Alex Brummer is a well-known English economics commentator, journalist, and author. He studied politics and economics at the University of Southampton and has an MBA from Bradford University Management Centre. Alex started his career in 1970 at J. Walter Thompson and Haymarket Publishing before joining The Guardian as a Financial Correspondent. He reported on major economic events, including the banking crisis of 1973/4 and the sterling crisis in 1976. In 1979, he became the US Financial and Washington Correspondent for The Guardian, covering the US presidential elections in 1980, 1984, and 1988, which earned him the Overseas Press Club award for Best Foreign Correspondent in the US in 1989. During his 26 years at The Guardian, Alex held various senior roles, including Foreign Editor, Financial Editor, and Associate Editor, playing a key role in reporting important economic stories. After leaving The Guardian, he worked as a consultant editor for the Financial Mail on Sunday from 1999 to 2000, where he was named Financial Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. In 2000, he became the City Editor of the Daily Mail, covering significant financial events like the Iraq War in 2003 and the run on Northern Rock in 2007. Alex has received many awards for his journalism, including the Wincott Prize for Senior Financial Journalist of the Year in 2001 and Business Journalist of the Year at the 2009 London Press Club Awards. He is also a published author, with books like The Crunch and The Great British Reboot. Additionally, he writes for The Jewish Chronicle and The New Statesman and is on the editorial advisory board of Jewish Renaissance magazine. In 2014, he received an honorary degree from Bradford University.