Monks named US deals team leader at Bloomberg

We’re thrilled to announce that Matt Monks has been promoted to Team Chief on the US Discounts workforce. He’ll go on to do the job closely with me overseeing the team’s priorities and system to ensure we’re getting our scoops and wise evaluation out as immediately as feasible.

Matt has been on the discounts staff for the past ten years as an editor and reporter masking monetary providers and vitality dealmaking. He’s assisted break discounts like ICE/Black Knight, BMO’s talks to buy Lender of the West and quite a few scoops on Robinhood in the course of the meme inventory frenzy of very last calendar year. As an editor, he’s despatched out duplicate and headlines on some of the most important deals our desk produces with a neat head and the pace to conquer the competitiveness.

As Matt transitions to his new role and picks up additional managerial and enhancing tasks, Jan-Henrik Foerster in London will enable address economical companies specials globally.

It’s no surprise that Matt thrives beneath strain for the reason that he’s a US Army veteran. He was a truck mechanic in the military and served on active obligation in South Korea about 14 miles from the DMZ.

Matt started out his profession in journalism as a paper boy for the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, and labored for news corporations such as Dow Jones, Crain’s and American Banker where he joined us from in 2012. A father of two, he enjoys Corridor & Oates and Harry Kinds. He’s not only a huge tunes fan but he’s been regarded to perform acoustic guitar at open mic evenings near his property in Sleepy Hollow, NY.

Be sure to be a part of us in congratulating Matt in his new job!

-Liana