David Pilling is a British journalist and author.
He is the Africa editor and a columnist for the Financial Times.
His 2018 book The Growth Delusion was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
[1] In 2011 and 2012, he was named Best Commentator by the Society of Publishers in Asia.
[2] Also in 2011, he was named Best Foreign Commentator in the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards for his coverage of China, Japan and Pakistan.