Phillip Crawley
Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, The Globe and Mail
Phillip Crawley is the Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail, Canada’s National Newspaper. He oversees the strategy and operations of The Globe and Mail newspaper, web sites including globeandmail.com, reportonbusiness.com, globeinvestor.com, and globefund.com, and magazines including Report on Business, Globe Investor and Report on [Small] Business.
Since joining the organization in 1998, Crawley has guided The Globe and Mail through intense newspaper competition, led it to highly successful leadership in new media and online products, and achieved strong results in readership performance and advertising revenue, while maintaining high standards for editorial and production quality.
During his tenure, The Globe and Mail and its staff have won 51 National Newspaper Awards, and been honoured by organizations including the Canadian Association of Journalists, World Editors Forum, International Newspaper Colour Quality Club, National Magazine Awards, the Canadian Journalists Foundation, Michener Awards, PEN Canada, and the News Photographers Association of Canada.
Prior to joining The Globe and Mail, Crawley held a variety of senior executive positions with some of the world’s leading newspaper and media companies in Europe, Asia and New Zealand. From 1997 to 1998 he was the Managing Director of The New Zealand Herald, and later the C.E.O. Designate of Wilson & Horton, New Zealand’s largest media group. Between 1993 and 1997 he was Managing Director, The Times Supplements, London. From 1988 to 1993 he was Editor, then Editor-in-Chief of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and Editorial Director of Asia Magazine. Between 1987 and 1988 he was Northern Editor, The Daily Telegraph, London, and between 1979 and 1987 he was Editor of The Journal, Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to 1979, Crawley worked in various editorial roles for Thomson Regional Newspapers.
He is a director of the Canadian Press, a board member of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and chairman of the Charter for Business which raises funds for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in Canada. He is also a board member of Canadian Newspaper Association, the Royal Conservatory of Music, the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation and the World Association of Newspapers.
Crawley was born in Northumberland, England and graduated in English Language and Literature at Manchester University. He lives in Toronto.
All Rights Reserved