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Andrew Willis
StaffBusiness ColumnistToronto, Canada
awillis@globeandmail.com

Area of Expertise

Business columnist

Andrew Willis is a business columnist for the Report on Business, based in Toronto.

Working in business communications and journalism for three decades, from 2010 to 2016 he was senior vice-president of communications for Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset management company.

Andrew's career in journalism included stints at a number of publications, including writing the Streetwise column at the Globe and Mail from 1995 to 2010. He has also worked at The Financial Post, The Financial Times of Canada, Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal, and Maclean’s magazine. He is the co-author of two books, Unprecedented: Canada's Top CEOs on Leadership During COVID-19, with Steve Mayer; and The Bre-X Fraud, with former Report On Business editor Douglas Goold.

Why did you become a journalist?

What happens in boardrooms is everyone's business

38

Years in Journalism

31

Years at The Globe and Mail

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Western University

Bachelor of Journalism, University of Kings College

Honours & Awards

SABEW Gold for Breaking News Coverage, 2024: "TD will pay $3 billion in fines after pleading guilty to money laundering" with Tim Kiladze, Stefanie Marotta, James Bradshaw and Rita Trichur

SABEW Silver for Package, 2024: "Windsor pop-up bureau" with Clare O'Hara, Ivan Semeniuk, Adam Radwanski and Jason Kirby

PMAC Award for Excellence In Investment Journalism, 2023

Nominee, National Business Book award, 2023 for "Unprecedented – Canada’s Top CEOs on Leadership During COVID-19"

Nominee, National Newspaper Award, 2022

Nominee, National Newspaper Award nominee, 2007 (team)

Nominee, National Newspaper Award, 2003

Nominee, Michener Award, 2003

Professional affliations

Canadian Journalism Foundation board member

Languages spoken

English

Andrew Willis abides by The Globe and Mail Editorial Code of Conduct

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