Phil Anderson is president, founding and managing principal, and a member of the Executive Committee of Navigators Global and is based out of the Washington, D.C., office.

Mr. Anderson has 20 years of experience advising corporations, industries and elected officials on public policy issues. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he held a series of policy and political positions on Capitol Hill, with the National Republican Party and the George H. W. Bush Administration, including serving as special assistant to Vice President Dan Quayle and Republican National Committee Chairman Lee Atwater.

Mr. Anderson also served as a top official in several prominent Republican leadership operations, serving as convention manager for Vice President Quayle and Campaign America at the 1996 Republican National Convention and as deputy director of Governor Carroll A. Campbell’s Victory America.

Mr. Anderson’s experience as a lobbyist began as assistant vice president of federal government affairs for The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA).  Following this, he served as senior vice president of government relations for the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), as he managed both the federal and state lobbying divisions and the efforts that directly affected ACLI member companies.

Mr. Anderson formed the Financial Services Coordinating Council (FSCC), which counted the American Bankers Association, American Council of Life Insurers, American Insurance Association, Investment Company Institute and Securities Industry Association as its members. He later served as its executive director and led the FSCC to important financial services legislative victories.

Named one of Washington’s top lobbyists in 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002 by The Hill, Mr. Anderson has been a frequent media source with commentary appearing in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Journal, Investment News and appearing on CBS 60 Minutes II, CNN, CNBC, FOX NEWS and ABC.

In 2004, he was selected to the advisory board of the George Washington University’s Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of Virginia Tech where he serves as a guest lecturer on politics and advocacy in Washington, D.C.