Anderson is the Publisher and co-owner of Charter Press Ltd., which operates as Third Sector Publishing. He and Susan Charters also own 50 per cent of Trajan Press Ltd., which publishes Canadian Coin News and Canadian Stamp News. Anderson has an M.B.A. from McGill and was once a writer for The Financial Post. He co-founded the Orillia Sun, a weekly community paper, in 1982. Then, as now, he was the publisher and Susan the editor of a joint enterprise. He spent seven years as an Investment Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities, where he became familiar with the charity sector, purchasing Canadian Donor's Guide in 2001. Anderson developed CharityCAN in 2006. He is bilingual, and values his association with innovative Canadians from coast to coast. His community involvement includes the advancement of Lakehead University's Orillia campus.