As an economist, business owner and former economic advisor to a Prime Minister, Andrew has the energy and experience to deliver a strong plan for Parramatta. 

As the father of three young kids, Andrew believes in government that has strong plans for the future.

Prior to becoming Member for Parramatta, Andrew has worked at the United Nations, and at the London School of Economics and Oxford University.

He went to work for the new Labor Government in 2007, excited by the prospect of change, where he was Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s senior economics advisor. In that period of government, Andrew was appointed Australia’s senior official to the G20 Leaders Summits and helped coordinate the Government’s response to the GFC and our approach on climate change, while representing the former Prime Minister at the United Nations Climate Conference.

Andrew went on to start his own business and has written two books.

Andrew's Parliamentary Committee service included the House of Representative Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services.

Andrew is raising three children with his wife Phoebe.

Callam Pickering is a senior economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab, joining Indeed in May 2017. Previously he was an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia focusing on household spending and house prices. He also worked as the economic editor at online publications the Business Spectator and Eureka Report, where he covered economic issues relating to Australia. 

Laura Ford is the Managing Director for Indeed, overseeing operations in Australia & New Zealand, having joined as Indeed's first regional employee in 2013. With almost 20 years of experience in the recruitment and online advertising industry, Laura has excelled in building high-performance teams and driving product adoption across direct and indirect channels. Previously, she held leadership roles at Yahoo! and Michael Page. Passionate about shaping the future of work, Laura remains committed to advancing the recruitment landscape and empowering individuals to thrive.

Natalie has over 27 years’ experience leading employment, disability, Indigenous, community, apprenticeship, workforce development, philanthropic, social enterprise, labour hire and training services across Australia for both not-for-profit and for-profit organisations. Natalie has been the CEO of Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) for 6 months. SaCSA is one of the newly formed and Federally funded Jobs and Skills Councils. SaCSA is responsible for working with Industry, Unions, Federal and State Governments to identify skills and workforce planning nationally for the Arts, Personal Services, Retail, Tourism and Hospitality Industries.

Previously, Natalie was the CEO of Campbell Page for 6 years, COO of VERTO for 4 years and the Executive General Manager with Angus Knight/Jobfind for 15 years.

Natalie is also currently:

• State Councilor – Business NSW playing an active and important role in the governance of the company and supporting the promotion of policy positions.

• Chair of the Board - Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) which manages Sydney Motorsport Park and the Australian Motorsport Innovation Precinct (Centre of Excellence for STEM workforce development and Motorsport workforce technology)

• Non-Executive Director - Hydrogen House Australia, promoting hydrogen for the production and storage of renewable energy Natalie also currently plays a workforce development advisory role on committees including:

• Business NSW, NSW Workforce Skills Policy Committee, to develop/promote the policy positions of Business NSW on workforce skills issues to government, industry.

• Global Advisory Panel for Institute on Science for Global Policy “Pathways to a Hydrogen Energy Future” program advising on workforce development needs of the emerging industry globally and nationally.

Previously Natalie was a Non-Executive Director for:

• National Employment Services Australia, the peak body representing employment services organisations in Australia (3yrs)

• NESA People Solutions, delivering remote Indigenous capability development. (3yrs)

• CASAR Park Motorsports Complex (4yrs)