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Born in Holland, Andrew moved to England to study at Greshams School in Norfolk at the age of 13. Following school, Andrew began his banking career in London, as a foreign exchange trader with the National Australia Bank (NAB) in 1974.

Four years later, Andrew was transferred to Australia and spent a couple of years in NAB’s Sydney and Melbourne Head Office. Instead of returning to the UK, Andrew started new treasury divisions for Bankers Trust (BT) Australia – Sydney, Barclays – Sydney and Hong Kong, and then moved on to become Director of Toronto Dominion Australia.

With his extensive experience in senior leadership positions in the international banking sectors from working in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Sydney and Toronto, Andrew transformed Australia’s retail finance industry in the 1990s. He was the first to establish a mechanism for financial institutions and consumers alike to compare more than 17,000 products in Australia’s retail marketplace.

From this simple and innovative concept, Andrew pioneered the development of CANNEX (now called CANNEX CANSTAR) as Australia’s leading independent and most respected retail finance data, ratings and research firm.

In 2006, Andrew set up a unique research, comparison and purchase website of most financial products – RateCity.com.au – using data provided by CANNEX CANSTAR. Andrew then initiated a joint venture agreement with ninemsn to capture Australia’s largest online audience of eight million people each month.

He is recognised as a leading spokesperson for the retail financial industry, actively participating as a full member of the Finance and Treasury Association for more than 20 years and regularly appearing on television, radio and in the press.

Andrew continues to combine his vast experience in banking and strong relationships to innovate Australia’s finance sector.