Andrew currently leads Franklin Templeton’s digital asset initiatives in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He has over 28 years’ experience in financial services in executive roles:

• Head of Distribution, Credit Suisse Asset Management (Asia)
• Head of Absolute Return Strategies Sales, Deutsche Asset Management
• Head of Asia, Tiedemann Investment Group
• Founder & Managing Director of Shadforth Financial Group in 1996, that was acquired by IOOF in 2014 for $650 million with client assets under advice of $16 billion
• Graduate Associate at Citibank N.A.
• Teaching Assistant at the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania

He is a member of the Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong Fintech Advisory Board.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning from the University of Tasmania and undertook a PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently undertaking a Master of Financial Planning at Victoria University attachment.