Purchas, Andrew

Position :  Independent Financial Security Consultant

Company Name :  N/A

 

Currently, Andrew provides consulting services to National ICT Australia, a federally funded centre of excellence for information and communication technology projects.

 

He  has a strong banking and finance background having spent the last 6 years at Westpac in a variety of roles, including Chief Security Officer, General Manager of Risk and Head of Financial Crime Control.

Before joining Westpac, Andrew was a Principal Consultant with CSC Index in San Francisco, USA. He specialised in supply chain re-engineering and B2B solution development and implementation. He had extensive exposure to, and specialised in, consulting to financial services and fast moving consumer goods companies.


Before moving to the USA, Andrew practised for 5 years as a commercial lawyer in Sydney for Corrs Chambers Westgarth specialising in capital raising and merger and acquisitions before joining McDonalds’ Australia as its Director of Supply Chain.