfner began his career as a foreign correspondent with The Daily Telegraph, first in East Berlin where he reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of Germany, and then in Moscow at the time of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
He went on to become chief political correspondent at the Financial Times and political commentator for the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Today programme. As Editor of the New Statesman from 2005-2008, he took the magazine to 30 year circulation highs.
He was the British Society of Magazine Editors Current Affairs Editor of the Year in 2006.
His film War Spin, exposing the propaganda behind the rescue of Jessica Lynch, received considerable publicity in the United States and United Kingdom.
He was also for three years a member of the Council of King"s College London.