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              Andrew Hill

              Senior Business Writer

              Andrew Hill is senior business writer at the FT and consulting editor, FT Live. He is a former management editor, City editor, financial editor and comment and analysis editor. He is the author of ‘Leadership in the Headlines’ (2016), a collection of his columns, and ‘Ruskinland’ (2019), about the enduring influence of Victorian thinker John Ruskin. He joined the FT in 1988 and has also worked as New York bureau chief, foreign news editor and correspondent in Brussels and Milan.

              Andrew was named Business Commentator of the Year at the 2016 Comment Awards and Commentator of the Year at the 2009 Business Journalist of the Year Awards, where he also received a Decade of Excellence award.

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              • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
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              • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
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              • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
                Behind the Money podcast31 min listen
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              • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
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