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Regional Information Officer — Asia

Deadline for completed applications is 27 January 2009

A unique opportunity to link minority community activists with EU based journalists

Are you a media professional? Have you worked with the international media ? Do you know about minority communities and minority rights?

Minority Rights Group (MRG) is about to embark on an exciting new global programme that will train minority activists in media skills and encourage them to submit materials and stories to EU based media. We are seeking an experienced journalist or media officer with a great track record to train, support and advise minority community activists on the EU media, including print, TV, radio and online media.

Salary 1300 – 1500 $ before tax. This is a part time post, initially for 3 days per week funded until Dec 2011. We may negotiate an increase in working hours if we have sufficient resources. We would expect the post holder to be based in any country in Asia and work out of their home. The post holder will be expected to work closely with MRG’s partners on this programme in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. For details and application form please see MRG’s website http://www.minorityrights.org. 

Please e-mail your application to hr@mrgmail.org or send it by post to Minority Rights Group International, 54, Commercial Street, London E1 6LT, United Kingdom. Please mark ‘Application for post of information officer – ASIA’ on the left side of the envelope.

The Al Jazeera English language 24 x 7 Television News Channel is seeking in early 2009 to fill several positions in the Asian region.
 
    1. Beijing Bureau Chief.   The right candidate will lead the Al Jazeera team in China which currently comprises two on-air correspondents, two crews and a four person Chinese staff. The posting is a senior, off-air position. The candidate should have China experience and language, an international outlook, and
good management, diplomatic, and people skills.
 
      2.    Correspondent Seoul.    The right candidate will be a strong on-air correspondent with good knowledge of Northeast Asia.   She or he will lead a small news bureau responsible for coverage of the two Koreas,  Japan, and Taiwan.  
 
      3.    Correspondent and Producer – Delhi.    Two positions are open.   A correspondent is sought to join an existing team to enhance the coverage of India from Delhi.  The right candidate would be possessed of strong international broadcast skills, good knowledge of India and South Asia, and good on-air presence.  The right producer would have strong organizational ability, good television packaging skills, a high degree of technical knowledge, and speak at least one Indian language.
 
Serious candidates only should contact Jim Laurie at jlaurie@hku.hk or jim.laurie@aljazeera.net

Department: CNN Marketing
Position: Marketing Manager, Affiliate Relations & Events
 
The Role
 
In this position, you will manage the expectations and relationships of CNN/Turner network and its commercial distribution affiliates (both the linear and non linear platforms) by building and maintaining strong relationships with our partners. The role requires the development and execution of effective marketing activities and the creation, management and execution of events that support both the corporate objectives and the Sales objectives which provide value to our partners and ultimately builds brand awareness and loyalty amongst our viewers. This role presents an extraordinary opportunity to manage and support CNN and Turner’s business to business and busines to consumer relationships across the Asia Pacific.
 
 
The Responsibilities
 
-         Conceptualize and implement effective marketing programs that directly support mobile and cable affiliate acquisition and retention. Building/maintaining strong relationships with affiliate partners is integral to success along with the development of marketing activities that strengthen our position as a valued partner. These activities include advertising, retention drives, product training, on-ground events and consumer engagement.
-         Oversee planning/procedures for timely delivery and management of all programming and scheduling information for Affiliates. This includes production of monthly EPG’s, knowledge of scheduling, liaison with the Atlanta programming team and well as the delivery of effective customer service for Affiliates.
-         Create, build and manage Turner/CNN events that support strategic business objectives such as affiliate relationship building exercises (ie. Turner Invitational Matches TIM); industry events (ie: CASBAA & PCTA Convention) and customer partnership marketing (ie: Stahub Exhibition & FOXTEL Easter Show). Drive and oversee procedures from conception to execution for all events and premium management. The ability to lead teams and build strong alliances with counterparts in TENA/Turner is essential.
-         Implement best practice, performance monitoring and post event/campaign analysis of all affiliate marketing and event related activities to ensure ROI and effective use of budgets. This will be supported by pre-and post activity reports.
-         Responsibility for managing the Marketing Coordinator, providing guidance, mentoring and leadership for development and growth.
 
