Will Stewart

Look Inside

Will is one of Canada’s top public affairs advisors with over 25 years experience delivering impactful and innovative strategies for clients to solve any communications or public affairs challenge. 

As Senior Vice President, Will leverages the connection between Enterprise Canada and Creative Currency to bring together impactful and informed public relations and public affairs strategy, with marketing, advertising and cutting-edge creative that’s needed by corporations, not for profits and governments across this country. 

Throughout his career Will has held leadership roles with Canada’s biggest public affairs firms –  including Hill + Knowlton and Navigator – international corporations and Canadian start ups, as well as serving time in politics, as Chief of Staff to the Honourable John Baird in Ontario.  

It is through these roles that he earned his reputation as a trusted advisor to leaders across corporations, government, and not-for-profit organizations who rely on his advice and big ideas to win the day. 

Inside Experience

• Senior Vice President of Harvest One, a publicly traded international cannabis house of brands in the health and wellness space
• Senior Vice President and National Lead for Public Affairs and Advocacy at Hill and Knowlton (H+K) Strategies Canada
• Appointed by the Ontario government to the position of Chair of the Advertising Review Board of Ontario
• Managing Principal at Navigator and founding Principal at Ensight, a partnership between Navigator and Enterprise Canada
• Chief of Staff to the Honourable John Baird in a variety of portfolios including Social Services, Chief Government Whip, and Energy in the province of Ontario
• Member of the Advisory Board of Lift (Lift.co), a board member of Young People’s Theatre in Toronto, and advisor to McMillan Vantage Policy Group, and currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Women’s Brain Health Initiative
• Hill Times Top 100 Lobbyists for seven consecutive years
• Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient for his contributions to Canadian public policy