Mr. Paul HOFHEINZ

Paul Hofheinz worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal Europe from 2000 to 2003, where he covered European Union affairs. Prior to that, Paul wrote a weekly column in The Wall Street Journal Europe on emerging markets and served as Managing Editor of Central European Economic Review. A US Citizen who has lived 19 years in Europe, Paul decided to co-found the Lisbon Council because he was tired of the cynicism and resignation he saw in many European public debates.

“ I often wondered to myself, what would happen if you took these [Lisbon Agenda] goals seriously? What would happen if you could re-direct all of that critical talent and energy and focus it on the search for solutions to problems? Europe, I think, will be an economic giant again – but the people who believe in Europe need to come together first. It is up to us to chart a course that leads away from the looming crisis we all see coming, and on to the road where we can continue living in a the value-driven life we have come to take for granted.

We need to reunite around the values that made European society great in the first place our spirit of enquiry, our passion for adventure, our willingness to learn and our yearning for something better.”

Biography:

From 2000-2003, Paul worked as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, where he covered European Union financial-market regulation and economic affairs in Brussels. Prior to that, Mr.Hofheinz wrote a weekly column in The Wall Street Journal on emerging markets. He also served a Emerging Europe Editor, a post from which he oversaw the Wall Street Journal Europe’s coverage of Central and Eastern Europe and helped launch a daily page devoted to news from the region.

An experienced magazine editor, Paul served two years as Managing Editor of Central European Economic Review, a monthly supplement to the Wall Street Journal Europe. Prior to that, he founded Russia Review – a fortnightly, English-language news magazine devoted to doing business in Russia.

Paul also served four years as Associate Editor of Fortune magazine, including a two-year stint as Moscow Bureau Chief. He began his journalistic career in London as a reporter for Time magazine.

Paul’s articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Fortune, Time, the Straits Times (Singapore), Emerging Markets Investor, U.S. News and World Report, the Journal of Communist Studies, Millennium: the Journal of the London School of Economics and other publications. He has also appeared frequently on CNBC as a commentator on East European affairs, European financial-market regulation and corporate governance.

A U.S. citizen, Paul has lived and worked in Europe since 1985. He holds a Master’s Degree in Russian Politics from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale University. In 1992, he received the Olive Branch Award from New York University’s Center for War, Peace and the Media for his coverage of the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. He speaks fluent English, Russian and French.