“There is no such thing as a bad industry or a bad company. There are only managers who do not understand strategy and who cannot implement what is required for exceptional performance”.

Andy Andrews is widely regarded as an outstanding communicator with vast experience in strategy, management and the challenges of corporate growth. He is working with clients in South Africa, Europe and the United States.

Andy Andrews studied at the Universities of Rhodes, Cape Town, Harvard and Stanford and obtained a BCom (Rhodes) and a MBA (UCT). He completed his PhD in Finance and Strategy while a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School in 1978/79. He held executive positions in industry and then joined the University of the Witwatersrand where he was appointed as a Professor and elected Dean of the Wits Business School. He held that position from 1981 until 1989.

He was the founder of the Graduate Institute of Management and Technology, which introduced the Henley MBA programme into South Africa.

Andy has published widely and has received several awards including “Most Admired Business School Professor” and one of the “Four Outstanding Young South Africans”.

Andy Andrews has served on the boards of several companies and has served as President of the Harvard Business School Club of South Africa since 1984.