Matthew Martin is Bloomberg's chief correspondent for Sovereign Wealth Funds in the GCC, focusing on covering all aspects of money and power in the region. Prior to that he was bureau chief for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Yemen. He's been based in Riyadh since January 2021 and covering the Middle East since 2008. During that time he's interviewed top government officials, sovereign wealth fund heads, CEOs of international firms and the region's major companies, and broken news across economics, business, finance and politics.