IJGlobal has announced that veteran infrastructure journalist Angus Leslie Melville will be joining the company as editorial director, heading IJGlobal’s news, features, research and data teams.

Melville joins IJGlobal on Monday 19 June.

Melville has 20 years’ journalism experience, 10 of which has been in infrastructure. For the past three years he has worked as a headhunter focused exclusively on infrastructure, placing numerous high-profile candidates into roles in lenders, private equity and financial advisory.

Melville headed up IJGlobal as editor from 2004 until 2010. He left in 2010 to set up Inspiratia, an online title focused on investments in transport, social infrastructure and renewable energy.

At IJGlobal, Melville will head a team based in offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Sofia and Singapore. He will implement a strategy to ensure IJGlobal continues to be first with news that is both insightful and actionable, that IJGlobal's data is comprehensive accurate and timely, and to strengthen existing and build new relationships with the full spectrum of market participants.

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