New Americas managing editor named

He will take up the new role in New York on 29 September after overseeing Reuters’ coverage of next month’s Beijing Olympics.

Rhoads, 42, a Beijing-based Mandarin speaker, has been North Asia Editor responsible for China, Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong since 2007. He joined Reuters in 1996 and served as China bureau chief, Shanghai bureau chief and a senior editor on news production desks in Hong Kong and Singapore.

His new role involves leading an editorial team of 650 journalists across text, video and pictures.

“Brian’s deep knowledge of China and the region will be an asset in the Americas for our journalists as well as our customers,” Wong, 44, said.

“I look forward to his joining the managing editors group which also includes Europe, Middle East and Africa managing editor Mark Thompson based in London and Asia managing editor Adrian Dickson based in Hong Kong.” ■