Andrew Ward will join FTI Consulting in June after 18 years at the Financial Times, as a managing director of the company’s market-leading life sciences and healthcare communications practice. Andrew was the Pharmaceuticals Correspondent of the FT for two and half years from 2014, covering the business, finance, science and regulation of the global pharmaceuticals and medical equipment industries. He chaired the FT’s Healthcare conferences in London, New York and Singapore and was named “commentator of the year” at the 2015 European Mediscience Awards.