Andy has 20 years’ experience in communications, with a focus on issues and crisis management, stakeholder engagement, and strategic planning.
He has strong relationship management skills and is experienced in advising senior leaders across the public and private sector, including spending nine months as the Strategic Adviser to a public sector Chief Executive.
Prior to re-joining SenateSHJ, Andy was New Zealand’s Advisor to the International Energy Agency in Paris. He has also worked for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade where he led the international and trade strands of a number of All-of-Government responses.
I really enjoy being here to fact check, challenge assumptions, and ask questions. It’s amazing how much you can learn just by asking the same thing twice, and then helping clients decide what to do with the answers.