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Favas named energy and commodities editor at The Economist

October 26, 2026

Posted by Chris Roush

Matthieu Favas

Matthieu Favas has been named energy and commodities editor at The Economist.

He now leads coverage of energy, minerals and agricultural markets globally, and of the businesses that operate in them: majors, national oil companies, trading houses and private firms. Favas also reports on sanctions and economic warfare.

Favas has been commodities editor for the past three years and before that was financial correspondent at The Economist.

He previously worked at Infrastructure Investor and Private Equity International.

He holds a master’s degree at Kings College London.

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