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Andrew Bird

Visionary · DISC type Ds
Managing Director at Foundstone Advisory
📍 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Andrew is the Founder and Managing Director of Foundstone Advisory, renowned for its "Open Strategy" approach to help leaders navigate uncertainty. With over 20 years of experience, he works with healthcare, NFP, and social enterprise clients on strategy and impact measurement. Colleagues describe him as reliable, client-focused, and resourceful.

Andrew is an accredited practitioner of Social Return on Investment (SROI), an internationally recognized framework for measuring social and economic outcomes.

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Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Personality Overview

How Andrew shows up

Risk Tolerant
Objective Evaluator
Early Adopter

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together.

Priorities

Topics Andrew cares about

Open Strategy
The core methodology of his consultancy, Foundstone Advisory, and the subject he teaches in The University of Sydney's MBA program.
Impact Measurement
He is an accredited Social Return on Investment (SROI) practitioner, focusing on stakeholder-informed methods to measure social and economic change.
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Career

Work history

Managing Director
Foundstone Advisory
Guest Lecturer
The University of Sydney Business School
1-2020
Industry Manager - Strategy / Consulting
Datacom
Account Director
Datacom
Account Executive
Datacom
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2024 - 2025
Company directors recent update: Strategy & Risk module
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Generative AI for Business
Melbourne Business School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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