John Waples

John Waples is a Senior Managing Director and the EMEA Chair of Strategic Communications, based in London.

John joined FTI Consulting in February 2010 and held the position of Head of UK Strategic Communications until July 2025. Prior to that, he had been at The Sunday Times for 16 years, of which the last four and a half years were as Business Editor and the previous four years as Deputy Business Editor.

John has spent a total of 25 years in journalism starting on the Harlow Gazette, a local newspaper in Essex and then moving to Estates Times, a commercial property newspaper. During his extensive career he has won a number of awards and was twice shortlisted for the UK Press Gazette Business journalist of the year award. He was appointed head of the London office in 2011.