Asia editor for Heard Deputy Finance Editor

Andrew is the Asia editor for Heard on the Street and Deputy Finance Editor at The Wall Street Journal in Asia. He is an experienced financial journalist who has been based in Hong Kong since early 2015. Andrew currently runs the WSJ's Heard on Street column in Asia, and also runs a team of reporters across the Asia region covering the full range of markets and companies, editing and directing articles on a wide variety of topics. He also regularly appears as a host on WSJ videos. Previously Andrew was Europe resources editor in London, overseeing coverage of Europe's major resource companies from BP to Glencore, and OPEC. Prior that Andrew was deputy editor of Heard on the Street in London, where he wrote and edited columns about corporate and economic issues in Europe. Before moving back to London, Andrew wrote the Heard column from the WSJ’s Beijing bureau. Andrew also covered the UK economy from 2004 to late 2007 from London, specializing in reporting on the UK Treasury. Andrew first joined Dow Jones in 2003, covering the UK financial services sector. He has also written articles on dining out in Mongolia and art deco architecture in New Zealand for the WSJ Weekend section. Andrew now appears as a commentator on both WSJ’s own videos and other media, including Sky News and BBC Radio. Before becoming a journalist, Andrew worked for PwC, becoming a UK-qualified chartered accountant in late 1999 prior to working with PwC in Tokyo until early 2001. He also spent a year working with PCA Asset in Japan, part of the Prudential PLC group. He has a BA degree in Modern History from Oxford University. He also has a Diploma in Economics from the University of London. Andrew speaks good Japanese, French and Mandarin Chinese. A devoted cricket fan, he also enjoys all types of music. Andrew completed the London triathlon in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Specialties: ACA - Qualified UK chartered accountant
Good Japanese and French, intermediate Mandarin