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Anthony Hilton – 61, won the 2007 "Decade of Excellence Award," for business and financial journalism given annually by the World Press Awards in competition with a short list of writers from Fortune, and the Wall Street Journal and other English language titles. Also in 2007 he was also named as the UK Pensions Journalist of the Year by Aon, the Commentator of the year by the Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and was runner up as financial journalist of the year by the Institute of Internal Auditors.

In previous years he has won many other industry awards including the European business writer of the year and the Wincott Business journalist of the year and the London Press club's business writer of the year. He joined Fleet Street in 1968 as a Trainee on the Guardian. He was City Editor of the Times, 1981 to 1983 and City Editor of the Evening Standard from 1984 to 1989 and in November 1989. He was then Managing Director of the Evening Standard for six years before returning to the City Office as Financial Editor and economics leader writer for the paper.

He has worked in television and radio, has written books on understanding finance and the City, and is a frequent conference and after dinner speaker and moderator on City and media matters.