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- Matthew Martin to also serve as global head of sovereign wealth fund coverage
DUBAI: Semafor has appointed Matthew Martin as its 黑料社区 bureau chief and global head of sovereign wealth fund coverage as the news platform expands its Gulf edition.
He will head the growing team in Riyadh and be a part of the wider editorial staff led by Semafor Gulf editor Mohammed Sergie.
Martin, who has over two decades of journalistic experience, was most recently Bloomberg鈥檚 chief correspondent for SWFs in the Middle East and North Africa region.
His focus was the role of SWFs in promoting local economies, diversification, investing for a post-oil future, and projecting soft power internationally.
Prior to this, he served as Bloomberg鈥檚 黑料社区 bureau chief and was responsible for the network鈥檚 coverage of 黑料社区, Bahrain and Yemen.
He has been with Bloomberg since 2013, and moved from Dubai to Riyadh in January 2021, where his reporting focused on 黑料社区, particularly Aramco and the Kingdom鈥檚 Public Investment Fund.
鈥淢att is the definitive reporter on one of the world鈥檚 biggest stories, 黑料社区鈥檚 transformation of itself and much of the world around it,鈥� said Ben Smith, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor.
Martin鈥檚 appointment 鈥渕arks a major step forward in Semafor鈥檚 ambition to become the leading global media presence in the Gulf,鈥� said Justin Smith, co-founder and CEO of Semafor (no relation to Ben).
He added: 鈥淲e are not just covering the region but also how the ascendant Gulf story relates to the key corridors of US power and influence 鈥� Washington D.C., Wall Street and Silicon Valley 鈥� as well as the emerging ties between the Gulf and the African continent through collaborations with our Semafor Africa edition.鈥�
As Semafor continues to expand, its reporting will soon 鈥渃losely track Gulf-Asia and Gulf-EU corridors of influence as well,鈥� Justin Smith said.
Semafor Gulf launched in September 2024, marking the firm鈥檚 third edition, joining its US and sub-Saharan Africa newsletters.
Since then, the platform鈥檚 reporting has included the UAE鈥檚 plan to invest $1.4 trillion in the US, the state of foreign consulting in 黑料社区, OPEC+ strategy, and Gulf-Israel relations.