John Willman (born 27 May 1949) is aBritish former journalist and political organiser.
Willman attendedBolton School,Jesus College, Cambridge, andWestminster College, Oxford. He became a teacher at theBrentford School for Girls, before moving into journalism as a researcher forMoney Which? In 1979, he began working for theInland Revenue Staff Federation, editing its journal,Taxes and Assessment, before spending a short while as publications manager forPeat Marwick Mitchell & Company.[1]
In 1985, Willman was appointed as general secretary of theFabian Society, leaving in 1989 to serve briefly as joint editor ofNew Socialist. He moved toConsumer Policy Review while also working with theIPPR as a visiting research fellow. In 1991, he joined the staff of theFinancial Times, serving successively as public policy editor, features editor, consumer industries editor, banking editor, chief leader writer, associate editor, and UK business editor. He left in 2009 to become an editorial consultant, also serving as a senior research fellow forPolicy Exchange, and from 2012 to 2013 served on the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards.[1]