The Requirements
 
·         This role requires an individual who is an independent, motivated, creative thinker with a positive and flexible attitude and a genuine passion for partnership marketing.
·         3-5 years of experience in marketing and/or events management or partnership experience in a relevant area. Work experience in business-to-business marketing or client relationship management is an advantage.
·         The experience and professional maturity to guide a team to achieve common goals and negotiate complex relationships with internal and external partners and vendors.
·         You must possess a detail oriented work ethic, developed organizational skills, the ability to multi-task and to find creative solutions to problems.
·         An excellent command of English communications and presentation skills is a must.
·         Experience and knowledge of the Cable and Satellite industry and a passion for TV is an advantage.
·         Travel is required.
 
If you meet the requirements for this role and are up to the challenge, send us your CV with a cover note explaining why you want to pursue this opportunity along with existing and expected salary.
 
This role is based in Hong Kong at the regional head office of Turner International Asia Pacific.
 
Nicky Robinson
Director of Marketing
 
Turner International Asia Pacific
Tel: (852) 3128-3544
Fax: (852) 3128-3914
Email: nicky.robinson@turner.com
 
30/F, Oxford House, Taikoo Place,
979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

Wanted: Hong Kong-based business reporters to cover Greater China, as well as other Asian markets as needed.

There are two positions available: one is permanent, the other is a 12-week assignment to fill in for a reporter going on maternity leave in mid-November.

Native- or near native-level English-language writing skills required, fluency in Mandarin desired. The positions require reporting and writing multiple articles a day. The successful candidates will be experienced professionals with news savvy, a devotion to accuracy and the drive to produce a steady stream of distinctive top-quality coverage for the 20 million global readers of Forbes.com. Coverage will primarily be company- and stock market-centric, but there will be the chance to write on politics, social issues and personalities as well.

Please indicate in your application which position you are interested in.

Send cover letter and resume to jobs@forbes.net

Jeremy Bogaisky
Night Editor, Forbes.com
212-366-8846

Job Title: Business journalist
News Company Name: Elsevier Health Sciences/FDC Reports
Job Location: Tokyo, Japan

Description and Qualifications:
FDC Reports, a division of Elsevier Health Sciences, is looking for an experienced, bilingual business journalist to cover developments affecting the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in Japan. We seek a take charge editor capable of developing news and feature stories, and sources, with limited supervision. The successful candidate will be able to process complex information and create specialized content for an informed audience. This journalist will track news and develop contacts in coverage areas which include: regulatory and legal developments; financial news and deals related to Japanese companies; drug pricing and reimbursement issues; and drug approvals and submissions.

Qualifications:
• At least 3-4 years experience working as a business reporter. Experience
covering the pharmaceutical industry is desirable, though not essential.
• Fluency in Japanese and English (written and spoken).
• Strong writing, analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to turn around complex stories on a tight deadline.
• Some travel required.

Full-time employment
Pay: Competitive; based on experience
Application Instructions (how and to whom to apply): Please email CV and clips to Joshua Berlin, Executive Editor, FDC Reports, at j.berlin@elsevier.com.

If you have a solid feel for business news, and knowledge of Asia markets, companies and business trends, you and The International Herald Tribune in Hong Kong, may be a great fit.

The Herald Trib is looking for an experienced, breaking news reporter to fill a new position, Assistant Business Editor, Asia. A key aspect of the job is writing bylined breaking business news for IHT.com, which would ultimately appear in the print edition of the IHT, and would be on offer for use by the IHT’s parent company on nytimes.com and in The New York Times. Your task is to focus on the biggest business stories of the day not the routine run of business developments.

As an assistant editor you are expected to contribute to the direction of our revamped iht.com/biz Web site by overseeing two online Web editors in Hong Kong who are making sure that the site is constantly updated with breaking news, video and multimedia. Excellent news judgment, writing
skills and speed are key qualities for the job. The individual would report to the business editor in Asia, also based in Hong Kong.

For more information, please send a resume and contact Tom Sims, IHT Asia business editor at tsims@iht.com

Asia Pacific Bloomberg News Summer Internships  

If you are interested in any of the internships advertised within this document please apply online at:

http://about.bloomberg.com/careers/index.html 

All internships will be advertised between 17^th December ‘07 and 31^st January ’08.  The internships are paid and will run for between an 8 and 10 week period from the end of June to the end of August 2008 (There is flexibility on these times/ dates.  Please indicate in your covering letter your availability).  The location of the placements is indicated within the specific adverts.     

