11 Facts About Andrew Holden

Andrew Holden's mother is a librarian and his father played the violin for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Andrew Holden earned his first income as a newspaper boy.

Andrew Holden is married with a son born in New Zealand in 2010.

Andrew Holden moved around some of the suburban papers and was then with The Sunday Age and The Age for seven years; for some time he was the chief subeditor at the Sunday paper.

In 2001, Andrew Holden moved to The Press in Christchurch, New Zealand.

When Paul Thompson was promoted to become executive editor for Fairfax Media, Andrew Holden succeeded him as editor of The Press.

At the 2013 World Class New Zealand Awards, Andrew Holden won the Friend of New Zealand award for his actions as editor after the earthquake.

On 2 July 2012, Andrew Holden took up the editor-in-chief role at The Age in his hometown Melbourne; the appointment was announced on 26 June, only one day after Paul Ramadge's resignation from Fairfax.

In February 2016, Andrew Holden quit his job at The Age ahead of a management restructuring.

In July 2016, Cricket Australia announced that Andrew Holden had been appointed as their Head of Communications from 8 August 2016, tasked with making cricket Australia's favourite sport.

In early 2018, Andrew Holden moved back to New Zealand to work as Director of Communications for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise from 9 April based in Wellington.