Andrew Stead
Director, Business Development
Andrew has first-hand experience in building businesses and attracting investors and buyers.
One of the key achievements of his 15-year career in the information technology sector was selling a search technology to Google in 2006. He has held a series of operational and strategy roles, working in commercialisation at the University of New South Wales and in technology consulting at UXC Ltd. Andrew has been involved in a wide range of capital raisings, licence negotiations and merger and acquisition transactions. He began his career as an Army officer, where his service included peace-keeping in the former Yugoslavia. He currently teaches postgraduate entrepreneurship at the University of Sydney.
Andrew has a BSc (Hons) from the University of Sydney, an MBA from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has served on the boards of a number of start-up and not-for-profit businesses.