Asia Pacific English language Channel intern –
Tokyo
1 x Position  Bloomberg News summer interns will obtain hands-on experience in the production team for our Asia Pacific English language channel. Bloomberg, a global finance news service, broadcasts worldwide on eleven separate channels in seven languages, while Bloomberg Radio provides up-to-the-minute news for our
US and satellite radio operations.  Interns will contribute to our coverage of financial markets, companies, the economy and governments.  This is an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive broadcast news environment.   

The ability to work to real-time deadlines is essential as you’ll be writing breaking news stories on both business and general topics, from company news to hurricanes.  You’ll also be video editing, researching stories and generally assisting the reporters and producers.   

You’ll demonstrate a passion for broadcasting and an interest in providing objective high quality business news.  At a minimum you will have some editorial work experience within a print environment, though ideally you’ll have some within a broadcasting newsroom including using video editing software.  Fluency in English is essential while Japanese language skills would be advantageous.   

Japanese Language Channel Intern –
Tokyo
2 x Position  Bloomberg News summer interns will obtain hands-on experience working in the production team for our Japanese language channel.  Bloomberg, a global finance news service, broadcasts worldwide on eleven separate channels in seven languages, while Bloomberg Radio provides up-to-the-minute news for our
US and satellite radio operations.  Interns will contribute to our coverage of financial markets, companies, the economy and governments. This is an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive broadcast news environment.   

The ability to work to real-time deadlines is essential as you’ll be writing breaking news stories on both business and general topics, from company news to hurricanes.  You’ll also be video editing, researching stories and generally assisting the reporters and producers.   

You’ll demonstrate a passion for broadcasting and an interest in providing objective high quality business news.  At a minimum you will have some editorial work experience within a print environment, though ideally you’ll have some within a broadcasting newsroom including using video editing software.  Fluency in Japanese is essential while a good level of written and spoken English is required.   

Bloomberg Broadcasting Internships – Hong Kong 2 x Positions:Bloomberg News summer interns will obtain hands-on experience in the production team for our Asia Pacific English language channel.  Bloomberg, a global finance news service, broadcasts worldwide on eleven separate channels in seven languages, while Bloomberg Radio provides up-to-the-minute news for our
US and satellite radio operations.  This is an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive broadcast news environment.   Working within the Segments Team you’ll be researching stories, sourcing contributors and writing contributor briefs and questions for the Anchors and Reporters.  The ability to work to real-time deadlines is essential as you’ll be responding to breaking news stories on both business and general topics, from company news to hurricanes.
You’ll demonstrate a passion for broadcasting and an interest in providing objective high quality business news.  Excellent relationship management skills are required.  At a minimum you will have some editorial work experience within a print environment, though ideally you’ll have some within a broadcasting newsroom.  Fluency in English is essential while a second Asian language would be advantageous.   

Bloomberg Broadcast News Summer Internship –
Singapore 1 x Position   Bloomberg News summer interns will obtain hands-on experience in the production team for our Asia Pacific English language channel.  Bloomberg, a global finance news service, broadcasts worldwide on eleven separate channels in seven languages, while Bloomberg Radio provides up-to-the-minute news for our
US and satellite radio operations.   

You’ll take part in a variety of tasks, from researching and writing news stories, managing guest, to learning about studio and control room operations.  

You’ll demonstrate a passion for broadcasting and an interest in providing objective high quality business news, including the ability to write news stories.  Assisting reporters and producers in assembling daily newscasts you’ll have some video editing skills.  Excellent relationship management skills are required.  Fluency in English is required. 

Archive Video Editor Intern, Asia Pacific English language Channel –
Tokyo
1 x Position  Bloomberg News summer interns will obtain hands-on experience in video editing for our Asia Pacific English language channel. Bloomberg, a global finance news service, broadcasts worldwide on eleven separate channels in seven languages, while Bloomberg Radio provides up-to-the-minute news for our
US and satellite radio operations.  This is an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive, broadcast news environment.   

