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As Associate Director (Employer Engagement & Work-based Learning), Andrew has overall responsibility for the strategic and operational running of King's employer connectivity, its global employer reputation, and its relationship with all external stakeholders who engage with the University to recruit, develop and upskill our students and researchers or support our institutional employability aspirations.

He supports King's faculties and senior leadership in their understanding of the global graduate labour market, employment trends and skills development and works with colleagues across the institution to enhance our brand and recruitment proposition for students.

Andrew leads the planning, development and oversight of King's entire Employer Engagement function including employer relations and business development, events and work-based learning initiatives including internships, industry placements, work-related projects, experiential and skills learning both in the UK and internationally.  He is also a member of King's Education & Students Leadership Team.

Working with a variety of organisations, industry bodies and stakeholders he ensures our partners are kept abreast of news and developments about graduate recruitment, labour market insight and international student policy and that King's remains a top target for employers around the world.

He provides leadership to the following teams:

• Employer Relations & Development
• Events & Experiential Learning
• Work-based Learning Unit (Work-related Learning & Global Placements teams)

He also leads the division's partnership with external suppliers and solutions providers and our technical systems oversight.

Additionally, he oversees the King's Parliamentary Research Internships programming and supports internal stakeholders to deliver world-class partnerships with external partners developing King's strategy and associated infrastructure for relations.

At a national level, Andrew delivers training to higher education careers professionals as an Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) trainer, sits on their Professional Standards Committee and is a reviewer for the AGCAS Membership Quality Standard supporting careers leaders across the country in developing their strategy, provision, quality assurance and impact. From April 2018 - April 2024 he was Co-Chair of the AGCAS Employer Engagement Task Group.

He is also a member of the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) in the USA, sits on a number of steering groups with GTI Futures, and is a member of the Institute of Student Employer (ISE)'s Research & Policy Steering Group and sat on the Universities Steering Group (2018-2025). He is convenor & inaugural chair of the Russell Group Employer Engagement Heads Forum.

Andrew has extensive knowledge of key international markets including China and Europe, with a specialist interest in careers and entry-level recruitment in North America, where he has worked in numerous cities including New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

Alongside working with employers, he regularly delivers workshops on labour market insights across various industry sectors and regions to King's students, academics and professional services staff to enhance their understanding of the graduate labour market.

Andrew is a graduate of The London School of Economics and Political Science and also holds a PGCert in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education from the University of London.