Currently editorial consultant to Dealreporter and director of Mergermarket Australia, Simon Segal established the Australian bureau of Mergermarket in 2005 where he was bureau chief and Asian editor of Dealreporter (2006-2009).

He has a PhD in the relationship between stakeholders and M&A which has been converted into a book Reframing Mergers and Acquisitions around Stakeholder Relationships: Economic, Political and Social Processes (Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies). He has co-hosted the weekly Dealbook on the former Sky Business channel and has contributed M&A commentary to numerous Australian publications.

Simon has some 30 years experience in researching, editing, writing and commenting on financial issues, specialising in M&A since 2005.

A Swedish national, Anette moved to London last year after spending 23 years in Hong Hong, covering corporate news, ECM and M&A. Before leaving Asia she was editor of Dealreporter APAC, focusing on event-driven and special situations. Previous employers include FinanceAsia (where she covered ECM primarily for the website), South China Morning Post and Dow Jones Newswires.

In her current London-based role, she primarily edits stories on public and private market M&A as well as regulatory content.