Argus appoints Jim Washer Editor-in-Chief

7 February 2020

Global commodity price reporting and news service Argus has appointed Jim Washer as its new Editor-in-Chief.

Jim has nearly 30 years’ experience in energy market journalism. He began his career in 1991 at market information provider Platts, where he worked in a number of editorial roles before becoming Managing Editor EMEA for Platts Global Alert.

He then joined Bridge, a real-time news, data and analysis provider as Managing Editor, Energy, EMEA, before in 2001 moving to Energy Intelligence, a leading publisher of energy information, where he served as editor of Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, London Bureau Chief and most recently Executive Editor for Operations. 

At Argus, Jim will be responsible for the company’s written output, with a focus on ensuring the quality, timeliness and accuracy of the news and analysis produced by the almost 500 reporters in our 25 offices worldwide. 

“Jim is a very valuable asset in the Argus team. His extensive experience and knowledge of energy markets is very relevant to his new role,” Argus Media chairman and chief executive Adrian Binks said. “He has unrivalled understanding both of the markets Argus serves and of how to develop the quality of information that they need. We are delighted to have him on board at a time when we are expanding and broadening our expertise so rapidly.”

“I am very excited to be joining Argus and working with its outstanding team of editors and reporters,” Jim said. “These are extraordinarily challenging times for the global economy and for oil, gas and other commodity markets, which makes it all the more important that participants in those markets have access to timely, accurate and trustworthy information. I look forward to working with my new colleagues at Argus to help meet the information needs of our customers.”