Andrew Seal

An accomplished International General Manager and Director-level executive in the Corporate and SME business environments, experienced annual targets of up to $0.5 Billion and realizing long term opportunities in the multiple Billions.

With a Masters in Business Administration and an engineering background, I have managed businesses and portfolios across Defence, Maritime, Automotive and broader Industry.

I bring a strong strategic approach in the development and growth of a business, ensuring that the portfolio, product development and business excellence align to the market needs.

As a leader, I am an innovative holistic thinker and communicator that creates and delivers ideas and visions. I realise outcomes through implementing the required organizational change and delivering with impassioned high-performing teams.

I have a proven track record in business management, market optimization, winning major contracts, driving digital transformation, and creating long term partnerships and collaborations across defence, industry, government and academia.

I believe in the profitable growth of a business to enable a dynamic of constant reinvestment, driving improvement and diversification to meet changing market dynamics.

• Business Development – Successful management of major portfolios to deliver profitable growth that aligns to both the International and Regional Corporate requirements and plans.
• Strategic Planning – Developing strategic plans to optimize and evolve a business’s capabilities to ensure the value proposition meets the requirement of changing market needs.
• Market Analysis – Assess market dynamics to ensure a business is appropriately positioned to realise opportunities as they evolve.
• Holistic and Creative Thinker – Ability to rapidly assess complete environments and see opportunities and solutions not immediately evident.
• Key Communicator and Speaker - Proven communicator able to interact at all levels of an Organisation and across the market.
• Thought Leadership – Proven ability to represent a business in new thinking and positioning.
• Customer Relationship Management – Maintaining and growing relationships to develop trust and long-term partnerships, while managing successful resolution of potential issues and conflicts.
• Digital Transformation – Ability to realise the benefit of digitization of a business and delivering the transformation of technology and people to realise increased enterprise performance and the capture of business IP.
• Organizational Change – Broad experience in the development and delivery of organizational change programs. Using consultation, collaboration and communication to ensure that change is embraced and people and culture are managed throughout the transition.
• Executive Leadership– Broad experience operating in the corporate and executive environments across complex organisational ecosystems.
• General Management – Proven leader of a complete enterprise ensuring all aspects of a business continues to increase in performance, growth, profitability and employee satisfaction.
• Exhibition Management – Award winning ability to present impactful exhibition participation and the required marketing communication plans to ensure optimal return on investment.
• Corporate Level Networker - Trusted advisor to senior corporate and executive stakeholders in Defence, Government, Industry and Academia.