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Murad Ahmed

Technology news editor

Murad Ahmed is the technology news editor, directing the work of the FT's tech correspondents in San Francisco, London, Beijing and beyond.

He was previously Sports Editor. In that role, he was co-founder and editor of FT Scoreboard, a weekly newsletter on the business of sport, as well as the co-creator and co-chair of the FT's annual Business of Football summit.

Before this, he covered sport, hotels, restaurants, tourism and more as leisure correspondent. He joined the FT in July 2014 as European technology correspondent, and had written about the global tech sector for eight years. Prior to joining the FT, he worked at The Times of London.

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