Heppenstall, Jason

Jason Heppenstall grew up in the Midlands and, after studying in London, got his first job working in H.M. Treasury's economic forecasting department. Later he worked as an energy trader in the corporate world before dropping out to spend several years backpacking around the planet and teaching English. Having studied degrees in economics, computer programming and environmental philosophy, he settled on journalism as a second career and launched Spain's first green-focused newspaper. He was later the managing editor of the Copenhagen Post in Denmark and a Scandinavia correspondent for The Guar...