The Financial Times has appointed Brooke Masters as US managing editor, based in New York, effective March 2025. She succeeds Peter Spiegel, who has been named global affairs editor.
The FT says Masters will lead its news operations and story development in the US, and take responsibility for all five bureaus in the region, deploying newsroom resources to help drive expansion of the publisher’s readership.
Masters has served as the FT’s US finance editor in New York since 2022. She joined the FT in 2006 and has since held many senior positions in New York and London, including companies editor, chief business commentator, and opinion and analysis editor.
After six years as US managing editor, the FT says Spiegel will take up the newly created role of global affairs editor, in which he will write a new weekly column, as well as long reads on national security and what the Trump administration means for the world.
Spiegel initially joined the FT in 2000 and has since held several senior roles, including Brussels bureau chief and news editor in London, where he oversaw daily news operations.
Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, said: “I have worked with Brooke for many years and have long admired her strategic vision, commitment to FT journalism and calm under pressure. I know she is the right person to build on our success and lead our US operation to new heights.
“Peter has been a brilliant steward of our US newsroom and solidified the FT’s presence in the US. The Trump administration is one of the biggest stories over the next four years and I can’t think of a more outstanding journalist to tell it than Peter. His appointment is testament to the FT's commitment to the US, and to our ambition to cover this turbulent period without fear and favour.”
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