William Kennedy

News Director, EMEA | Bloomberg

London, England, United Kingdom

About

A senior editorial leader and financial journalist with more than 25 years of experience overseeing and delivering influential global coverage across energy, commodities, markets and geopolitics. As News Director for EMEA, I guide coverage across Bloomberg News platforms. I set editorial priorities and work with teams producing real‑time reporting, enterprise journalism and multi‑platform output. Previously, I led Bloomberg’s global energy and commodities coverage, managing reporting teams in Bloomberg bureaus across the world.

Experience

  • Bloomberg News (22 yrs 3 mos)
    • News Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa
      Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    • Senior Executive Editor, Energy and Commodities
      Dec 2019 - Aug 2025 · 5 yrs 9 mos

      Global head of energy and commodities coverage at Bloomberg News

    • Managing Editor, Energy and Commodities, EMEA
      Jul 2015 - Dec 2019 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Manage coverage of energy and commodities in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

  • Correspondent at TradeWinds
    Aug 2000 - Apr 2004 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Covered the shipping industry in Asia. Traveled across the region interviewing executive for news and feature reporting

  • Reporter at Legalease
    Sep 1998 - Aug 2000 · 2 yrs

    Worked for legal publishing company researching directories of world's leading law firms. Later was a reporter on European Legal Business, a monthly magazine covering the region's largest law firms.