The ability to work to real-time deadlines is essential as you’ll be editing video for the daily news stories on both business and general topics, to short deadlines.  You’ll also be video editing, researching stories and generally assisting the reporters and producers. 
You’ll demonstrate a passion for broadcasting and an interest in business news.  At a minimum you will have some editing software experience while Adobe Premier would be advantageous.  You must be able to demonstrate working on specific video editing projects either in University or within a work experience environment.   Ideally you’ll have some experience within a broadcasting editing environment.  Fluency in English is essential while Japanese language skills would be advantageous.   

Broadcast Operations Internship –
Tokyo 2 x Positions  Our Broadcast Operations summer interns will obtain hands-on experience in all technical aspects amid fast-paced semi-automated digital news studios.  You’ll contribute to our broadcasting throughout Asia and the world, with constant real time communication with colleagues in our
US, and European offices.      You’ll have the opportunity to work on, Live Vision Mixing; Live Audio Mixing; Lighting control; Robotic Camera Operation and Masters Control.  

                       To be a part of our team you’ll need to demonstrate a good level of Television operating theory, understanding the basics of video and audio within a studio environment, and a good knowledge of PC systems.   The ability to work in a pressured live television environment is crucial.      

Broadcast Engineering internship – Tokyo1 x Position  

Bloomberg News summer interns will obtain hands-on experience as part of the team responsible for the general administration and upkeep of the
Asia network dedicated to Television.  Bloomberg, a global finance news service, broadcasts worldwide on eleven separate channels in seven languages.     

The opportunity offers you the opportunity to work coordinating and performing equipment and software applications maintenance supporting live broadcast operations.   

You’ll demonstrate an interest in Broadcasting and in particular an interest in working for Bloomberg Television.  Knowledge of video and audio basics; MPEG files and streaming; Computer Operating Systems; systems and network administration functions; Software Applications; PC builds and imaging; Servers SAN & NAS RAID arrays and scripting would be a distinct advantage.   

Broadcast News Summer Internship –
Europe, Middle East & Africa  If you are interested in any of the internships advertised within this document please apply online at:http://about.bloomberg.com/careers/index.html 

All internships will be advertised between 17^th December ‘07 and 31^st January ’08.  The internships are paid and will run for 10 weeks from the end of June to the end of August 2008.  All placements are based in our offices at Moorgate,
London.   

Pan-European Channel internship  As a Bloomberg News summer intern, you’ll get hands-on experience working on our Pan-European English language channel.  The Bloomberg TV service is the only worldwide 24-hour business and financial television network, broadcasting in seven languages via eleven channels with more than 2,300 professionals in 135 bureaus globally.  Our Pan-Euro service reaches more than 85 million homes across Europe, the Middle East and
Africa.  And you can be a part of a winning team.  We’ve been named the 2007 International Television Channel of the Year by The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB). You’ll contribute to our coverage of financial markets, companies, the economy and governments.  This is an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive broadcast news environment.  You’ll be writing scripts, editing video, researching stories and generally assisting producers and reporters.  You’ll actually get a chance to see your work on air! 

To be a part of the team, you’ll need to show a passion for TV news producing and an interest in providing objective high quality business reporting. Previous work experience in a newsroom is required, ideally in a broadcast environment. Audio and/or video editing skills would be a plus.

German Channel internship  As a Bloomberg News summer intern, you’ll get hands-on experience working on our German language channel.  The Bloomberg TV service is the only worldwide 24-hour business and financial television network, broadcasting in seven languages via eleven channels with more than 2,300 professionals in 135 bureaus globally. With access to over 31 million households in Germany, Switzerland and
Austria we offer the only business and finance focused channel in the German market.     You’ll contribute to our coverage of financial markets, companies, the economy and governments.  This is an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive, broadcast news environment.  You’ll be writing scripts, editing video, researching stories and generally assisting producers and reporters.  You’ll actually get a chance to see your work on air!   

To be part of the team, you’ll need to show a passion for TV news and an interest in providing objective high quality business news.  Previous work experience in a newsroom is required, ideally within a broadcast environment.  Audio and/or video editing skills would be a plus.  As our German channel is broadcast in its native language, you must have excellent written and spoken German language skills and also be fluent in English.     

