Stephanie Hawthorne is an award winning freelance financial journalist. Previously, she edited Pensions World for more than two decades, after being deputy editor at Financial Times' Money Management..

Her other editorships included Counsel: The journal of the Bar of England and Wales and Charity World,

She has appeared on BBC, Sky TV as well as on radio. Stephanie has contributed articles to most of the national press and numerous magazines. Her freelance work includes articles for The Times, Financial Times, The Independent, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, Financial Adviser, FTAdviser. ICAEW, Human Resources, The People’s Friend, Professional Pensions  and numerous magazines, mainly on pensions, property, law and personal finance.

A law graduate of King's College London, Stephanie started her career at a national independent financial adviser and subsequently a leading life office,