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Monks named US deals team leader at Bloomberg

Matthew Monks

Liana Baker, managing editor of U.S. deals at Bloomberg News, sent out the following on Friday:

We’re excited to announce that Matt Monks has been promoted to Team Leader on the US Deals team. He’ll continue to work closely with me overseeing the team’s priorities and strategy to ensure we’re getting our scoops and smart analysis out as quickly as possible.

Matt has been on the deals team for the past decade as an editor and reporter covering financial services and energy dealmaking. He’s helped break deals including ICE/Black Knight, BMO’s talks to buy Bank of the West and several scoops on Robinhood during the meme stock frenzy of last year. As an editor, he’s sent out copy and headlines on some of the biggest deals our desk produces with a cool head and the speed to beat the competition.

As Matt transitions to his new role and picks up more managerial and editing responsibilities, Jan-Henrik Foerster in London will help cover financial services deals globally.

It’s no surprise that Matt thrives under pressure because he’s a US Army veteran. He was a truck mechanic in the army and served on active duty in South Korea about 14 miles from the DMZ.

Matt started his career in journalism as a paper boy for the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and worked for news organizations including Dow Jones, Crain’s and American Banker where he joined us from in 2012. A father of two, he loves Hall & Oates and Harry Styles. He’s not only a big music fan but he’s been known to perform acoustic guitar at open mic nights near his home in Sleepy Hollow, NY.

Please join us in congratulating Matt in his new role!

-Liana

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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