Mr. Andrew Low
Andrew D Low
BEc MAsiaStud SEP FAICD FFinsia
Andrew Low’s interest in Australia’s unique culture, institutions, and place in the world started as a migrant from Namibia who grew up in the small town of Mount Isa in the Queensland Outback. He went on to become Head of Asia for Macquarie Capital, global head of Macquarie’s Telecom, Media, Entertainment & Technology and Financial Services practices, Chief Operating Officer for Macquarie Capital Advisers, Chief Executive of RedBridge Grant Samuel, and then Global Head of Investment Banking for the international arm of China’s largest securities firm, CITIC Securities.
Andrew is, or has been, a Chair or Director of organisations such as Advance Global Australians, Asia Society Australia, the Australia Foundation UK, the Australian British Chamber of Commerce, the Australian Ballet Foundation UK, the Australia–Japan Business Cooperation Committee, the Bell Shakespeare Company, the Europe Australia Business Council, Genea Biomedx, and PRP Diagnostic Imaging. He has degrees in Economics and Asian Studies and has also studied at Tsinghua University and at the Harvard Business School.
Andrew has been a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Financial Services Institute of Australia and a Member of the Australian Takeovers Panel.
In The Media
Amid global chaos, we are still the lucky country. Here’s why - Australian Financial Review
Australians should step back and recognise the strength of the institutions that underpin our world-beating prosperity, writes Andrew Low. (read more)
Liverpool Partners in $202m bid for IVF provider Genea - Australian Financial Review
Private equity firm Liverpool Partners has made a $202 million bid to acquire Australia’s third biggest IVF provider, the unlisted Genea Ltd. (read more)
Why Sydney might finally challenge Hong Kong as a finance hub - Australian Financial Review
Hong Kong's likely shift to being dominated by Chinese companies and pandemic-induced changes to work practices could boost Australia's chances of competing as a finance centre, says the former Macquarie banker who will lead an executive group advising the federal government. Andrew Low, who ran Macquarie Group's investment banking efforts in Asia, acknowledged he was earlier "a bit sceptical" of Sydney's past attempts to compete against Hong Kong and Singapore as a financial hub because of.. (read more)
Australian British Chamber of Commerce appoints Andrew Low as National Chairman - LinkedIn
The Chamber is delighted to announce that Andrew Low has been appointed as our new National Chairman. He brings to the Chamber his more than 30 years of experience in cross-border investment and international business, via senior roles with Macquarie, CLSA and a variety of trade-related organisations, and will provide the executive team with additional relationships and insights in our continuing mission to develop the ties between Australia and the UK.. (read more)
More than just a man with a plan - Sydney Morning Herald
He is a banker who knows what he wants for the city he loves and he is putting his money where his mouth is, writes Liz Hannan.
Andrew Low slips into Bills in Surry Hills with the easy familiarity of a regular, hungry for conversation and a serve of sweetcorn fritters. A day after unveiling his bold, billion-dollar blueprint to make over Sydney, Low is in demand. Breakfast was an interview on ABC radio. Lunch will be a state affair, to welcome the party secretary of China's Guangdong province.. (read more)
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