Stephen Vines
Journalist

Stephen Vines is a Hong Kong based journalist, writer and businessman. He was the Deputy Business Editor of ‘The Observer’ and has worked for the ‘The Guardian’, ‘The Independent’, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ and the New York-based ‘Daily Deal’. More recently he has combined writing with founding and running a number of companies, mainly in the food sector and this has enabled him to learn a lot more about how business really works. He is the author of a number of books, the latest of which is: ‘Market Panic: wild gyrations, risks and opportunities in stock markets’. He was the founding Chief Editor of ‘Eastern Express’, a ground breaking daily newspaper published in Hong Kong. He also founded Spike magazine. He presents a weekly current affairs television show and is a frequent broadcaster and commentator on business and political affairs for which he has won a number of awards.