Andrew Stephen

Experience

Andrew is a highly experienced project manager and procurement and contract management specialist. He has managed major acquisitions in the Defence portfolio, was responsible for overseeing an annual procurement budget exceeding half a billion dollars annually at Services Australia, and was responsible for the Commonwealth Procurement Framework while in the Department of Finance, including leading the rewrite of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules in 2012. Andrew has also undertaken reviews of procurement frameworks for both government and private sector organisations.

Having held Senior Executive and Executive level positions in design, implementation and delivery roles, Andrew is comfortable working at both the strategic and operational levels. Qualifications in Project Management and Finance, combined with strong analytical skills and a common-sense approach, allows Andrew to quickly get to the essence of an issue and share his views in a simple and logical manner.

Well regarded within the Commonwealth Procurement Community, Andrew has sat on several cross government and private sector procurement steering committees including the Department of Finance Centre of Procurement Excellence; the National Indigenous Australia Agency Cross Agency Working Group; and Supply Nations Leadership Round Table.

In his down time, Andrew enjoys collecting vinyl records and red wine, mountain biking and learning the guitar.