BA ECON (University of Tasmania)

Andrew was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer of Insitu Pacific on the establishment of the company in Australia during July 2009. Prior to this he was the Senior Manager Unmanned Systems Operations managing Boeing Defence Australia's Unmanned Systems focused business from January 2007 through to the transition to Insitu Pacific in 2009.

Andrew joined Boeing Australia in 2000 and served initially as an Operations Analyst in the System Analysis Laboratory working on projects such as Air 87 (Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter) , Air 6000 (Replacement Fighter) and Sea 4000 (Air Warfare Destroyer). He then moved into a Business Development Manager role and worked on JP-129 (Tactical UAS) and as Capture Team Lead on AATTS (Rotary Wing Training)  before forming the new Advanced Unmanned Systems group in 2005, where he led the development of the initial ScanEagle contract for the Australian Army.

After the initial contract for ScanEagle was signed in October 2006, Andrew was appointed Senior Manager Unmanned Systems Operations in 2007 to manage BDA's Unmanned Systems focused business. He has an excellent background in the development and analysis of requirements related to Unmanned Aerial Systems.

Andrew graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Economics and then from the Royal Military College, Duntroon as an Australian Army Officer. He spent six years serving in the Australian Army in Intelligence Corps with a significant portion of this time spent
serving in Electronic Warfare roles.

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