CEO – The Loerie Awards

Andrew studied materials science and has a doctorate in engineering. An Internet pioneer, he was a partner at Grey Matter and worked for the world’s largest digital media company at the time – marchFirst in New York City. His extensive awards experience includes working with the One Club, the Art Directors Club and the London International Advertising Awards. He has been managing South Africa’s leading brand communication awards, the Loeries, since 2005.

Andrew was voted 2007 Advertising Industry Person of the Year by Jeremy Maggs’ ‘The Annual’ and 2008 AdReview Advertising Person of the Year. He has judged the Epica Awards in Paris, the Gecko Advertising Awards in Namibia, the Footprint Marketing Awards, the Business and Arts South Africa Awards, and was on the 2010 Adreview Agency of the Decade panel. He is the editor of Migrate magazine, a 2008 Gold Loerie winner, and voted the best mag to have in the loo by the creative industry.