Bloomberg editor in chief John Micklethwait announced the following promotions on Tuesday:
- Shelby Siegel is now the chief of staff for news, a long-overdue title change to reflect reality;
- Fion Li, who joined Bloomberg in 2011 as a bond market reporter, will take over from Tan Hwee Ann as Hong Kong bureau chief in April;
- Chris Palmeri will become bureau chief in Los Angeles, succeeding Anthony Palazzo who’s moving to London next month to run the telecom and media team;
- Sam Mamudi is transferring to Hong Kong from New York to be team leader for Market Structure in Asia;
- Later this year, Miami bureau chief Bill Faries will become team leader for national security in Washington; and
- Elizabeth Fournier, formerly an editor for the European deals team in London, has moved to New York to take over as team leader for deals in the Americas.