Liana Baker, handling editor of U.S. discounts at Bloomberg News, despatched out the following on Friday:
We’re excited to announce that Matt Monks has been promoted to Group Leader on the US Specials team. He’ll go on to get the job done carefully with me overseeing the team’s priorities and approach to ensure we’re finding our scoops and wise analysis out as rapidly as achievable.
Matt has been on the discounts staff for the earlier 10 years as an editor and reporter covering fiscal companies and vitality dealmaking. He’s served split promotions such as ICE/Black Knight, BMO’s talks to buy Bank of the West and various scoops on Robinhood throughout the meme stock frenzy of last year. As an editor, he’s sent out duplicate and headlines on some of the largest deals our desk provides with a neat head and the pace to beat the competitors.
As Matt transitions to his new position and picks up far more managerial and modifying obligations, Jan-Henrik Foerster in London will enable deal with economic providers offers globally.
It’s no shock that Matt thrives beneath force simply because he’s a US Army veteran. He was a truck mechanic in the army and served on energetic duty in South Korea about 14 miles from the DMZ.
Matt started off his career in journalism as a paper boy for the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and worked for news corporations which includes Dow Jones, Crain’s and American Banker in which he joined us from in 2012. A father of two, he loves Corridor & Oates and Harry Models. He’s not only a significant audio admirer but he’s been identified to carry out acoustic guitar at open up mic nights near his household in Sleepy Hollow, NY.
Make sure you join us in congratulating Matt in his new position!
-Liana