FT man joins Reuters as commentary editor, banking chief

He will become the London-based European editor of the commentary team, commissioning and editing comment articles, as well as taking overall charge of global banking coverage.

Thal Larsen will report to Jonathan Ford, editor of the new commentary team at Reuters which is developing its global commentary output and expanding its range of columns and blogs.

Before becoming FT banking editor he worked in New York from 2000 to 2004, first as the paper's Wall Street correspondent and later as US communications editor, covering the media and telecoms. ■