French Channel internship  As a Bloomberg News summer intern, you’ll get hands-on experience working on our French language channel.  The Bloomberg TV service is the only worldwide 24-hour business and financial television network, broadcasting in seven languages via eleven channels with more than 2,300 professionals in 135 bureaus globally.  We offer the French speaking region the only dedicated Business and Finance focused channel.   You’ll contribute to the business coverage for the Channel and this is an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive, broadcast news environment.  You’ll be writing scripts, editing video, researching stories and generally assisting producers and reporters.  You’ll actually get a chance to see your work on air!

To be part of the team, you’ll need to show a passion for TV news and an interest in providing objective high quality business news.  Previous work experience in a newsroom is required, ideally in a broadcast environment.  Audio and/or video editing skills would be a plus.  As our French channel is broadcast in its native language, you must have excellent written and spoken French language skills and also be fluent in English.     

Italian Channel internship  As a Bloomberg News summer intern, you’ll get hands-on experience working on our Italian language channel.  The Bloomberg TV service is the only worldwide 24-hour business and financial television network, broadcasting in seven languages via eleven channels with more than 2,300 professionals in 135 bureaus globally. As well as broadcasting live programming to the Italian speaking region the channel also produces live business hits for SkyTg21 Channel.   You’ll contribute to our coverage of financial markets, companies, the economy and governments.  This is an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive, broadcast news environment.  You’ll be writing scripts, editing video, researching stories and generally assisting producers and reporters.  You’ll actually get a chance to see your work on air!   

To be part of the team, you’ll need to show a passion for TV news producing and an interest in providing objective high quality business news.  Previous work experience in a newsroom is required, ideally in a broadcast environment.  Audio and/ or video editing skills would be a plus.  As our Italian channel is broadcast in its native language, you must have excellent written and spoken Italian language skills and also be fluent in English.     

Assignments Team internship  

As a Bloomberg News summer intern, you’ll get hands-on experience working on content for our Pan-European English language channel.  The Bloomberg TV service is the only worldwide 24-hour business and financial television network, broadcasting in seven languages via eleven channels with more than 2,300 professionals in 135 bureaus globally.  We have twenty-six reporters and field producers reporting on live and pre-recorded content across Europe, the Middle East and
Africa.  This is an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive, broadcast news environment.  And you can be a part of a winning team.  We’ve been named the 2007 International Television Channel of the Year by The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB). 

You’ll work with our experienced creative team contributing to our business coverage.  You’ll be assisting the field producers to organize location shoots, book crews and where appropriate outside broadcasts.  Also there will be the opportunity for you to work with the team sourcing voice-overs and editing video.     

To be part of the team you’ll need to show a passion fro TV news producing and an interest in providing objective high quality business news.  You’ll need to be highly organized with the ability to build strong relationships with reporters and producers quickly.  Knowledge of TV production is essential preferably with work experience in a radio or TV broadcasting operation.  Audio and/ or video editing skills would be a plus. 

Interviews Team internship  As a Bloomberg News summer intern, you’ll get hands-on experience potentially working across our Five European Channels, including the Pan European English language channel.  The Bloomberg TV service is the only worldwide 24-hour business and financial television network, broadcasting in seven languages via eleven channels with more than 2,300 professionals in 135 bureaus globally. The Bloomberg brand gives us access to the most powerful decision makers in the financial and business world and our interviews team is instrumental in building and maintaining these relationships.      You’ll have an opportunity to work in a challenging, exciting and competitive, broadcast news environment.  You’ll be researching stories, sourcing contributors and writing briefs and questions for the Anchors and Reporters.  The ability to work to real-time deadlines is essential as you’ll be responding to breaking news stories.   

To be part of the team you’ll need to show a passion for TV news producing and an interest in providing objective high quality business news.  Previous work experience in a newsroom is required, ideally in a broadcast environment.  You’ll need to demonstrate excellent relationship management skills.  Fluency in Spanish, French, Italian or German would be an advantage.   
Graphics Intern  As a Bloomberg News summer intern, you’ll get hands-on experience working across our Five European channels, including our Pan European English language channel.  The Bloomberg TV service is the only worldwide 24-hour business and financial television network, broadcasting in seven languages via eleven channels with more than 2,300 professionals in 135 bureaus globally.  And you can be a part of a winning team.  We’ve been named the 2007 International Television Channel of the Year by The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB). You’ll be working in our busy design team and will be creating title sequences, promos and daily graphics to tight deadlines and the highest standards. From concept and storyboard to final transmission we produce the entire project within the team.  

