Andrew Shakespeare has nine years experience in financial services, starting his career as a Financial Strategist at JSA Group before pursuing funds management.

With experience as a trainee investment analyst with PM Capital in their international equities fund, Andrew also worked at MLC as a senior trainer in MLC’s Paraplanner Academy.

During this time Andrew was also a key consultant to MLC-aligned advisers where he played a pivotal role in implementing value-add services aimed at increasing efficiency, quality and resource capability in many of MLC’s Licensee's high growth adviser businesses.

In January 2008 Andrew moved back to JSA Group to start his career as a financial planner.

Andrew has a Bachelor of Commerce, a Postgraduate in Applied Finance and Investments, a Postgraduate in Financial Planning and is a Fellow of Financial Services Institute of Australia (FinSiA).

This year he won the Association of Financial Advisers Rising Star award