Paul Melly

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Paul Melly, editor of Gulf States Newsletter, has been for more than two decades a journalist specialising in Africa, the Middle East, trade, finance and development issues. He has written widely in a number of respected British, American and Canadian newspapers and journals on his areas of interest, gaining an international reputation as a fair-minded but dogged reporter and interpreter of developments in the Middle East and Africa, and in certain niche sectors of the financial markets.

Among his previous jobs and assignments since leaving Oxford University (where he read French) and taking advanced studies in journalism, Paul was assistant editor of Africa Analysis (1994-2000), and wrote from London on development issues and business for The Globe & Mail (Toronto), 1987-92. He has published articles in a wide number of newspapers including The Guardian, The Banker and the Financial Times.

Paul has, for many years, worked with the CbI team on International Trade Finance - both when it was owned by the Financial Times group and since its takeover by Informa - and has also written extensively on credit insurance and associated subjects, on which he is a rare authority working in the media.

For GSN and CbI, Paul travels regularly in the Gulf, North Africa, Europe and North America. He also contributes to African Energy, with a focus on francophone oil producers and governance issues.