Andrea Mandel-Campbell

Andrea Mandel-Campbell is a Canadian television journalist, author, corporate strategist and advisor to CEOs, start-up founders and politicians.
==Early life==
Mandel-Campbell is originally from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and attended the University of Winnipeg Collegiate. Her first job out of university was a reporter for the Flin Flon Daily Reminder. She graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelor of Journalism (Honours), Political Science (double major) degree. Her Honours thesis was on the live capture of whales and dolphins for marine parks.
==Career==
Mandel-Campbell spent 10 years as a foreign correspondent in Latin America with periods in Mexico, Chile, Peru, and Argentina, where she was the bureau chief for London's Financial Times. After returning to Canada, she wrote a business book, Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson: Rescuing Canadian Business from the Suds of Global Obscurity published by Douglas & McIntyre. The book has been nominated for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, and the John Wesley Dafoe book prize. She became a news anchor on CTV's Business News Network.
She left journalism for politics, running as a provincial candidate for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the Toronto riding of Don Valley West. Mandel-Campbell ran against incumbent Kathleen Wynne in the 2011 Ontario general election. She served as a senior advisor to a federal minister in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In 2013, Andrea moved into the corporate world, starting the Canadian offices of a New York-based CEO Advisory firm before heading up a Capital Markets advisory practice for a large Canadian consultancy.
She presently is an Operating Advisor to VERTU Capital, Canada's only female-founded private equity firm. Mandel-Campbell sits on the advisory board for Crown Realty Partners, a commercial real estate company committed to adding value through decarbonizing office buildings. She is also a Director on the Board of the Ontario Centre of Innovation.
In October 2022, she started a sustainable adventure company, karibu.
==Personal life==
She is married and has two children.
==Filmography==
===Television===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2007	The Agenda with Steve Paikin	Herself	Episode: "Canada: When Bland Works"
2008	The Agenda with Steve Paikin	Herself	Episode: "Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson"
==Books==
Release Date 	Author 	Title 	Publisher 	Notes
September 1, 1999	Andrea Mandel-Campbell	Passport Argentina: Your Pocket Guide to Argentine Business, Customs & Etiquette 	O'Reilly & Associates	Paperback
March 1, 2007 	Andrea Mandel-Campbell	Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson: Rescuing Canadian Business from the Suds of Gloabl Obscurity	Douglas & McIntyre 	Hardcover / Paperback / Kindle Edition
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Awards 	Category 	Nominated work 	Results
2007	Writers' Trust of Canada	Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing	Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson: Rescuing Canadian Business from the Suds of Global Obscurity	
Category:Canadian business and financial journalists
Category:Canadian business writers
Category:Canadian television journalists
Category:Canadian women television journalists
Category:Living people
Category:1969 births
Category:Women in finance