David Turner (journalist)

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David Turner
BornMay 1965 (age 59) [1]
NationalityBritish
OccupationBusinessperson

David Conway Turner (born May 1965) is a British businessperson. In August 2000, he became a managing director of the financial publishing company Citywire. [1] [2]

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Career

He was at the Financial Times for ten years [2] [3] where he was publisher of all the FT Group's business publications. [4] [5]

Turner joined Citywire shortly after its 1999 launch. [4]

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