An award-winning PR professional and former journalist, Andrea Lee helps Canada’s top leaders, experts and organizations find their story and tell it with confidence.
She specializes in getting to the root of what a leader wants to say, finding clarity in both message and delivery. Andrea has worked with senior executives in professional, financial and legal services; as well as in the retail grocery, tech, energy, mining and pharmaceutical industries. Her experience as an investigative and multi-platform reporter and producer has made her a highly effective trainer for C-suite and executive teams at some of Canada’s best-known and most influential companies.
She has been a speechwriter and ghostwriter for CEOs, presidents, politicians and influencers, with op-eds in the Toronto Star, National Post, Canadian Press and Strategy.
Andrea mentors early-stage health-tech entrepreneurs through the Health Innovation Hub (H2i) at the University of Toronto, and has guest lectured at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and for the national entrepreneurship program Lab2Market.
Previously, Andrea spent 15 years as a multi-platform reporter and producer in Canada and the U.S., including for the CBC and NPR News. She was part of an award-winning production team for CBC News’ The Fifth Estate, worked at the CBC bureau in Washington, D.C., and led editorial and content strategy for the 2014, 2016 and 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Born and raised in Ottawa, Andrea speaks English and French fluently. She holds degrees in literature and journalism from McGill University and Columbia University, respectively.
She lives in Toronto with her two children and their ongoing hopes for a new dog.