He joined Brunswick in 2019 after a career spanning more than 30 years at Reuters, latterly working as global pharmaceuticals correspondent. Prior to covering the health beat, Ben was the news agency’s chief financial correspondent for Southern Africa, based in Johannesburg, where he reported on South Africa’s post-apartheid economy in the late 1990s. He later headed the London team covering UK company news.
He has written widely about innovations in life sciences and the societal impact of medical advances.