Ben is the editor and an Eastern Europe specialist. The third longest serving foreign correspondent in Russia, Ben has lived and worked in Moscow between 1993-2003, where he was bureau chief for the Daily Telegraph as well as a contributing editor at The Banker, Euromoney and The Business. He is also a regular contributor to many of the best-known international business titles and a regular contributor to The EIU and Business Central Europe. In 2003, Ben moved to Berlin as acting bureau chief for the Guardian and now covers all of CEE although his main focus remains Russia.

bne launched in October 2006 and is the only publication dedicated to covering business finance economics and politics in Russia and throughout the 22 countries of new europe. http://businessneweurope.eu