Peter Thal Larsen

At-a-Glance

Global Editor at Reuters Breakingviews since 2022
Served as EMEA editor and Asia editor for Reuters Breakingviews
Banking editor for the Financial Times, leading coverage of the 2008 financial crisis
Interviewed for a 2011 BBC Two documentary on the Royal Bank of Scotland and the 2008 financial crisis
Graduated from Bristol University and the London School of Economics

Biography

Peter Thal Larsen is a Dutch journalist currently serving as the Global Editor at Reuters Breakingviews, a position he assumed in 2022. His career at Reuters Breakingviews began in 2009 as European comment editor, following Reuters' acquisition of Breakingviews. He later held roles as assistant editor, Asia editor (starting in 2012 in Hong Kong), and EMEA editor (from 2017).

Before joining Reuters, Thal Larsen worked for the Financial Times starting in 1999.