Nick Kochan is a financial and political journalist based in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

. He has written extensively on

financial Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

and white collar crime. He writes for UK newspapers and international magazines, and has written and co-written books. Kochan is also a lecturer and conference speaker on

financial crime Financial crime is crime committed against property, involving the unlawful conversion of the ownership of property (belonging to one person) to one's own personal use and benefit. Financial crimes may involve fraud ( cheque fraud, credit card fra ...

and

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

Early life and education

Kochan was educated at Magdalen College School in

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

, and at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating in

Classics Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

and

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in 1976.

Published works

* 2011, October: ''Corruption: The New Corporate Challenge'', (with Robin Goodyear) Published by Palgrave-Macmillan * 2008, November: ''What Happened, and other questions everyone is asking about the Credit Crunch'' (with

Hugh Pym Hugh Ruthven Pym (born 18 October 1959) is a British journalist and author. A financial and political journalist by origin, he currently works for BBC News as its health editor. Early life and education Hugh Pym was born on 18 October 1959 in ...

), Published by Old Street Publishing * 2006, December: ''The Middle East markets: The new opportunities'', Published by Thomson Financial * 2006, August: ''The Washing Machine'', paperback edition, with additional chapter on David Mills and Berlusconi, Published by Duckworth * 2005: ''The Washing Machine: how money laundering and terrorist financing soils us'', Published by Thomson-Texere Publishing * 2000: ''Ann Widdecombe: Right from the beginning'', Published by Politico’s Publishing * 1998: ''Gordon Brown: the first year in power'' (with Hugh Pym), Published by Bloomsbury * 1996: ''The World’s Greatest Brands'', edited by Nicholas Kochan, Published by Macmillan * 1994: ''Biography of Sir David Alliance'', privately commissioned by the subject * 1992: ''Hanson. A biography''. Serialised by the Sunday Business newspaper. Commissioned Hamish Hamilton, ever published due to legal reasons* 1991: ''Bankrupt, The BCCI fraud'', Published by Victor Gollancz (with Bob Whittington) * 1991: ''New Directions in Corporate Governance'', Published by the Economist Intelligence Unit * 1987: ''The Guinness Affair, anatomy of the scandal'', published by Christopher Helm (with Hugh Pym)

Freelance newspaper and magazine journalism

Kochan has published numerous articles in: *

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the ...

The Economist ''The Economist'' is a British weekly newspaper printed in demitab format and published digitally. It focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture. Based in London, the newspaper is owned by The Eco ...

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ( ...

The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, whi ...

The Sunday Telegraph ''The Sunday Telegraph'' is a British broadsheet newspaper A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner and tabloid ...

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers '' The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the ...

New Statesman The ''New Statesman'' is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members ...

* Euromoney Magazine * The Director * Offshore Financial Review Kochan is also a Contributing Editor to

Euromoney Magazine ''Euromoney'' is an English-language monthly magazine focused on business and finance. First published in 1969, it is the flagship production of Euromoney Institutional Investor plc. History and profile ''Euromoney'' was first published in 1 ...

and contributing editor to

The Banker ''The Banker'' is an English-language monthly international financial affairs publication owned by ''The Financial Times'' Ltd. and edited in London, United Kingdom. The magazine was first published in January 1926 through founding Editor, Bren ...

Radio and television journalism

Kochan regularly appears on

BBC Radio BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering ...

and TV and Sky as an expert on

money laundering Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdicti ...

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...

finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

and terrorist finance. Kochan interviewed 12 British businessmen for two series of six programmes about entrepreneurs for BBC Radio Four. He also conducted six radio interviews with Jewish writers for another BBC Radio Four series. In 1990, Kochan researched a ''Despatches'' programme for

Channel Four Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service in ...

about the

Guinness affair The Guinness share-trading fraud was a major business scandal of the 1980s. It involved the manipulation of the London stock market to inflate the price of Guinness shares to thereby assist Guinness's £4 billion takeover bid for the Scottish ...

References

External links

Nick Kochan's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kochan, Nick British male journalists Living people Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge People educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford Year of birth missing (living people)