To be part of the team, you’ll need to combine excellent, contemporary design skills with an attention to detail and an eye for accuracy.  A sound knowledge of Adobe Suite products is essential.  An interest in news is highly advantageous.  Broadcast Engineering internship  Bloomberg News summer interns will obtain hands-on experience as part of the team responsible for the general administration and upkeep of the European network dedicated to Television.  Bloomberg,  a global finance news service broadcasts worldwide on eleven separate channels in seven languages, while Bloomberg Radio provides up-to-the-minute news for our US and satellite radio operations.     

The opportunity offers you the opportunity to work coordinating and performing equipment and software applications maintenance supporting live broadcast operations.   

You’ll demonstrate an interest in Broadcasting and in particular an interest in working for Bloomberg Television.  Knowledge of video and audio basics; MPEG files and streaming; Computer Operating Systems; systems and network administration functions; Software Applications; PC builds and imaging; Servers SAN & NAS RAID arrays and scripting would be a distinct ad

TVB is looking for:

Part-time reporter/producer (30 hours a week) for The Pearl Report, an English-language documentary show dealing in a wide range of topics.
 
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to produce her/his own shows, besides helping non-Chinese speaking producers when they have to interview and log tapes of Chinese speaking interviewees. Thus applicants should be fluent in both English and Chinese, although the scripting will be in English only. 

Part-time reporter/producer for Money Magazine (30 hours a week). Besides being fluent in written and spoken English, the candidate must be able to read Chinese as the job entails some translation of Chinese scripts into English.

The posts are immediately available.  TVB’s policy for a part timer is that he/she must be a HK permanent resident able to work in HK without requiring a work visa.

 Interested candidates should email their resume to Diana Lin, Senior Executive Producer, TVB News & Information Services Division at diana.lin@tvb.com.hk or call  Ms. Lin at 2335-2151.

Bloomberg is the leading global provider of data, news and analytics.  BLOOMBERG TELEVISION broadcasts worldwide on ten separate channels in seven languages, while BLOOMBERG RADIO provides up-to-the-minute news for our
US and satellite radio operations.   Few organizations can keep up with the fast-paced, 24/7 nature of today’s media coverage, even fewer can claim to have helped shape it offering one of the most exciting environments in financial journalism. 

 Market Reporter,
Tokyo

Bloomberg Television’s Asian operation is seeking an experienced Market Reporter to report on our Asia Pacific English language channel and radio.  The primary focus of this position will be to cover equity markets; however the reporter should also be able to cover currency, debt and broader financial markets as dictated by breaking and developing news.  This will involve researching stories using a number of newsgathering tools including the Bloomberg Professional Service, writing scripts and presenting 3 minute live hits.  

The successful candidate should have relevant broadcast reporting experience within a live news environment, ideally with a business focus.  Ideally educated to degree level preferably with an emphasis in journalism or economics.    Must be fluent in English while a second Asian language would be advantageous.   

If you are interested in discussing this role in more detail then please contact Clare Davies directly on cdavies12@bloomberg.net

Producer – Based in
Tokyo

Bloomberg Television’s Asian operation is seeking an experienced program Producer for our Asia Pacific English language channel.  The primary focus of this role will be to produce business newscasts from our Tokyo control room.  This will involve helping manage a team of writers, segment producers and technical staff to produce daily newscasts.  The role also includes writing and editorial planning as well as working closely with Anchors, the Assignment Desk and colleagues in several Asian locations.    The successful candidate should have relevant experience in writing and producing live news programs.  Experience in business and financial news preferred, an interest in the topic is essential.   Fluent written and spoken English is essential while an Asian language would be an advantage.   Some early morning shifts will be required.   

If you are interested in finding out more about this position please contact Clare Davies on cdavies12@bloomberg.net