Andrew Mead

Examiner
DISC Type : cs

Gap year at Career Break

Greater Sydney Area, Australia

Overview

Andrew Mead is an actuary with over 35 years of experience, including a significant tenure as a Partner at Ernst & Young. He specializes in advising senior executives and boards on M&A, audits, and complex financial matters within the insurance industry. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University.

After a distinguished career, Andrew took a gap year to focus on family, golfing, and relaxing. He is passionate about supporting good causes and actively encourages career development for others in his network, frequently sharing opportunities and offering guidance.

He is now transitioning his extensive commercial experience into non-executive director (NED) positions.

Personality Overview

Process Oriented

Late Adopter

Unexpressive

Being observant comes to them naturally.  They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.

Topics They Care About

Board-level Governance
His current career focus is on securing Non-Executive Director roles, leveraging his extensive experience advising C-suites and boards.
IFRS 17 Compliance
He actively promotes solutions designed to help insurers comply with the complex IFRS 17 reporting and calculation standards.
Insurance M&A
His background includes extensive work on mergers and acquisitions for major insurers, a key part of his advisory expertise.

Media Appearances

Andrew has no verified media appearances

Work History

10-2024 - 9-2025
Gap year at Career Break
12-2007 - 9-2024
Partner at Ernst & Young
10-2000 - 11-2007
Senior Manager & Executive Director at Ernst & Young
various at Zurich Financial Services

Education

1-1990 - 12-1992
Fellowship from Institute of Actuaries of Australia
1-1987 - 12-1989
Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University

More Information

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Exp : 24 Location : Greater Sydney Area, Australia Job Level : N/A Designation : Gap year at Career Break
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Insights For Selling To Andrew

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Spend time addressing concerns around risk and change, they will have them even if they don't express them
  • Be firm in your communication and stay in control
  • Ask them which other stakeholders would be important for this purchase decision

DONT's

  • Don't rely on relationship building even if they act pleasantly
  • Avoid getting into storytelling mode, especially when they ask specific questions
  • Don't use phrases like 'do not worry', 'i promise' etc.

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Andrew is

  • Adoption by others is very important to them, followed by confidence in ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Andrew

  • They are unlikely to say no, it's better to stop yourself once you have exhausted all the options.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Andrew move?

  • They don't like to hasten, so their speed of decision-making may be slow.
  • Can Andrew take some risk or not?

  • They have little willingness to take risks, and prefer making calculated decisions.

You And Andrew

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