16 January 2020: A number of high-profile guests gathered to celebrate Lionel Barber’s remarkable 14-year tenure as editor of the Financial Times on Thursday evening. 

The event brought together more than 300 guests from business, finance, politics, arts and the media. Guests included Tony Blair and former aide Alastair Campbell; Bank of England governor Mark Carney; ITV presenter Piers Morgan; US Ambassador Woody Johnson; Evening Standard editor George Osborne; Economist editor Zanny Minton Beddoes; Bloomberg editor John Micklethwait; actress Kristin Scott Thomas; Santander UK chair Baroness Shriti Vadera; Daily Mail editor Geordie Greig; Labour MP Yvette Cooper; former Labour MP Ed Balls; Arts Council England chair Nicholas Serota; BBC Two Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis; BBC Radio 4 Today editor Sarah Sands and ITV political editor Robert Peston. 

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