Scott Andrew Chipolina
London,ENG
Summary
Investigative journalist with a background in finance, focusing on financial crime, technology, and cryptocurrencies. Graduate from City University of London (MA in Investigative Journalism). Fluent in Spanish, with a basic foundation in Arabic.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work history
Balanced Economy Project
Journalist
London
2025.03 - Current
Responsibilities included:
- Investigating abuses of power in highly concentrated financial markets.
- Using FOIs, financial statements and lobbying data to uncover exploitative and unlawful business practices in Big Tech, as well as other critical sectors including pharmaceuticals and healthcare.
- Produced findings that have presented to UK policymakers and regulators to pursue legislative reforms.
Financial Times
Digital Assets Correspondent
London
2022.05 - 2024.06
Responsibilities included:
- Leading coverage of the cryptocurrency industry and delivering stories to a global readership.
- Publishing a weekly cryptocurrency newsletter providing exclusive reporting to over 20,000 subscribers.
- Chairing panel discussions and interviewing high profile figures across industry events in London, New York and Amsterdam.
- Delivering digital content across social media via podcasts and documentaries.
- I was shortlisted for a Loeb award — a top prize in journalism — for my coverage of the collapse of FTX and the fraud orchestrated by Sam Bankman-Fried.
Decrypt Media
Staff Journalist
London
2020.08 - 2022.04
Responsibilities included:
- Writing breaking news stories and long form investigative stories.
- Live TV and audio reporting at Decrypt as well as on other outlets including Yahoo Finance.
"White Collar Boxing" | Nine Lives Media
Undercover Journalist
London
2019.09 - 2020.04
1 Hour Program for ITV Exposure » Executive Producer: Steve Anderson
Responsibilities included:
- Managing technical equipment, including hidden cameras.
- Exposing a hidden subculture in British boxing that put vulnerable people at risk for profit.
- Communicated findings on camera to an audience of 1.5 million people.
Gibraltar Financial Services Commission
Regulatory Officer
Gibraltar
2016.03 - 2018.12
Responsibilities included:
- Protecting vulnerable people and challenging powerful businesses on exploitative practices.
- Reviewing financial documents to identify illicit activity.
- Producing work to guide the GFSC's overall financial crime strategy.
Education
Master of Arts - Investigative Journalism
City University Of London (2:1)
London2020
Master of Arts - International Relations
Durham University (1:1)
Durham, UK2016
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy & Politics
The University Of York (2:1)
York, UK2013
Bayside Comprehensive School
Gibraltar2010
Skills
- In depth understanding of financial crime
- Experience investigating corruption and reporting for global audiences
- Able to analyse big data using Node XL and R
- Able to self-shoot and self-edit film
- Experience covering sensitive subject matters
- Self-motivated
- Extremely organised
- Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills
Hobbies
I enjoy keeping active and being outdoors. My main interests are hiking, long distance running, and cricket. Earlier this year I ran a half marathon for the British Heart Foundation, raising £1,000 in the process. In 2018, I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and raised £18,000 for a local mental health charity in Gibraltar.
References furnished upon request.
Timeline
Balanced Economy Project
Journalist
2025.03 - Current
Financial Times
Digital Assets Correspondent
2022.05 - 2024.06
Decrypt Media
Staff Journalist
2020.08 - 2022.04
"White Collar Boxing" | Nine Lives Media
Undercover Journalist
2019.09 - 2020.04
Gibraltar Financial Services Commission
Regulatory Officer
2016.03 - 2018.12
Master of Arts - Investigative Journalism
City University Of London (2:1)
Master of Arts - International Relations
Durham University (1:1)
Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy & Politics
The University Of York (2:1)
Bayside Comprehensive School